LSU will conduct its second teaching search in 4 years after firing Brian Kelly final weekend. Do not count on the one who helped poach Kelly from Notre Dame in 2021 to make the subsequent rent. Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry instructed reporters Wednesday that the LSU Board of Supervisors will kind 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 stated. “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 now have a $53 million legal responsibility. I imagine that we’re going to discover an incredible coach … the board of supervisors are going to provide you with a committee and they are going to discover us a coach.”
Whereas taking decision-making energy away from Woodward is smart given his latest monitor file, there was one subject with Landry’s proclamation that the Board of Supervisors can be working the search. Scott Ballard, the board’s chairman, was unaware of that plan.
“No, I did not know that,” Ballard instructed 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 faculty soccer historical past. Earlier than arriving at LSU in 2019, he orchestrated one of many sport’s most gorgeous hires as Texas A&M’s athletic director, touchdown Jimbo Fisher from Florida State.
The Fisher period at Texas A&M fell in need of 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 predicted to be filled 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 function at LSU throughout its 2019 nationwide title season — as names to observe within the search.
