Kansas Settles With Les Miles for $2 Million
Les Miles was let go as the Kansas football coach on Monday night and we have more details on what this will cost the athletic department.
KU Athletics released the two sides’ settlement agreement Tuesday, with KU agreeing to pay Miles $1,991,062.50. Originally, Miles had about $8 million left on his KU contract that ran through 2023 and paid him $2.775 million annually.
Miles is scheduled receive monthly checks from KU of $201,187.50 for April, May and June before getting monthly payments of $231,250 for July through December.
Miles was put on leave last week after a report came out from his time in Baton Rouge. In that report, it stated that Les Miles was accused of texting female students, taking them to his condo alone, making them feel uncomfortable and, on at least one occasion, kissing a student and suggesting they go to a hotel after telling her he could help her career.
These allegations compelled former LSU athletic director Joe Alleva to bar Miles from being alone with student workers and that Alleva urged LSU to fire Miles in 2013. However, Miles wasn’t fired by LSU until after four games were complete in the 2016 season, after a 2-2 start.
Les Miles has been the head coach of the Jayhawks since 2019 and was 3-18 in his two seasons on the job. His five-year contract was set to expire at the end of the 2023 season. Now with him gone, the question is, what will happen to Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long?
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