BATON ROUGE - The search for LSU's next football coach, who newly-appointed interim athletic director Verge Ausberry says will be "the best football coach there is," is now in full swing.

Ausberry, who is on the search committee, is among five people who will be choosing LSU's next head coach.

Ausberry, who's been with LSU athletics for 24 years, was the Executive Deputy Director of Athletics and Executive Director of External Relations prior. He's a former player and has a son on the football team.

John Carmouche and Scott Ballard are both on the Board of Supervisors as athletics chair and chair, respectively. Both were appointed to the board last year by Governor Landry.

CEO and President of Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady of the Lake, E.J. Kuiper, is in charge of the hospital sy

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