BATON ROUGE — Scott Woodward, the Athletic Director of LSU, is parting ways with LSU, and Executive Deputy Athletic Director Verge Ausberry is stepping in.

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Verge Ausberry, a multi-time LSU alumnus, will lead the athletic department as the new Interim Director, including the search for a new Head Football Coach. Ausberry is a longtime senior administrator at LSU and a former standout linebacker.

"I’m honored that the Board of Supervisors and university leadership to put their trust in me to serve the university in this role," Ausberry said in a statement. "I arrived at LSU as a freshman student-athlete in 1985, and from that point forward, this institution has impacted my life and my family in wa

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