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It only takes one conversation with sec- ond-year LSU coach Les Miles to know what he's made of. Deeply committed to his family and driven to winning big on the football field, Miles brings a philosophy to LSU that focuses on his play- ers having success in all areas of life. Under the Miles Plan, his players will leave LSU with a degree in one hand and a championship ring on another. Miles, the only LSU coach to defeat Alabama, Auburn and Florida in the same season, brings a contagious enthusiasm and a passionate spirit for the game that has already grabbed the attention of his players and those who support the program. In addition, he's a proven recruiter who has a keen eye for assessing talent as well as character, all attributes that make Miles the perfect fit for LSU.

1974-75 1980-81 1982-86 Les Miles letters two years at Miles begins his coaching Miles serves on Bill the . career for his former coach, McCartney’s Colorado staff for 1987-94 During those two seasons, , at five seasons, earning berths to Miles returns to his alma mater for the next eight seasons. Michigan was a combined 18-3- Michigan. The Wolverines the Freedom and Bluebonnet Michigan won 71 games during that span, made eight-straight 2 and participated in both the post a 19-5 record with a Big Bowls in 1985 and 1986. bowl appearances, including four Rose Bowl trips. During the Rose and Orange Bowls. 10 title during his two-year eight years, Miles coaches 10 All-Americans and 12 NFL draftees. stint.

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Les Miles, Kyle Williams and accept the 2005 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl trophy after defeating Miami, 40-3.

The Miles Plan Academics A Must Excellence On The Field The Complete Package The goal is to run the finest football A football coach has to understand It's the goal of this program to win in I realized that when I looked at LSU program in the country where our its academics first and you'll find the grandest fashion and to com- from afar they had everything. I players can have an experience that that in me as well. We have the pete for championships each year. want the opportunity to step along- is second to none. finest academic center for student- side a great team, at a great school athletes that I've ever seen right and be a part of extending a very here on our campus. It's a magnifi- competitive tradition. cent place that will serve as the cor- nerstone for the success of this program.

1995-97 Spends three seasons at Oklahoma State as the offensive coordinator for Bob Simmons. The 1997 season saw the Cowboys go 8-4 with a trip to the Alamo Bowl, the school’s first bowl appearance since 1988. 1998-2000 Miles is the tight ends coach for 2001-04 the NFL’s for Takes over as head coach of the head coaches and Oklahoma State program. Guides the . The Cowboys win Cowboys to three-straight bowl games, 2005 the division title in 1998. including a victory in the 2002 On Jan. 3, 2005, Les Miles is named the 32nd head coach in LSU Football history. Went on to Bowl. guide the Tigers to 11 wins, becoming the first LSU coach to defeat Alabama, Auburn and Florida in the same season.

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LSU hoists the 2003 ADT National Championship Trophy after defeating Oklahoma, 21- 14, in the Nokia to claim the program’s second national title.

CHAMPIONSHIPSCHAMPIONSHIP TROPHIES

SEC Champions SEC West Champions 2003 • 2001 • 1988 • 1986 2005 • 2003 • 2002 1970 • 1961 • 1958 • 1936 • 1935 2001 • 1997 • 1986 National Champions 2003 • 1958

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INTRO 281 Academic All-SEC honors THIS IS LSU TIGERS

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64 All-America honors HISTORY 37 Bowl Games LSU 26 NFL First Round Draft Picks 25 Academic All-America selections 18 Bowl Victories 10 Hall of Famers 9 SEC Championships 6 SEC West Championships 3 Pro Football Hall of Famers 2 National Championships

Heisman Trophy • 1959

THEFOOTBALL TROPHIES HARDWARE

National Coach Biletnikoff Award Rimington Award Draddy Award of the Year Josh Reed • 2001 • 2004 Rudy Niswanger • 2005 • 2003 • 1982 Charles McClendon • 1970 • 1958

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INTRO THIS IS LSU Critical to the development of an TIGERS athlete as a student is an adequate COACHES

REVIEW academic facility and capable staff to HISTORY further the athlete’s progress. The LSU Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes is responsible for overseeing the educational development and progress toward graduation for all student-athletes. The staff acts as a liaison between the student-athlete and the academic communities and Rudy Niswanger >>> insures that student-athletes comply

with academic rules established by Draddy Award Wuerfell Trophy University Medalist Offensive lineman Rudy Niswanger became the Niswanger (right) complet- the University, NCAA and Niswanger was the inaugural recipient of the ed his degree in kinesiolo- . The staff recipient of the Draddy , which gy in the spring of 2005 Trophy (above), known as goes to the college football with a perfect 4.0 GPA, also coordinates academic programs the “Academic Heisman” player who best combines earning him summa cum which goes to the top stu- exemplary community laude and University designed to assist student-athletes dent-athlete in all divisions service with outstanding Medalist honors. in acquiring a quality education. of college football. academic and athletic achievement.

