The LSU Board of Supervisors has approved a new contract for athletic director Verge Ausberry. Ausberry will receive $1.5 million by the end of 2027, and his $8 million deal runs through 2030. The former linebacker now AD addressed the LSU Board of Supervisors before his new contract was approved.
“You know, as a little boy from New Iberia, Louisiana, when I came here in 1985, I never thought this day would ever be here. I didn’t know I wanted to be Athletic Director,” Ausberry said.
Ausberry was named athletics director shortly after Scott Woodward was ousted last November. Since then, he’s hired football coach Lane Kiffin and men’s basketball coach Will Wade. Ausberry says it’s an honor to lead the LSU athletics department.
“I don’t take this for granted. I don’t take LSU for granted, I don’t take this job for granted. It means more to me than anything,” Ausberry said.
Ausberry is from New Iberia. He played linebacker for LSU from 1986 to 1990, winning two SEC Championship teams. He was also a two-year captain on defense. He says his best job at LSU was his first job, as he served as an academic advisor for student-athletes.
“I get to see young men and women leave her with their degrees, and now I’m looking at their children coming here to LSU. That was the proudest moment,” Ausberry explained.
The LSU Board also approved new contracts for Senior Deputy AD Heath Schroyer, football general manager Billy Glasscock, men’s basketball coach Will Wade and his assistants.