Les Miles, who led LSU to the national championship in 2007, is working toward finalizing a deal to become the next coach of the Kansas Jayhawks, sources confirmed to ESPN on Saturday.
Sports Illustrated first reported the news.
Miles, who hasn't coached since being fired by LSU in September 2016, would replace David Beaty, who said Nov. 4 that he would not return as coach after this season.
Kansas athletic director Jeff Long and Miles know one another from their time at the University of Michigan in the late 1980s and early '90s.