Top 25
41-41
- Games
- 82
- Win rate
- 50.0%
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Coach Profile
Les Miles
2001-2020 • Kansas, LSU, Oklahoma State
3 schools coached, anchored by LSU.
Les Miles's coaching record is 145-73, highlighted by seasons at LSU from 2001 to 2020.
Les Miles coached 18 seasons, won 66.5%, and posted an average SRS of 12.4. Best season: 2011 LSU. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 145-73
- Career win rate
- 66.5%
- Average SRS
- 12.4
- Peak SRS
- 29.9
Career Dossier
One glance at the full arc.
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
- Seasons coached
- 18
- Career span
- 20 years
- Best finish
- #1
- Consistency
- 10.2
Primary school anchor
LSU
Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 96.8.
Quick Answers
Records fans search first
Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.
- Overall record
- 145-73
- LSU record
- 114-34
- Full-season record
- 135-66
- Partial-season record
- 10-7
- Vs AP Top 10
- 15-20
- Vs AP Top 5
- 10-13
- Vs Mississippi State
- 9-1
- Postseason / bowl record
- 7-6
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 1
218 countable games, 66.5% win rate.
12 countable seasons at LSU.
16 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.
35 games using AP ranking at game time.
23 games using AP ranking at game time.
LSU-Mississippi State games in this dataset.
13 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
Record definition and data status
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.
Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Dec 5, 2020. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
Career Arc
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Les Miles
EliteStrongAverageLean
Les Miles: 2005 LSULes Miles: 2019 Kansas
2001Actual season year • SRS range -14.6 to 29.92020
Active comparison point
Les Miles • 2011
2011 LSU
Best seasonBiggest improvement13-1 • SRS 29.9 • SP Overall 31.9
Win %
92.9%
YoY SRS
+12.7
SP Off / Def
37.5 / 7.7
Finish
#2
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Ranked opponent record
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 10
15-20
- Games
- 35
- Win rate
- 42.9%
Top 5
10-13
- Games
- 23
- Win rate
- 43.5%
View ranked game results82
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Kansas
2019-2020 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -9.8 • Win % 14.3%
LSU
2005-2016 • 12 seasons
Avg SRS 18.2 • Win % 77.0%
Oklahoma State
2001-2004 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 6.2 • Win % 57.1%
- Longest tenure
- LSU • 12 seasons
- Best tenure
- LSU • 18.2 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- LSU • 77.0%
Style and Strength Profile
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Overall Strength
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Les Miles sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeLes Miles sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Les Miles
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 16.9
- Percentile
- 96th pct
Elite
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Impact by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
Kansas
2019-2020 • 3-18
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -9.8Win % 14.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
1.5 during vs 1.6 baseline
-0.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-9.8 during vs -12.1 baseline
+2.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-13.1 during vs -14.4 baseline
+1.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
LSU
2005-2016 • 114-34
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 18.2Win % 77.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
10.4 during vs 9.6 baseline
+0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
19.0 during vs 13.9 baseline
+5.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
25.0 during vs 19.2 baseline
+5.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
90.0% during vs 80.0% baseline
+10.0%
Oklahoma State
2001-2004 • 28-21
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 6.2Win % 57.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 5.2 baseline
+1.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
6.2 during vs 0.5 baseline
+5.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
8.8 during vs 0.2 baseline
+8.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
LSU 2011
13-1 • SRS 29.9
Biggest Improvement
LSU 2011
13-1 • 12.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
LSU 2013
10-3 • SP Off 45.2
Best Defensive Season
LSU 2006
11-2 • SP Def 6.8
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Kansas 2020
0-9 • SRS -14.6
Biggest Drop
Kansas 2019
3-9 • -26.3 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Kansas | 2020 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -14.6 | -16.3 | 18.5 | 34.5 | -9.5 | -25.0% | Season summary |
| Kansas | 2019 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -5.1 | -9.8 | 26.2 | 34.8 | -26.3 | -25.0% | Season summary |
| LSU | 2016 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.0% | #5 | #13 | 21.2 | 25.3 | 34.2 | 9.0 | +5.0 | -25.0% | Partial season |
| LSU | 2015 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #14 | #16 | 16.2 | 19.7 | 41.3 | 21.8 | +2.3 | +13.5% | Season summary |
| LSU | 2014 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #13 | — | 13.9 | 21.5 | 34.2 | 13.3 | -5.0 | -15.4% | Season summary |
| LSU | 2013 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #12 | #14 | 18.9 | 28.7 | 45.2 | 18.7 | -0.3 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| LSU | 2012 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #3 | #14 | 19.2 | 23.7 | 34.5 | 12.1 | -10.7 | -15.9% | Season summary |
| LSU | 2011 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 92.9% | #4 | #2 | 29.9 | 31.9 | 37.5 | 7.7 | +12.7 | +8.2% | Season summary |
| LSU | 2010 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #21 | #8 | 17.2 | 20.4 | 33.1 | 14.8 | +2.9 | +15.4% | Season summary |
| LSU | 2009 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #11 | #17 | 14.3 | 23.0 | 30.8 | 10.3 | +7.0 | +7.7% | Season summary |
| LSU | 2008 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #7 | — | 7.3 | 20.8 | 35.7 | 17.5 | -14.9 | -24.2% | Partial season |
| LSU | 2007 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.7% | #2 | #1 | 22.2 | 28.9 | 41.9 | 14.1 | +0.3 | +1.1% | Season summary |
| LSU | 2006 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #8 | #3 | 21.9 | 31.6 | 39.2 | 6.8 | +5.2 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| LSU | 2005 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #5 | #6 | 16.7 | 20.3 | 32.0 | 11.7 | +5.8 | +26.3% | Season summary |
| Oklahoma State | 2004 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 10.9 | 13.1 | 40.3 | 29.7 | +2.4 | -10.9% | Season summary |
| Oklahoma State | 2003 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #24 | — | 8.5 | 12.2 | 42.6 | 33.4 | +2.0 | +7.7% | Season summary |
| Oklahoma State | 2002 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 6.5 | 7.9 | 40.7 | 34.9 | +7.5 | +25.2% | Season summary |
| Oklahoma State | 2001 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -1.0 | 2.2 | 31.1 | 30.0 | — | — | Season summary |
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