Former LSU Tigers head football coach Les Miles was pretty darn good on the sidelines in Baton Rouge. He technically led the program to a 114-34 record from 2005-16, winning a national championship in the process.
Will Miles ever be compared to the likes of modern greats such as fellow former Tigers head coach Nick Saban? No.
His tenure with LSU came to an abrupt end during the 2016 season after an 18-13 loss to Auburn. This also came following allegations of widespread recruiting violations under Miles’ watch in Baton Rouge. That included a rep for the school’s athletic department paying out $180,150.00 to the father of a prospective athlete in an embezzlement scam.
As such, 37 of Miles’ wins at LSU were vacated after the school self-imposed punishment.
Miles is now claiming that these vacated losses are keeping him out of the College Football Hall of Fame and has filed lawsuit against the school.
“Defendants stripped Les Miles – indisputably one of the most esteemed college football coaches in the history of the State of Louisiana – of his established eligibility for the College Football Hall of Fame without an opportunity to be heard,” the suit states, via Fox News.
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No, Les Miles Has No Realistic Claim For The Hall of Fame
In order to be eligible for the College Football Hall of Fame, a coach needs to have posted a combined .600 winning percentage. With those victories vacated, Miles’ percentage stands at .597. Having turned 70 this past November, Miles would have been eligible for the Hall.
Miles is looking for an “appropriate remedy for the blot placed on his good name and reputation,” the lawsuit read.
How about acknowledging that you’re not a Hall of Famer? That would be a good place to start.
Miles first landed a college head coaching job with Oklahoma State from 2001-2004, posting a combined 28-21 record. After his ouster in Baton Rouge, he took the Kansas Jayhawks’ job. Miles’ teams in Lawrence were a combined 3-18 in 2019 and 2020. The 2020 iteration of that team posted a 0-9 record while being outscored by over 30 points per game.
Someone should tell Miles that this isn’t the hall of mediocrity. Participation trophies represent a soft society. Cheating to win is not the way to go. And for the love of everything good, look in the mirror and realize your last coaching job resulted in your team losing by an average score of 46-16.
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