re: What's Les Miles up to these days?

He brought a plan where his "team" that he put together contained two coordinators that each already made more than Houston's entire assistant coach budget. Les interviewed with the Cougs like they were spending LSU money on staff. Local Houston reporters indicated that he was taken out of consideration after his lackluster interview.

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Those close to the other searches also hinted that Miles’ presentation, a “binder” put together by members of his former LSU staff, was both disorganized and unrealistic.

One source said that several assistants who make more than $1 million per season were listed by Miles as potential coordinator targets. That included Oklahoma offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley, who was at one point part of the searches at Baylor and Houston. Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables was listed as a possible hire — even though he could soon see a raise that takes him close to $2 million per season.

“That might be more than Houston has for its entire coaching pool,” one industry source said when he heard about Venables’ inclusion.

Another source indicated that Miles’ interview with Houston was rather short, in large part due to the binder. Miles was not close to the job, those familiar with the search have told us.

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