The LSU athletic department announced Friday that it hired Ohio's athletic director to work as one of Scott Woodward's top lieutenants.

Julie Cromer — an administrator who's run Ohio's athletic department since 2019 — will now fill the role left behind by Keli Zinn , the chief operating officer who left the Tigers in July to become the new athletic director at Rutgers.

"Julie is a widely respected leader in college athletics who brings tremendous experience at the highest levels to our university,” Woodward said in a statement. “Not only is her perspective as an established athletic director invaluable to charting our path forward, but her previous experience at the executive level impacting several institutions will help drive our continued growth and success."

Zinn followed form

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