BATON ROUGE — The head of the LSU Board of Supervisors' athletics committee said Friday that while Gov. Jeff Landry was right to raise concerns about how the university reached deals with its coaches, the school has never asked taxpayers to pay salaries and never will.

John Carmouche also said at a news conference Friday morning that Landry had no role in LSU parting ways with Athletic Director Scott Woodward. Landry had said in a news conference Wednesday that Woodward wouldn't be involved in the hiring of a new football coach after Brian Kelly was fired on Sunday.

"The governor was not involved," in negotiations that led to Woodward's departure Thursday night. "The governor is worried about the state of Louisiana. His concern had to do with the state contract."

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