US EditionLouisiana governor says LSU athletic director won’t choose next football coach
Governor Landry confirmed LSU's Board of Supervisors committee will hire the football coach to prevent financial risks from costly buyouts, including the $53 million Kelly payout.
- LSU fired head coach Brian Kelly, who has a $53 million buyout, during his fourth season, as reported by multiple sources.
- Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry criticized LSU Athletic Director Scott Woodward's management, stating he is "not going to be picking the next coach" and called for better oversight.
- Landry expressed a desire to avoid rewarding failure and mentioned that a new coach will be compensated properly and evaluated against metrics.
- Due to the absence of a school president, Governor Landry has taken on a more active role in LSU's coaching decisions.
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Come On Down And Pick LSU's Next Football Coach!
Welcome to the Defector College Football Watch Guide, where Israel Daramola and Ray Ratto will tell you which of the weekend’s college football games are worth giving a crap about. Ray: Good news for SEC teams across the land: The next coach at LSU is almost certainly going to be a spectacular failure. This news comes after Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry suggested, and probably not tongue-in-cheek, that "Maybe we'll let President Trump pick it. …
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By Dana O’Neil, CNN (CNN) — The placard attached to the podium read “Protecting the most vulnerable,’’ but on this particular Wednesday Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry took aim at a very specific apex predator: Big-time football. The governor, who was supposed to be talking about food stamps that are nearing a crisis point due to the government shutdown, instead launched a verbal grenade directed squarely at the Louisiana State University Athletics A…
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By Dana O’Neil, CNN (CNN) — The placard attached to the podium read “Protecting the most vulnerable,’’ but on this particular Wednesday Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry took aim at a very specific apex predator: Big-time football. The governor, who was supposed to be talking about food stamps that are nearing a crisis point due to the government shutdown, instead launched a verbal grenade directed squarely at the Louisiana State University Athletics A…
LSU AD Scott Woodward left a message for Tiger fans after his ouster. Here's what he said.
LSU athletic director Scott Woodward thanked the Tigers' fans after he and the school agreed to part ways effective immediately. He fired Brian Kelly and faced criticism from Jeff Landry.
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