LSU athletics committee approves staff contracts, season-ticket increases, new paid parking and delegated authority to act between meetings
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Summary
The Athletics Committee approved multiple employment agreements and operational changes, including contract approvals for athletics administrators and coaches, season-ticket price increases in selected lots (increases of $25-$125 by area were cited), creation of four new paid parking lots, and delegated authority for athletics to implement paid-lot changes between board meetings.
Deputy Athletic Director Lori Williams presented several items to the Athletics Committee and trustees approved each item by committee voice vote.
Employment contracts: Williams presented employment agreements for athletics executives and staff. She said a contract for the deputy athletics director and chief revenue officer (Clay Harris) would reflect a base salary of $325,000 and run through 2028 as presented; the committee approved the employment agreement by voice vote. The committee also approved a two-year contract for deputy athletics director for external affairs Zach Greenwell with a $285,000 base salary and a term set to end in June 2027; the motion to approve was seconded and adopted. The committee approved a three-year extension for assistant baseball coach Nate Yeske through Aug. 31, 2028; presenters described a base salary of $400,000 with $70,000 in supplemental compensation and an escalator described in the transcript but the exact multi-year escalation language was not unambiguously captured in the public transcript.
Season tickets: The athletics staff proposed increases in selected season-ticket price categories to reflect SEC schedule changes and continued demand. The presentation cited per-area season increases ranging from $25 to $125. A single revenue figure was presented during the discussion but was garbled in the public transcript; the committee approved the season-ticket price changes by voice vote.
Parking and delegated authority: The committee approved proposed parking revenue changes that presenters said would create four new paid parking lots and increase revenue by $450,400. Committee members also approved a motion allowing the athletics department, in consultation with the president, board chair and athletics chair, to act between board meetings to create paid parking lots when timely action is required; the committee recorded the motion as approved.
All items were put to committee vote and approved; where transcript text was unclear about contract escalation schedules or the exact consolidated season-ticket revenue figure, this article notes the transcript ambiguity rather than inventing precise amounts.