LSU women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey was "heartbroken" Thursday after learning that the man who brought her home to Louisiana -- athletic director Scott Woodward -- had been fired by the university. Mulkey found out about the decision during the Tigers' exhibition win against Langston, according to associate head coach Bob Starkey.

Woodward hired Mulkey away from Baylor in 2021. He was fired Thursday night days after LSU fired football coach Brian Kelly.

Scott Woodward walked away from LSU Athletics on Wednesday, closing a chapter that brought national championships to Baton Rouge but ended under mounting pressure from state officials.

Gov. Jeff Landry was not involved with LSU's decision to part ways with athletic director Scott Woodward, LSU Board of Supervisors chairman Scott Ballard said in a press conference on Friday.

Gov. Jeff Landry defended his decision to block LSU Athletics Director Scott Woodward from selecting the school’s next football coach, saying on ESPN’s Pat McAfee Show that the athletic director’s relationships with coaching agents create a “conflict of interest.

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry expressed deep concern about the way LSU structured football coach Brian Kelly’s contract. He voiced his anger with now-former Athletic Director Scott Woodward for allowing the massive buyout in the contract,

Kelly signed a lucrative 10-year contract with LSU in December 2021. The bold and often brash coach was tasked with bringing the proud football program another national championship. A look back at the last three coaches to hold the head coaching job at LSU — Ed Orgeron,

That might as well be the story of LSU athletic director Scott Woodward's time as the top boss of Tigers athletics. LSU fired Woodward on Thursday, one day after Louisiana governor Jeff Landry went nuclear on the LSU AD saying unequivocally he would not be hiring the next LSU football coach.