NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans Saints coach Mike Riley has talked to both UCLA and Alabama about their openings, but so far that's all that's happened.

"I'm just going to wait and see what's going to happen,'' Riley said on Wednesday.

ESPN's John Clayton reported Riley has also interviewed with Kentucky.

Neither school had offered him a job, Riley said.

Riley, 49, has ties to both UCLA and Alabama.

He was assistant coach at USC and was head coach with Oregon State and the San Diego Chargers. Riley was a leading candidate for the job Pete Carroll took at USC two years ago, but decided to stay in San Diego. The Chargers fired Riley last December following a 5-11 season.

Alabama is Riley's alma mater.

"I'm very proud to have gone to Alabama,'' Riley said. "I have a lot of respect and have had for many years for that program. Even before I went to school there I was a big fan. It's a great place, but I've been out on the West Coast so long that I think being in the Pac 10 is great.''

Riley's family remains on the West Coast, where his son and daughter attend school.

Riley said he had also talked to the athletic director at Kentucky, who is a friend of his. He downplayed the talk.

The last few days have been hectic for Riley, who is also helping New Orleans get ready to play the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. Saints coach Jim Haslett said it has not been a distraction for the team, however.

"I don't think it will be,'' said Haslett, who lost John Bunting to North Carolina and Ron Zook last year to Florida. "We've done this three years now, so we're pretty good at it.''

Riley said if he was offered a job it would be hard to leave the Saints, who are on track to clinch a playoff spot. Haslett said if the opportunity is there, Riley should not wait to make the move.

"That probably would become a distraction,'' Haslett said. "Because you would be a head coach at a university and you would be trying to recruit and hire staff. You would have people calling you and trying to do double duty. That would be more of a distraction than what is going on now.

Riley said whatever happens, he will be satisfied.

"I'm very happy with the job that I have,'' Riley said. "I appreciate the opportunity to visit with those people and I'm just going to wait and see what happens. I'm really at peace with whatever happens, I don't really have any inclination.''