LSU introduces new AD Scott Woodward on Tuesday

via @LSULSU introduced new Director of Athletics Scott Woodward on Tuesday afternoon, and it’s clear the Baton Rouge native couldn’t be any happier to be back in his home state of Louisiana.

Woodward previously functioned as a liaison between LSU and government and corporate officials under current NCAA CEO Mark Emmert from 2000-2004.

He comes to LSU by way of Texas A&M, where he earned a base salary of $900,000 as part of a five-year deal that is set to expire in January 2021. According to the contract with Texas A&M, he owes the university roughly $40,000 for parting ways.

“Let me clear, and very clear, I didn’t come back here because it was just my alma mater,” he said in the Holliday Forum…