Les Miles on Kansas radar? Report: Jayhawks plane headed to Baton Rouge

Former LSU coach Les Miles has seen his name connected with the vacancy at the University of Kansas ever since Jayhawks athletic director Jeff Long announced that head coach David Beaty would not return in 2019.

Now, there could be fire with that smoke. Kansas City Star writer Jesse Newell reported Tuesday afternoon a Kansas charter is headed to Louisiana.

The KU charter plane just took off from Lawrence Municipal airport, with occupants entering via a side road not accessible to the public. We did not see who was on flight. Flight Tracker info has that plane destined for Baton Rouge, La., tonight.

— Jesse Newell (@jessenewell) November 13, 2018

Miles, who turned 65 on Saturday, reportedly spoke to KU officials last week.

The connection between Miles and Long is not surprising. In 2012, while athletic director at Arkansas, Long attempted to lure Miles from Baton Rouge to Fayetteville. Miles said earlier this year he considered the offer, but in the end, he did not want to relocate his family from Baton Rouge.

Miles has been in the running for a few jobs since parting ways with LSU in September 2016, but his work since then has been limited to the broadcast industry, including a podcast with his daughter Smacker.