Les Miles will remain LSU's coach after talking with Michigan officials about the vacancy at his alma mater.

LSU athletic director Joe Alleva released a statement Tuesday confirming that Miles will return for a seventh season with the Tigers.

"I am pleased to announce that Les Miles will remain the head coach at LSU," Alleva said. "Les has led this program to many great successes on the field and his players represent LSU well off the field. We look forward to many great years of LSU football under his leadership."

"The want and need to stand by my commitment to the team that I coach and the school that I represent really overshadowed any other consideration," Miles explained while speaking at the American Football Coaches Association convention Tuesday in Dallas. "The business that we're doing is affecting people's lives, playing for championships, encouraging a degree, setting people on a path that will benefit them. I think that happened for me at Michigan and hopefully it's happening for others at LSU."

Miles met with Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon and other school representatives Monday night in Baton Rouge but did not return with them to Ann Arbor. He reportedly met with Alleva later Monday.

Miles declined Tuesday to say if the Wolverines had extended a formal offer to him to coach but joked, "The reports of my departure are greatly exaggerated."

"The job was never offered to them," Brandon said in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, referring to Miles and Jim Harbaugh. "We did have different discussions with them that were helpful and positive."

The meeting came just three days after LSU celebrated a 41-24 victory over Texas A&M in the AT&T Cotton Bowl that gave Miles his fourth season with at least 11 wins with the Tigers.

Michigan moved ahead, hiring San Diego State coach Brady Hoke on Tuesday afternoon.