Louisiana governor asserts control over LSU's football coaching search after Brian Kelly's dismissal

Joel Klatt reacts to LSU firing head football coach Brian Kelly. Klatt reveals who he thinks LSU should call to replace Kelly and analyzes whether the job is the best coaching vacancy available.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry declared Wednesday that LSU athletic director Scott Woodward would be stripped of his authority in the school’s search for its next head football coach.

LSU is pursuing a new football coach after deciding this week to part ways with Brian Kelly. Woodward announced Kelly’s departure Sunday, one day after the Tigers’ 49-25 loss to Texas A&M. 

Kelly left Notre Dame after the 2021 season and spent fewer than four full seasons in Baton Rouge.

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"We had high hopes that he would lead us to multiple SEC and national championships during his time in Baton Rouge," Woodward said in the announcement. "Ultimately, the success at the level that LSU demands simply did not materialize, and I made the decision to make a change after last night's game."

LSU continues to finalize Kelly’s $54 million buyout, a figure that Landry has criticized.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said Wednesday that LSU athletic director Scott Woodward would be stripped of his authority in the school’s search for its next head football coach. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

"We are not going down a failed path," Landry said Wednesday during a news conference. "The guy that's here now that wrote that contract cost Texas A&M $77 million. Right now, we've got a $53 million liability. We are not doing that again."

The $77 million figure Landry mentioned was a reference to former Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher, whom Woodward hired and whose contract negotiations he oversaw. According to multiple reports,