From 1933 to 1978, LSU had just three full-time Athletic Directors. OK, Harry Rabenhorst filled in on interim basis for a year after the sudden death of Jim Corbett, but for 45 years, LSU enjoyed incredible stability at the position with some of the best men to ever work in sports administration.
Both Corbett and Carl Maddox have national sports administration awards named in their honor, such is the esteem they are held in by within the profession. TP Heard, our first AD, not only built Tiger Stadium, but spearheaded such innovations as the in-kind athletic scholarship.
A good athletic director would have trouble measuring up to such a legacy.