=== LSU gives Les Miles contract extension, raise ===
 
 Baton  Rouge, LA  (Sports Network)  -  LSU head  football coach  Les Miles  is
 getting a contract extension and raise.
 
 Miles  will  receive annual  compensation of  $4.3 million  per year for seven
 years  under  the terms of  the new  contract amendment. His previous contract
 paid about $3.75 million annually through 2017.
 
 The new deal will be presented to the LSU Board of Supervisors on Feb. 1.
 
 "Les Miles is one of the most successful coaches in America and he has the LSU
 program  in  position to compete for  championships each and every year in the
 most  dominant football  conference in the country," LSU athletic director Joe
 Alleva  said in  a statement.  "He  recruits at  an elite  level, his  players
 graduate  and he is  a respected member of the community. We are proud he will
 lead the LSU football program for the long-term future."
 
 The Tigers went 10-3 this season and lost to Clemson in the Chick-fil-A Bowl.
 
 The  59-year-old  Miles has an  eight-year record of 85-21  at LSU. He led the
 Tigers to a national title in the 2007 season.
 
 Miles  graduated from  Michigan in 1976 and played for the Wolverines under Bo
 Schembechler  in  1974-75. He also  coached on  six Big Ten championship teams
 and 10 bowl teams at Michigan in two separate stints (1980-81, 1987-94).
 
 His first stint as a head coach came at Oklahoma State from 2001-04. He guided
 the  Cowboys  to a record of  28-21, then took over  at LSU in 2005 after Nick
 Saban left for the NFL.
 
 
 
 
 
 01/24 21:13:47 ET

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