LSU introduced New Iberia native and longtime athletic administrator Verge Ausberry as its interim athletics director. After a tumultuous week that saw the firing of head football coach Brian Kelly and the departure of athletics director Scott Woodward, Ausberry had this message for LSU fans…
“The LSU Athletic Department is not broken,” Ausberry said. “I think we have the best athletic department in the country, I think we have the best staff in the country, the executive team is second to none, I put them up against anyone, they are the best, and they will get the job done.”
Ausberry says his main job is to find the best football coach that LSU can hire. He’s forming a committee that includes members of the LSU Board of Supervisors and the major donors to the athletic program.
Before Governor Jeff Landry spoke about the language in college football coaches’ contracts and the dismissal of Woodward as athletic director, the LSU football coaching vacancy was considered one of the best in the country. Ausberry still feels that way, and interest is high.
Two LSU Board of Supervisors were in attendance. Scott Ballard, who is the chairman, and John Carmouche, who is the chairman of the athletics committee.
Neither would go into detail on why Woodward is no longer the athletics director. They said it was a decision that Woodward and the Board thought was best for the university.