Overview
- Meeting in executive session Friday, the LSU Board of Supervisors unanimously empowered President Wade Rousse to send Brian Kelly a written notice of termination, according to The Advocate.
- The move is the university’s first action since Kelly filed a Nov. 10 lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment that he was terminated without cause and is owed his full buyout.
- Kelly’s complaint says LSU told his representatives for the first time on Nov. 10 that it believed for-cause grounds existed and that he had not been formally terminated.
- The lawsuit also asserts former athletic director Scott Woodward lacked authority to fire Kelly on Oct. 26; Woodward exited days later and Verge Ausberry was installed as interim athletic director.
- Kelly rejected reported settlement offers of $25 million and $30 million, while LSU cited board bylaws requiring approval for high-salary coaching personnel actions and Gov. Jeff Landry publicly criticized the buyout.