LSU will conduct its second teaching search in 4 years after firing Brian Kelly final weekend. Do not count on the one that helped poach Kelly from Notre Dame in 2021 to make the following rent. Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry informed reporters Wednesday that the LSU Board of Supervisors will type a committee to seek out the varsity’s subsequent coach, slightly than leaving the choice to athletic director Scott Woodward.
“We aren’t happening a failed path,” Landry mentioned. “And I wished to inform you one thing. It is a sample. The man that wrote [Kelly’s] contract value Texas A&M $70-something million. We’ve got a $53 million legal responsibility. I imagine that we’re going to discover an amazing coach … the board of supervisors are going to provide you with a committee and they will discover us a coach.”
Whereas taking decision-making energy away from Woodward is smart given his current observe report, there was one situation with Landry’s proclamation that the Board of Supervisors could be working the search. Scott Ballard, the board’s chairman, was unaware of that plan.
“No, I did not know that,” Ballard informed WBRZ.
“The following steps are we’re gonna rent the most effective coach for Louisiana State College,” Ballard continued. “I promise you. Go Tigers.”
Woodward has been accountable for two of the most important buyouts in school soccer historical past. Earlier than arriving at LSU in 2019, he orchestrated one of many sport’s most beautiful hires as Texas A&M’s athletic director, touchdown Jimbo Fisher from Florida State.
The Fisher period at Texas A&M fell wanting expectations, and the varsity fired him earlier than the conclusion of the 2023 season. Fisher had signed a 10-year, $95 million extension in 2021, leaving Texas A&M on the hook for a buyout exceeding $76 million.
Kelly can be due an enormous payout following final weekend’s loss to Texas A&M. His 10-year contract, signed in 2021, paid him $9.4 million this season and nonetheless had six years and $58.2 million remaining. His buyout requires 90% of the remaining wage, totaling $52.38 million.
The upcoming teaching carousel is anticipated to be stuffed with motion, with LSU seemingly on the middle. SportsLine oddsmakers listing Ole Miss‘ Lane Kiffin, Tulane‘s Jon Sumrall, and Buffalo Payments offensive coordinator Joe Brady — who held the identical position at LSU throughout its 2019 nationwide title season — as names to look at within the search.