The Goal The Responsibility For each student-athlete to reach and receive the highest-quality To oversee the educational development and progress toward education and degree. graduation for all student-athletes.

Tutoring Career Counseling Comply with academic Time Management Study Skills and Development rules established by LSU, the NCAA and SEC ACADEMICACADEMIC STAFF SUPPORT STAFF

Tomas Jimenez Tommy Powell Dr. Mary Boudreaux Tim Boyle Executive Director Director Associate Director Associate Director

TBA – Sr. Associate Director John Allen Dr. Tommy Karam Jennifer Timmer Jeanne Hieronimus TBA – Associate Director TBA – Coordinator Coordinator Director/Communications Lab Learning Specialist Learning Specialist

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LSU FOOTBALL GRADUATES SINCE 2000 INTRO THIS IS LSU

WINTER 2000 SPRING 2002 Solomon Lee Michael Dupuis. SUMMER 2004 SPRING 2005 FALL 2005 TIGERS Kareem Mitchell Trev Faulk Chad Lewis Dorsett Buckels Jimmy Courtenay Joseph Addai Louis Williams Jarvis Green Jerel Myers Eric Edwards Barrett Dupuy Kenneth Hollis COACHES Melvin Hill * Jeremy Shealy Rob Sale Jason Ledoux Derek Hinds REVIEW SPRING 2001 Kris Kessler Joe Wesley Korey Wales * Brandon Hurley Muskingum Barnes Ryan Miles SPRING 2004 Coresy Webster Rudy Niswanger SPRING 2006 HISTORY John Compton Walter Moreham SPRING 2003 Thomas Barrett Bryce Wyatt Demetri Robinson Andre’ Boagni LSU Joe Domingeaux Tony Vastola Jimmy Courtenay Jeremy Burnham Chuck Wiley * Jason Green Bob Wynne Alonzo Diodene Ross Cockrell WINTER 2004 Ben Wilkerson Ryan Gaudet Kyle Kipps Wendell York Bradie James Eric Edwards Harold Bicknell Gino Giambelluca Oliver Smith John Young Elice Parker Ryan Clark SUMMER 2005 Jack Hunt Charles Thomas Rodney Reed Brandon Nowlin Cedric Donaldson Shyrone Carey Greg Hercules Roger Williams SUMMER 2002 Marcus Whitty Rodney Reed * Ryan O’Neal Michael Harrison Charles Thomas * Jonathan Shensky James McLachlan Phillip Maxwell SUMMER 2001 WINTER 2003 Kyle Thompson Jarvus Ryes Gant Petty Michael Lillie WINTER 2002 John Corbello Torran Williams Kevin Steltz Mario Stevenson Robert Royal Tommy Banks Byron Dawson Bryce Wyatt Chris McCauley * Willie Harvey Thomas Dunson Wendell York * * denotes postgraduate degree

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0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 LSU has produced six recipients of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame National Scholar-Athlete award, including three in the past seven The number of football student-athletes to earn Academic All-SEC honors (3.0 GPA or better) has drastically improved since the opening of the Cox Communications seasons. The Tigers have also had four Academic All- Academic Center for Student-Athletes in the Fall of 2002. Since 2002, a total of 80 America selections in the past three seasons, including earned Academic All-SEC honors, including a school record 25 players in 2003. Rudy Niswanger in 2004 and 2005.

