If Les Miles is looking to NOT get back into coaching, this is probably one way to go about it.
Wednesday, a report surfaced that there was mutual interest between Miles and Arizona in the former LSU and Oklahoma State filling its coaching vacancy. A day later, another report has surfaced that, if Miles lands another job, he would be interested in bringing former Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze along as his offensive coordinator.
Have heard Les Miles has interest in making Hugh Freeze his OC if he does get another head coaching job. One of the concerns with Miles has been his offense. Freeze’s spread system might help ease some of those doubts.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) January 4, 2018
As a reminder, the Arizona job is open because Rich Rodriguez was fired after a sexual harassment claim was filed against him by a former female administrative assistant and Freeze is available because he “resigned” from Ole Miss after it was discovered he was using a school-issued cell phone to hook up with escort services. And that’s not even mentioning the Rebels’ NCAA issues while Freeze was in charge.
So, yeah, if Miles wants to bring Freeze along with him, you can probably cross the Mad Hatter off the list of potential RichRod replacements in the desert.
UPDATED 2:53 p.m. ET: Welp, you knew this blowback was coming after the initial trial balloon was floated.
I have confirmed with Hugh Freeze that he and Les Miles had not spoken specifically about the #Arizona coaching vacancy.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) January 4, 2018
Source tells me that, contrary to reports, Les Miles is NOT looking at Hugh Freeze as a potential offensive coordinator should he get the Arizona job.
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) January 4, 2018