Steve Lautz

Steve Lautz, a longtime athletics administrator with SEC experience, was named LSU’s Executive Associate Athletics Director for Compliance in September 2023.

In his role at LSU, Lautz serves on the athletics department’s executive staff and leads all day-to-day compliance matters for the school’s 21 sports and nearly 500 student-athletes.

A native of Madison, Wisc., Lautz joined LSU after serving as senior associate AD for compliance at the University of Texas at San Antonio. At UTSA, Lautz developed and implemented a comprehensive rules education plan for student-athletes, coaches and staff members.

He worked as the sport administrator for the UTSA men’s and women’s track & field and cross country programs, and for the women’s soccer program. He also served as a Title IX appellate officer for hearings on the UTSA campus.

Prior to his tenure at UTSA, Lautz was a contributing member of the compliance department at Auburn from 2009-19, first as assistant AD for two years and then as associate AD for over seven years. He was part of a staff at Auburn that oversaw all NCAA compliance matters for nearly 600 student-athletes in 21 sports.

Lautz worked from 2003-09 at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, beginning as a compliance coordinator before being promoted to UWM’s assistant AD for compliance.

Prior to starting his career in collegiate athletics, Lautz worked as an attorney at the law firm of Bond, Schoeneck and King in Overland Park, Kan., representing colleges and universities in NCAA-related matters.

He was an ice hockey student-athlete at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., where he earned his bachelor’s degree in political science and criminal justice in 1996 before earning his law degree at the University of Kansas in 2000.