LSU Board signs off on major athletics contracts, including seven‑year football coaching deal

The LSU Board of Supervisors approved several athletics employment agreements on June 27, including a headline football coaching contract and multiple assistant and administrative hires the athletics department described as critical to program success and revenue performance.

Miss Williams reported that the board had previously approved term sheets for the football head coach on Dec. 11, 2025, and presented an employment agreement described in the meeting as a seven‑year contract with a salary of $13 million per year. The board moved and seconded approval of the employment agreement; the transcript records the motion and indicates the motion carried without objection.

The board also approved the employment agreement for Heath Troyer as senior deputy athletic director and executive director of external relations for the LSU system (three years, $400,000 total per the presentation). Assistant men’s basketball coach Johnny Jones and associate coach Rick Stansbury received two‑year agreements (presented as $400,000 and $750,000 respectively in the meeting), and assistant women’s basketball coach Fitzroy Anthony received a two‑year agreement (presented as $350,000). Administrators told the board these term sheets had been approved previously and were brought forward for formal execution.

Athletic director Verge Osby framed the hires as part of a deliberate strategy to win consistently in revenue sports (football and men’s basketball), which Osby described as driving broader institutional benefits for LSU. Coach Will Wade — introduced during the athletics report and welcomed back to the program — spoke about returning to LSU and the program’s championship ambitions.

The transcript shows standard board procedure for approval: presentation of term sheets, a motion and second, and declaration that the motion was approved where no objection was raised. The meeting record provides the contract figures as presented by athletics staff; the public record of executed contracts, detailed terms and potential buyouts should be consulted in official minutes and contract documents for full financial obligations and effective dates.

What’s next: The athletics office will finalize and execute the detailed employment agreements as authorized by the board; the board’s prior vote to approve related term sheets was referenced as occurring in December 2025.