The Joe Alleva era at LSU has come to an end as the athletic director stepped down Wednesday to take on new duties as special assistant to the president for donor relations.
Alleva said, “This is truly a special place. It’s been an honor to serve LSU, and I am proud to continue to do that in a new role.”
During his 11 years in Baton Rouge, LSU won 18 Southeastern Conference championships including this year in mens’ basketball as well as 48 individual national championships in mens’ and women’s track and gymnastics.
A day later, on Thursday, the university announced it hired current athletic director at Texas A&M Scott Woodward to replace Alleva. Woodward is a Baton Rouge native and a graduate of LSU.
“Returning home to the LSU family to lead the department of athletics is incredibly humbling and exciting,” Woodward said. “The state university has been a part of my life for more than five decades, and I know – and I embrace – the high expectations of Tiger Nation. We will win championships and we will do it the right way, representing LSU with pride and dignity every step of the way.”
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TONY MARKS Associate Editor