Rutgers is targeting LSU administrator as next athletics director, per reports

The search for Rutgers’ new athletics director appears to finally be ending.

The university has narrowed its search to Keli Zinn, the executive deputy athletics director and chief operating officer for Louisiana State, according to multiple reports.

Rutgers’ newly hired president William Tate was previously at LSU in the same role, so Tate has clear familiarity with Zinn, who’s been in Baton Rouge since 2022.

Zinn at LSU oversees all 21 varsity programs with direct oversight over football, revenue generation and capital projects – all areas important for Rutgers.

Zinn previously was the deputy AD at West Virginia, her alma mater. She’s also worked at Maryland and as a compliance assistant with the Big East before that.

If Rutgers finalizes the hiring of Zinn, it would end a long sea