This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/lsu as Ryan Clark Believes LSU Football Must Hire This Head Coach Amid Brian Kelly Firing. The LSU Tigers remain the talk of the town with the program navigating a significant stretch in Baton Rouge after parting ways with head coach Brian Kelly last Sunday.

LSU interim athletic director Verge Ausberry will have full authority to hire the Tigers' next football coach, and he told reporters Friday that a search committee has already been formed to identify Brian Kelly's replacement.

LSU announced interim athletic director Verge Ausberry will lead the Tigers' football coaching search after parting ways with Scott Woodward.

On Friday morning, LSU’s interim athletic director Verge Ausberry and two members of LSU’s Board of Supervisors hels a press conference regarding the future of LSU athletics. Along with Ausberry was Scott Ballard and Jon Carmouche.

LSU interim athletic director Verge Ausberry will have full authority to make the next football hire in Baton Rouge with the decision-maker forming a committee

LSU has appointed Verge Ausberry as its interim athletic director, giving him the authority to hire the next football coach. Ausberry was previously suspended in 2021 for his role in mishandling sexual and physical abuse complaints against LSU athletes.

Verge Ausberry is making his mission clear. The LSU Interim Director of Athletics is hiring a football coach with a clear goal in mind, outlining the Tigers’ championship standard during a press conference on Friday.

Verge Ausberry, who was deputy athletic director at LSU for 18 years, is in charge after Scott Woodward agreed to part ways with the university