What LSU's vacated wins means for Les Miles' College Football Hall of Fame hopes

LSU football vacated 37 wins from the Les Miles era, dating between the 2012-15 seasons, which completely damped his College Football Hall of Fame hopes.

With this news, and the amount of wins vacated, Miles’ career record dropped to 108-73 and he no longer meets the requirements for the College Football Hall of Fame. Coaches need a .600 winning percentage in order to get in.

LSU previously self-imposed a postseason ban and scholarship reductions but Miles’ wins are gone.

Miles was likely a Hall of Fame coach during his LSU Tigers tenure. But since then, his career’s been marred in scandal.

Not to mention a rough time at Kansas prior to the program’s turnaround under Lance Leipold.

The 37 wins are being vacated because former LSU offensive lineman Vadal Alexander was deemed ineligible throughout much of his career. As a four-year starter, he played in 50 games, only missing one in his career. That game he missed was a loss to Arkansas.

Alexander’s father was allegedly paid $180,150 by funds embezzled by John Paul Funes, the former head of the Our Lady of the Lake Foundation. Reportedly, they were introduced in 2012 or 2013 by the LSU assistant athletic director for football operations. T

he panel also claimed that Funes offered Alexander’s mother a job at OLOL hospital and his father at the foundation. That was considered a severe Level I violation and Miles paid the price.

Alexander was a permanent team captain for LSU in 2015 and was also named an All-SEC performer that season.

LSU received the notice of allegations in March 2022 and imposed the penalty at that time. However, with the final decision on penalties for the program being released, the self-imposed penalty is no longer considered confidential. So now, Miles got the final results.

The new penalties came through a resolution of an NCAA Independent Accountability Resolution Panel that primarily focused on the case of former LSU men’s basketball head coach Will Wade.

Miles was out of coaching for three years following his firing from LSU in 2016. He coached Kansas for nearly two years, but went 3-18 during his short stint.

Miles was put on administrative leave and eventually mutually parted ways with Kansas due to an investigation dating back to his LSU days. The former coach allegedly had inappropriate conduct with female students while coach of the Tigers.

Dan Morrison contributed to this report