LSU Football: Where Does Les Miles Rank Among All-Time Great Tiger Coaches?

The LSU Tigers football program has been around since 1893, so you can bet there is not only a ton of history, but several great coaches as well.

Since the inaugural season the Tigers have won 64 percent of their games, 13 conference titles, three National Championships and have produced one Heisman winner and 41 All-Americans.

The players deserve a lot credit for what they do on the field but behind every great team is a great coach. The Tigers have had several remarkable coaches over the years and they deserve a great deal of the credit for the Tigers' success.

Here are the Top 5 LSU coaches of all-time and where Les Miles ranks among them.

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Bernie Moore

Bernie Moore was the head coach at LSU from 1935-1947 and posted a record of 83-39-6 in that time span. Those 83 victories are the second most in Tigers history.

Moore's teams ended up in the rankings a total of eight times and he managed to win two SEC conference titles. Much of like the LSU teams of today, Moore was big on defense and his teams got the message, as they had some of the best defensive units of that time.

He could be a couple spots higher on the list if he had better success in bowl games. Moore made a total of five bowl games and finished with a 1-3-1 record, including three straight losses in the Sugar Bowl.

Moore was inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame in 1952 and the LSU track and field facility is named after him.

Paul Dietzel

Dietzel was a head coach for the Tigers from 1955-1961 and later became the athletic director from 1978-1982.

He finished with a 46-24 record and gave the Tigers their first official National Championship 1958 as the team finished with an undefeated record. That same season he also earned the National Coach of the Year award for his accomplishments.

The Tigers were ranked six times out of the seven years he coached them, and he won two of the three bowl games.

Dietzel may have not coached the team for a long time, but his accomplishments cannot be ignored.

Nick Saban

Nick Saban was only the coach at LSU for five seasons, but he accomplished a lot in such little time. He racked up a 48-16 record and made five straight bowl games, winning three of them.

Saban also gave the Tigers their second National Championship in 2003 as LSU finished with a 13-1 record. His 75 percent winning percentage is second all-time in school history.

He also led the Tigers to two SEC titles.

Saban is one of the greatest coaches in college football, but only five seasons is the reason he is No. 3 on this list.

Les Miles

Les Miles has accomplished a lot already at LSU and is more than capable of doing a lot more.

He is the coach you either love or hate. It's a shame that the first thing you think about with Miles is his risk-taking, because he is a flat-out winner.

In his six and half seasons at LSU, Miles has led the Tigers to a 70-17 record. There has not been one season where the Tigers have not been ranked and he's won one SEC title and one National Championship.

He's made six bowl games in six seasons and has impressively won five of them.

Miles could eventually move up this list and become No. 1 in time if he continues this impressive track record.

Whether you love him or hate him, you can't deny his resume.

Charles McClendon

Charles McClendon's No. 1 spot will be challenged by Les Miles in time, but as of right now, he has to have the top spot.

He has the most victories at LSU with 137, he also has the most bowl wins with seven, and his 18 years of coaching is the longest of anybody at the University.

McClendon became an assistant at LSU in 1953 before earning the head coaching job in 1962 and after 18 seasons, he never coached anywhere else. What makes his run so incredible is that in the 18 years of coaching, he only had one losing season.

He may have only won one conference championship, but nobody has left an impact on this school the way McClendon has.