LSU Athletic Director Scott Woodward resigned under pressure from the post he's held for six years on Thursday night, four days after the firing of football Coach Brian Kelly and a day after Republican Gov.

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.

Days after Brian Kelly was shown the door at LSU, athletic director Scott Woodward is expected to be out of the job as well.

Louisiana governor Jeff Landry made headlines on Wednesday when he said LSU Athletics Director Scott Woodward would not hire LSU Football’s next head coach. The press conference in Baton Rouge took the college football world by storm as reactions flooded in from around the country,