STUDENT-ATHLETE CLASS MAJOR Andre' Boagni Senior Construction Management Sophomore General Studies Scholar-Athletes Mit Cole Sophomore Undeclared 1978 - Robert Dugas 2002 - Bradie James (below) Dave Davis Junior History Josh Dicharry Senior Management 1987 - Nacho Albergamo 2003 - Rodney Reed (above) Schirra Fields Senior Kinesiology 1990 - Sol Graves 2005 - Rudy Niswanger Junior Communication Studies 1997 - Chad Kessler Ryan Gaudet Senior Management Brett Helms Sophomore Undeclared Max Holmes Sophomore Psychology Junior Kinesiology Brandon Ledgister Sophomore Mass Communications Alonzo Manuel Senior General Studies Micah Metrailer Junior Kinesiology Rudy Niswanger Graduate Kinesiology Gant Petty Senior Biological Sciences JaMarcus Russell Junior General Studies Luke Sanders Sophomore Undeclared Robert Smith II Sophomore Biological Sciences Ryan Willis Senior Kinesiology Andrew Wright Junior Biochemistry Anthony Zehyoue Junior History

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Amenities Paramount to the success of the “student” half of the term 454,000 square feet of working student-athlete is providing LSU athletes with the best space possible resources to excel in the classroom. For more than 20 475 computer workstations

414 private computer rooms in a years, the LSU Academic Center for Student-Athletes has helped state-of-the-art computer lab to build well-rounded student-athletes. But as times change and 4Additional study rooms and classrooms for private or group technology advances, the need for further improvements still study exists. As a result, the Cox Communications Academic Center for 4Electronic scheduling of tutoring sessions Student-Athletes opened its doors in November of 2002. A $15 4A 1,000-seat auditorium for classes and lectures million renovation to the Gym Armory not only made it among the nation’s premier centers, but put it at the forefront. Improvements to the existing center give LSU student-athletes the best opportunity for success by providing access to the latest technology, as well as an array of expanded services.

FACILITY BUILT BY THE TIGER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION

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Bo Campbell Auditorium The 1,000-seat auditorium is used through the year as a classroom and lecture hall. Each seat in the auditorium has space for a laptop and a modem hookup, providing each student unlimited learning opportunities. The auditorium also Computer Stations contains a movie theatre size screen to aid professors with lectures and class- room activities. Throughout the Academic Center are 75 computer stations, providing student-athletes with a quiet working environment for research, writing and studying. Study Area Included in the 54,000 The Library square feet of the The library provides a Academic Center are perfect setting for indi- individual study areas vidual study, or with a as well as 14 private tutor as a group. computer rooms for student-athletes to work one-on-one with tutors or by them- selves.

COMMUNICATIONSCOMMUNICATIONS LAB LAB

long with the success of the LSU Football team, comes a great deal of A media attention and Dr. Tommy Karam, the Director of the Communications Lab, uses his lab, located on the fourth floor of the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes, to work with LSU student-ath- letes on their interactions with the media and interview skills. Karam’s lab is a mock press conference setting to get the student-athletes used to handling themselves in front of both print and electronic media. He video tapes the mock interview session and reviews it with the student-athlete to help them become more Lights, Camera, Answer comfortable in an interview setting. Karam also Dr. Karam uses his studio to prepare LSU’s stu- helps the LSU Football players get prepared for dent-athletes to interact with all phases of local the NFL Combine by working closely with those and national media by working one-on-one in a press conference setting. The Communications players on the interview process. Lab includes a working camera for Karam to review the session with the student-athletes.

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical LSU Facts Location: Baton Rouge, La. College has, throughout its 144-year history, served the Founded: January 2, 1860 people of Louisiana, the region, the nation, and Enrollment: 30,584 President: Dr. William Jenkins the world. LSU is creating a revolution, one of Major Fields for Bachelor’s Degrees: 72 Major Fields for Master’s Degrees: 72 pervasive change and advancement. For the past Major Fields for Doctoral Degrees: 54 five years, the focus of the LSU community has been an increased commitment to excellence. Our progress has been dramatic and shows no sign of stopping. Having witnessed many of yesterday's possibilities become today's tangible realities, the LSU community set forth to capitalize on its success. The goal was to improve our standing as a nationally competitive flagship university. Following intense discussions among the LSU Board of Supervisors, campus administrators, faculty, and student leaders, the objectives required to reach this status crystal- lized, providing the impetus for LSU's National Flagship Agenda.

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DIVERSITY INTRO THIS IS LSU “ The Most Diverse TIGERS school in the nation. ” COACHES REVIEW

Newsweek magazine named HISTORY Louisiana State University the “Most “Louisiana State University has a tradition of gratitude LSU Diverse” school in the nation in the Sept. 3, 2003 issue. The enrollment expressed in service to community and country.” consists of 24 percent minority stu- dents.

