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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) said Wednesday that Louisiana State University (LSU) athletics director Scott Woodward will not be involved in picking the university\u2019s next football coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can tell you right now, Scott Woodward is not selecting the next coach,\u201d Landry said at a press conference. \u201cHell, I\u2019ll let Donald Trump select it before I let him do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Sunday, LSU parted ways with head football coach Brian Kelly. Kelly, hired in November 2021 after 12 seasons at the University of Notre Dame, went 34-14 during his time leading the Tigers, reaching the SEC Championship Game in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a release announcing Kelly\u2019s dismissal, the athletic department said the \u201cterms of the separation are still being negotiated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelly was in his fourth year of a 10-year, $95 million contract. Per his contract, LSU owes Kelly roughly $53 million to buy him out. WDSU in New Orleans reported Monday that one private donor is set to fund nearly the entire buyout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Landry confirmed Wednesday that he met with school officials at the governor\u2019s mansion in Baton Rouge on Sunday to discuss dismissing Kelly and paying his buyout. He added that the LSU Board of Supervisors will assemble a hiring committee to select Kelly\u2019s replacement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the 14 members of the board, Landry has appointed six, including Chair Scott Ballard and Vice Chair Lee Mallett. The board is also responsible for hiring LSU\u2019s next president, for which the search is ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Landry criticized Woodward for awarding Kelly the pricey contract, as well as for hiring former Texas A&M University head football coach Jimbo Fisher in 2017 during his time as the Aggies\u2019 athletic director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time, Woodward signed Fisher to a 10-year, $75-million contract. Woodward\u2019s replacement, Ross Bjork, extended Fisher\u2019s contract in 2021, boosting his annual salary to more than $9 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fisher was later fired in November 2023, with Texas A&M buying out his contract to the tune of nearly $77 million, the largest such payment in college football history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can promise you, we\u2019re going to pick a coach, and we\u2019re going to make sure that that coach is successful, and we\u2019re going to make sure that he\u2019s compensated properly and we\u2019re going to put metrics on it, because I\u2019m tired of rewarding failure in this country and then leaving the taxpayers to foot the bill,\u201d the governor said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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