LSU’s Alleva leaving AD post, accepts new role

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Joe Alleva is stepping down as athletic director of the LSU Tigers and will transition into a new role, the school announced Wednesday.

Alleva, who has been LSU’s athletic director since July 2008, will become the special assistant to the president for donor relations. He will continue to serve as AD until a replacement is named.

“We are grateful to Joe for his years of service and dedication to LSU,” LSU president F. King Alexander said in a statement. “Under his leadership, LSU athletics has become even more nationally competitive and our student-athletes have reached new levels of academic achievement.”

The Tigers’ basketball program has been a part of the FBI’s ongoing investigation into corruption in the sport. Coach Will Wade was reinstated Sunday after being suspended toward the end of this season following reports that he was caught on a wiretap discussing a “strong-ass offer” for a recruit.

Many fans were upset with Alleva and the LSU administration for suspending Wade in the first place.

Sources told ESPN’s Mark Schlabach that Wade’s representatives were notified that the coach would be subpoenaed to testify in the basketball corruption trial later this month in New York City. Wade has denied any wrongdoing.

Alleva was also criticized for the way he handled Les Miles’ ouster as head football coach in 2016 as well as his search for Miles’ replacement, which led to Ed Orgeron’s promotion to full-time head coach after he served most of the 2016 season as interim head coach.

“The eleven years Annie and I have been here in Baton Rouge have been some of the best in our lives,” Alleva said Wednesday in a statement. “We have made lifelong friends and memories in Louisiana. This is truly a special place. It’s been an honor to serve LSU, and I am proud to continue to do that in a new role.”

His contract, which paid him $725,000 per year, was set to expire on June 30, 2020.

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