Report: Miles Offered Chavis $5.4 Million Deal The Night Of Music City Bowl

The Advocate is reporting that LSU head coach Les Miles offered former defensive coordinator John Chavis a hefty a three-year contract worth a total of $5.4 million after the Tigers' loss to Notre Dame in the Music City Bowl back on December 30, 2014.

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Chavis refused the $1.8-million-a-year offer during a meeting with Miles and Miles’ lawyer in the team’s hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. Chavis had decided weeks beforehand not to return to LSU because of a contract dispute involving a clause in his contract, and Miles knew Chavis was leaving his staff in the weeks leading to the bowl game, documents say.

In fact, Texas A&M mailed a letter of intent for its defensive coordinator job to Chavis three days before the Tigers and the Irish dueled in the bowl game – one in which Chavis coached.

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This latest report also indicates that Chavis is requesting $445,000 in penalty wages, along with $205,000 in unpaid vacation and academic bonus pay that he believes the school owes him. Read more.