President George W. Bush

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College of Agriculture Business Education Asia Medical Physics Manship School of Mass Communication Agricultural Business (B.S.) Career Developmen Europe Physics Mass Communication (B.A.M.C.) Agribusiness Finance Home Economics Education Global Studies Physics and a Second Discipline Advertising Agribusiness Management Human Resource Leadership and Development Latin America Secondary Education–Physics Electronic Media International Marketing Industrial Education Russia & Central Asia Journalism Animal, Dairy, & Poultry Sciences (B.S.) Training & Development Latin (B.A.) E. J. Ourso College of Business Political Communication Animal Sciences Wildlife & Fisheries (B.S.) Liberal Arts (B.A.) Accounting (B.S.) Public Relations Dairy Foods Technology Aquaculture African & African American Studies Management Accounting Dairy Production Conservation Biology Art History Economics (B.S.) College of Music & Dramatic Arts Poultry Sciences Fisheries Studio Art Empirical Economic Analysis Music (B.A.) Preveterinary Medicine–Animal Preveterinary Medicine–Wildlife & Fisheries Mathematics (B.S.) Finance (B.S.) Music (B.M.) Preveterinary Medicine–Dairy Wetland Science Actuarial Science General Business Administration (B.S.) Brass Preveterinary Medicine–Poultry Wildlife Ecology Applied/Discrete Mathematics Business Administration–Prelaw Composition Science & Technology–Animal Science Wildlife Law Enforcement Applied Mathematics/Communications Business & Public Administration Harp Science & Technology–Dairy Science Engineering Information Systems & Decision Sciences Organ Science & Technology–Poultry Science College of Art & Design Computer Science (B.S.) Percussion Environmental Management Systems (B.S.) Architecture (B.Arch.) Mathematics International Trade & Finance (B.S.) Piano Pedagogy Environmental Science Interior Design (B.I.D.) Secondary Education–Mathematics Empirical Economics Analysis Piano Performance Policy Analysis Landscape Architecture (B.L.A.) Philosophy (B.A.) Management (B.S.) String Resource Conservation Studio Art (B.F.A.) Religious Studies Entrepreneurship Voice Family, Child, & Consumer Sciences (B.S.) Ceramics Political Science (B.A.) Human Resource Management Woodwind Consumer Science Graphic Design Psychology (B.A. & B.S.) Management Music Education (B.M.Ed.) Human Services Management Jewelry/Metalsmithing Russian Area Studies (B.A.) Marketing (B.S.) Instrumental Food Science & Technology (B.S.) Painting Sociology (B.A.) Vocal Food Business/Marketing Photography Applied Sociology College of Education Theatre (B.A.) Food Chemistry & Analysis Printmaking Criminology Early Childhood Education: PK–3 Teacher Arts Administration Food Processing & Technology Sculpture Rural Sociology Certification (B.S.) Design/Technology Food Safety/Applied Microbiology Spanish (B.A.) Elementary Grades Education (B.S.) Literature, History, & Theory Forestry (Forest Management) (B.S.F.) College of Arts & Sciences Secondary Education–Spanish Four-Year Teacher Certification, Grades 1–6 Performance Ecological Restoration Anthropology (B.A.) Women’s & Gender Studies (B.A.) College of Holmes Certification Theatre Studies Forest Products Communication Disorders (B.A.) Basic Sciences Kinesiology (B.S.) Forest Resource Management Communication Studies (B.A.) Biochemistry (B.S.) Athletic Training Preprofessional Programs * (Nondegree) Nutritional Sciences (B.S.) Economics (B.A.) Biological Sciences (B.S.) Fitness Studies Allied Health Programs Dietetics English (B.A.) Marine Biology Health & Physical Education Teacher Dental Hygiene Nutritional Sciences/Premedical Creative Writing Secondary Education–Biology Certification Dental Laboratory Technology Plant & Soil Systems (B.S.) Literature Chemistry (B.S.) Human Movement Science Ophthalmic Medical Technology Agricultural Pest Management–Entomology Secondary Education–English Biological Chemistry Sports Studies Physician’s Assistant Agricultural Pest Management–Plant Writing & Culture Chemical Physics Secondary Education (B.S.) Premedical Technology Pathology French (B.A.) Chemistry Art Prenursing Crop Management French & Francophone Cultural Studies Chemistry and a Second Discipline Preoccupational Therapy Horticultural Science French & Francophone Political Studies Environmental Chemistry College of Engineering Prephysical Therapy Ornamentals, Olericulture, & Pomology International Business Materials Biological Engineering (B.S.B.E.) Rehabilitation Counseling Soil Science International Studies Polymers Chemical Engineering (B.S.Che.E.) Respiratory Therapy Turfgrass Management Literary Studies Preprofessional Chemistry Civil Engineering (B.S.C.E.) Urban Entomology Secondary Education–French Secondary Education–Chemistry Computer Engineering (B.S.E.E.) * The final two-three years of these preprofessional Textiles, Apparel, & Merchandising (B.S.) General Studies (B.G.S.) Computer Science (B.S.) Construction Management (B.S.C.M.) programs are offered by the LSU Health Sciences Center and/or other medical schools. These are nondegree Apparel Design Geography (B.A. & B.S.) Geology (B.S. Geol.) Electrical Engineering (B.S.E.E.) programs. Merchandising German (B.A.) Environmental Geology Environmental Engineering (B.S.Env.E.) Textile Science History (B.A.) Geology Industrial Engineering (B.S.I.E.) Vocational Education (B.S.) Secondary Education–History Microbiology (B.S.) Mechanical Engineering (B.S.M.E.) Adult, Extension, International Education International Studies (B.A.) Physics (B.S.) Petroleum Engineering (B.S.P.E.) Agricultural Education Africa & the Middle East Astronomy

