Board approves several athletics contracts, including new general manager and coaching hires
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Summary
The board’s Athletics Committee approved a set of personnel contracts: an assistant men’s basketball coach contract with a low first‑year/sizable second‑year jump, a new general manager for men's basketball with multi‑year compensation increases, and head‑coach employment agreements at LSU Shreveport for women's soccer and baseball.
The Athletics Committee approved multiple personnel agreements affecting LSU athletics programs.
Deputy Director of Athletics (presenter) Miss Williams introduced a two‑year contract for assistant men’s basketball coach Yasser Rosemont with compensation reported in committee as $50,000 for year one and $500,000 for year two. Williams said the low first-year figure reflected savings during the coach's transition; board members asked about the change relative to the prior assistant coach salary, which Williams said had been $180,000 for the prior assistant position.
The committee approved a three‑year employment agreement for Ronald Dupree as general manager for the men's basketball program. Committee materials listed compensation as $400,000 for year one, $405,000 for year two and $410,000 for year three. Committee members asked how the new positions and salary adjustments would affect the overall basketball budget; Williams said some vacancies and attrition would offset other costs and that the athletics office intended to stay within the overall budget frame aside from the new general manager position.
LSU Shreveport presented two head‑coach employment agreements that required board approval under policy because they are head‑coach positions. The board approved a women's soccer head coach contract with a first‑year salary of $60,000 and a baseball head coach contract with a salary of $95,000. Chancellors and athletic staff described both approvals as efforts to retain successful coaches; the Shreveport baseball coach and team were referenced for having won the NAIA national championship.
Each athletics item was approved by motion in committee; the transcript records the committee action as "all in favor" and no objections were recorded in the meeting minutes provided in the transcript. Committee discussion included questions about budget impact and the offices' plan to manage salary changes without exceeding overall budget limits.
