BATON ROUGE — LSU Athletics and Director of Athletics Scott Woodward have agreed to part ways effective immediately, the department announced Thursday.

Executive Deputy Athletic Director Verge Ausberry, a New Iberia native, has been appointed Interim Director of Athletics.

"I'm a little boy from New Iberia, Louisiana, who had the opportunity to come here in 1985. I started at the bottom," Ausberry said.

He talked about how, as a young player he was last on the depth chart, but worked his way up to start for two years and lead the team in tackles. After that he started at the bottom again in the department, and worked his way up again.

"I know what hard work is, I know what it is to be a part of LSU. I've walked these halls, i've walked those quads," he said.

He talked about walking on

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