“The Hat” is back.
According to a Sports Illustrated report, former LSU coach Les Miles close to agreeing to return to the sideline as the next coach of the Kansas Jayhawks.
Kansas is finalizing a deal to make Les Miles the new leader of the Jayhawks football program, multiple sources told Sports Illustrated. An announcement could come as soon as this weekend. In a text message Friday evening, Kansas athletic director Jeff Long did not confirm the report. Miles did not respond to a request for comment. Barring a last-minute change, the 65-year-old Miles, the quirky, grass-eating former LSU coach, will be in charge of restoring respectability to a Big 12 cellar-dweller that hasn’t had a winning season in a decade.
An Elyria, Ohio native, Miles went 114–35 as head coach of the LSU Tigers, winning the BCS National Championship in 2007.
We are firmly in the camp of football being better with Les Miles involved.
