Coaching Carousel: Miles to Michigan looking more likely

[PosterChild]

Posted: December 11, 2007
By Tom Dienhart

An update on coaching rumors and changes across college football:


Michigan

All is quiet on the Michigan coaching front, which means one thing: LSU's Les Miles is in the crosshairs.

"I would be shocked if he doesn't go," an SEC head coach tells me.
And time and again, I'm told few in Baton Rouge would shed tears if Miles ends up in Ann Arbor -- despite him adamantly pledging his allegiance to LSU and signing a new deal with the school. The LSU brass just doesn't want Miles ruining the Tigers' run to the national title.


Win or lose against Ohio State in the BCS championship game, it looks more and more likely that Miles will be named Michigan's coach. If that happens, LSU will become the hottest opening in America. I think the Tigers will make a run at Atlanta Falcons coach Bobby Petrino.

Arkansas
Many factions at the university are involved in the hiring, and that's bogging down the process, I'm told by someone familiar with the situation.
But it's growing more apparent that Arkansas may end up having to tab a coordinator instead of a proven head coach.
A source close to Auburn defensive coordinator Will Muschamp tells me he has been contacted by Arkansas. And I expect the Hogs to talk to Oklahoma defensive coordinator Brent Venables, who has connections to Arkansas AD Jeff Long.


As I reported earlier, interim head coach/defensive coordinator Reggie Herring interviewed on Monday.


I also was told TCU coach Gary Patterson may be in the mix. I have been unable to confirm any interest in East Carolina coach Skip Holtz, but he also seems like a sensible fit.


A source told me Oakland Raiders coach Lane Kiffin was interested in coaching the Hogs, but Al Davis squelched any overtures by jacking up Kiffin's buyout.


Tulsa offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn -- a good friend of an Arkansas booster -- has interviewed, as has Michigan defensive coordinator Ron English. Both are long shots.
Tom Dienhart is a writer for Sporting News. E-mail him at tdienhart@sportingnews.com.


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[Danny White]

Wow, that would be unreal.

 

[Yeagermeister]

If Miles leaves now LSU is screwed. They could have kept Pellini if they knew Miles was leaving.

It reminds me of SD's firing of Marty.

 

[peplaw06]

Miles strikes me as a snake. Sign an extension only to leave 2 months later after coaching one more game? And he was so adamant about those people lying about leaving. He would owe Kirk Herbstreet an apology IMO.

 

[PosterChild]

Miles strikes me as a snake. Sign an extension only to leave 2 months later after coaching one more game? And he was so adamant about those people lying about leaving. He would owe Kirk Herbstreet an apology IMO.

Not so fast. I'm available.

 

[Dallas]

Miles did the same thing when he was at Oklahoma State. It's written in the tea leaves. He will strike again after the NC game and be off to AnArBORE.

I can't stand the guy. He is a good coach but as a person.....:blech:

The same guy who said..

"Our team is undeafeated in regulation."

 

[Cochese]

Michigan has screwed this coaching search up to hilarious proportions. Lllllloyd is still going to be calling the shots, the Michigan AD is making insulting low ball offers to top candidates and is missing important phone calls because he is too busy sailing. Its going to be Brady Hoke or Ron English, and that should scare any Michigan fan to death.

 

[mr.jameswoods]

Miles would be stupid not to take the job. It's much easier contending for a national title coming out of the Big 10 versus the SEC. It's easier to recruit for Michigan since it has more of a national presence than LSU. A lot of players particularly black athletes will refuse to go to LSU simply because of it's southern roots and the perceived fear of racism.

All of these people are snakes. They are trying to take care of their own. Even the universities will prematurely fire a coach if it means they can get a better one or if they haven't met their expectations.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

This makes the Notre Dame coaching hires in the recent past look straightforward.

 

[StanleySpadowski]

Miles would be stupid not to take the job. It's much easier contending for a national title coming out of the Big 10 versus the SEC. It's easier to recruit for Michigan since it has more of a national presence than LSU. A lot of players particularly black athletes will refuse to go to LSU simply because of it's southern roots and the perceived fear of racism.

All of these people are snakes. They are trying to take care of their own. Even the universities will prematurely fire a coach if it means they can get a better one or if they haven't met their expectations.

A higher percentage of minority players comprise the LSU squad than the Michigan team so to drop the race card is in poor taste.