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LSU reportingly names Verge Ausberry permanent athletic director

LSU is removing the interim tag from Verge Ausberry and naming him the school’s next athletic director, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Tuesday.

The move comes on the same day newly elected university president Wade Rousse officially took office. Rousse made the decision to promote Ausberry, a longtime LSU administrator and former Tigers linebacker who has been connected to the university for more than three decades. A formal announcement is expected later this week.

Ausberry was appointed interim athletic director last week after Scott Woodward and the school mutually agreed to part ways. He has been leading LSU’s search for a new football coach to replace Brian Kelly, who was fired last month f

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