BATON ROUGE — LSU Athletic Director Skip Bertman announced on Wednesday that former LSU football player Verge Ausberry has joined the LSU staff as an Associate Athletic Director.
Ausberry will be in charge of Athletic Department Operations including such things as Game Management, the Athletic Courtesy Car Program, the weight room, training room and equipment rooms and video operations for the various sports on the campus.
“We are very pleased to have Verge on our staff especially given his long association with LSU and the Athletic Department,” said LSU Senior Associate Athletic Director Dan Radakovich. “We know he will be a valuable addition to our staff.”
Ausberry, from New Iberia, La., played inside linebacker for the Tigers, lettering in 1986-89. He was the leading tackler on the team in both 1988 and 1989. He was part of two Southeastern Conference championship teams (1986 under Bill Arnsparger and 1988 under Mike Archer) and teams that went to three bowl games: the 1987 Sugar Bowl, the 1987 Gator Bowl and the 1988 Hall of Fame Bowl.
Ausberry has remained close to the LSU athletic scene in the 1990s, serving for almost seven years as a member of the LSU Academic Center for Athletes and since July 1999 as a part of the Tiger Athletic Foundation staff prior to accepting this position.
“It gives me great pleasure to represent my institution in this capacity,” said Ausberry, 34. “This has been a lifelong dream of mine to come back to LSU and the Athletic Department. I look forward to working with Skip Bertman and the LSU community in making LSU athletics one of the best in the country.”
Ausberry received his Bachelor of Science degree in education in May of 1990 and his Master of Education in Administration, Supervision and certification in Child Welfare in May of 1992. He is presently a Doctoral Candidate in High Education Administration at LSU. He is married to the former Cheri Morial of New Orleans.