Les Miles is suing LSU, the NCAA and the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame over 37 wins the school vacated due to NCAA violations during his tenure as head coach, arguing the school violated his constitutional rights to due process by not allowing him to challenge the ruling and cost him a spot in the College Football Hall of Fame.

Last summer, LSU vacated all its wins from the 2012-15 seasons as part of the resolution of a case involving offensive lineman Vadal Alexander, who was by NCAA rules ineligible when he played in 50 games for the Tigers. Alexander’s father, James, was found to have accepted $180,000 in embezzled funds for a no-show job from a prominent booster.

The vacated wins dropped Miles’ career record to 108-73 in 18 seasons at LSU, Oklahoma State and Kansas, a winning percentage of 0.597 that is below the threshold for induction into the College Football of Fame. In order to be eligible for the Hall of Fame, coaches must be at least 70 years old and have a winning percentage greater than .600 in 100 or more career games. (Miles’ winning percentage with the 37 vacated wins included is 0.665).

In a lawsuit filed Monday in United States District Court in Louisiana, Miles and his attorneys accuse LSU of “conspiracy to violate Miles’ 14th Amendment rights” and seek “appropriate remedy for the blot placed on his good name and reputation when Defendants deprived him of his Hall of Fame eligibility without due process.” Miles — who turned 70 last November — is asking for a declaratory judgment reinstating his full record and thus making him eligible for the Hall of Fame.

Miles coached at LSU from 2005-16, posting a record of 114-34 on the field. The Tigers won SEC titles in 2007 and 2011 and the BCS national championship in 2007.

Miles was fired by LSU four games into the 2016 season, and was out of coaching for three seasons before he was hired at Kansas in 2019. He went 3-18 in two seasons with the Jayhawks, who cut ties with him in March 2021 after allegations surfaced regarding alleged inappropriate conduct with female students during his LSU tenure (Miles and Kansas settled on a reduced buyout in exchange for his departure).

You can view the full lawsuit HERE.