Coach Kim Mulkey was "heartbroken" after LSU announced that it was parting ways with athletic director Scott Woodward during her team's exhibition win over Langston, associate head coach Bob Starkey said.

LSU and Woodward are finalizing a separation agreement, the school announced on Thursday evening. His departure comes a day after Gov. Jeff Landry criticized him at a news conference for the size of the contract he negotiated with coach Brian Kelly , who was fired on Sunday eight games into the fourth season of his tenure at LSU.

Starkey filled in for Mulkey at a postgame news conference and said that the LSU women's basketball team has had "conversations" about the recent turmoil within the school's athletic department.

"I think one of the things that get overshadowed," Star

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