Les Miles

Les Miles turned down his dream job of returning to his alma mater Michigan. It appeared to all, especially Kirk Herbstreit, that Miles would accept the job, but to our surprise he had a press conference before the SEC Championship game stating that he would stay at LSU. Time will tell if Miles made the correct decision. There have been reports that some of the LSU fans wanted him to leave, but that could change with a National Championship. At LSU he is 33-6, and overall he is 61-27 at Oklahoma State and LSU. Prior to that he was an assistant coach at Michigan under Schembechler, at Colorado, then again at Michigan, at Oklahoma State, and then with the Dallas Cowboys. Before coaching, he played football for Schembechler at Michigan, and prior to that he played high school football in Elyria, Ohio.

As a head coach he has only opposed Ohio State once, and that was in the Alamo Bowl in 2005 with Oklahoma State, where his team was beat 33-7, with only one touchdown occurring in the fourth quarter. In that game Zwick started for Smith, with Smith serving a two game suspension. Zwick played the entire game, even after suffering a hamstring pull. Ohio State did not pull him out, in an effort to keep freshman Todd Boeckman from playing and losing a year of eligibility.