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INTRO CAMPUS APARTMENT - THE TIGERS’ HOME AWAY FROM HOME

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LSU HAS 18 RESIDENCE HALLS Amenities

WITH ARCHITECTURAL STYLES 4Dining Halls

ranging from a Renaissance style typical 4Weekly Housekeeping

of the older core of the campus to modern 4Cable Television high-rise buildings. Above is the newest 4High-Speed Internet addition, the highly popular East Campus 4Mail Service and West Campus apartments, co-ed 4Card Access dormitories that include furnished rooms 4Facility Repairs with connecting suites and e-mail work- 4Security stations in the lobby, all within a short 4Telephone Services walk from the dining hall. 4Furnished

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WHY LSU? INTRO THIS IS LSU S WHY LSU? TIGERS “It was really quite an honor to be able to “I had a lot of choices coming out of high “As far back as I can remember (riding “I was basically an in-state guy and had COACHES play for LSU. Being from Lockport, every- school, but when I visited LSU it was dif- bicycles, playing little league baseball), I always thought about going to LSU for REVIEW body down there is a big LSU fan. Once I ferent. It felt like a family with the coach- have literally bled purple and gold. It never football and to get a good education. I HISTORY graduated from high school and had to es and the players. LSU was the best crossed my mind that there was anywhere made a lot of visits to different schools in LSU make the decision where I was going to place for me to go. It had everything I else to go other than LSU. The experiences my selection process, but everything play, LSU was the obvious choice wanted, both football and academically. and relationships that I developed at LSU always pointed toward LSU. My heart and because I had grown up an LSU fan and The atmosphere and the coaches made have been an integral part of my life. No my family guided me in that direction not it was a place where my family could me feel very comfortable around them as other colleges existed in my mind. I am just for the athletics, but for the academ- watch me play. LSU really helped me well as the academic people and every- fortunate to have attended a place that I ics as well. From top to bottom LSU has grow both as a player and a person. I body involved with the program. I was considered a dream and look forward to good people from the coaches on down have nothing but fond memories of the from down the road in Louisiana and my association with the University until the line.” place.” could have gone anywhere to school, but the day I die.” I chose to stay close to home.”

Tommy Hodson Jarvis Green David Toms Bradie James Quarterback (1986-89) Defensive End (1998-01) 2001 PGA Champion Linebacker (1999-2002) All-SEC New England Patriots member and LSU Graduate Dallas Cowboys member

Program Goals Educational programs for the African- American Cultural Center are the heart of the center. The scope of these programs fall into the following four categories:

4historical/political 4artistic 4informal student advising 4community outreach Benefits By creating and funding the African- American Cultural Center, the University community benefits in the following CULTURALAFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER CENTER areas: 4retention of African-American LSU students 4attract qualified African-American stu- The African-American Cultural Center provides a multifaceted dent applicants to LSU 4educate the student body and the approach to working with all students at LSU. It offers opportunities for community about African-American culture people to learn about the contributions of African-American men and 4increase racial and cultural awareness of students, faculty and staff women in the areas of literature, science and the humanities. In addition, 4assist with the recruitment and reten- tion of African-American faculty and staff opportunities for the University community to have greater exposure to art exhibits, dance troupes, theatre, poetry readings and educational programs are provided.

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