One day after LSU president Wade Rousse said Verge Ausberry was the acting Athletics Director, an LSU spokesperson tells the Louisiana Radio Network that Ausberry is THE director of athletics at LSU. It was reported on Tuesday night that Ausberry was the permanent AD. Even interim head football coach Frank Wilson discussed Ausberry’s promotion on Wednesday morning as a positive step for the university.
“He is detailed, I think he’s professional. I think he has a view, holistically, of what it takes to run in athletic program,” Wilson said.
Confusion came about yesterday when Rousse called Ausberry the acting AD, a similar title to interim athletics director.
On the LSU website, Ausberry’s bio says he is the director of athletics. Ausberry has worked at the LSU athletics department for 24 years and the New Iberia native is a longtime senior administrator at his alma mater. He’s been involved in four previous head football coaches’ searches and is leading the search for Brian Kelly’s replacement.
Wilson says Ausberry deserves an opportunity to lead the LSU athletics department.
“He’s put in the work. I think it’s a position that he has earned,” Wilson said.
LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey is heartbroken over the firing of LSU AD Scott Woodward. But she is happy for Ausberry.
“I think Verge is like a lot of us. He grew up in this state. This is his school,” Mulkey said.
