LSU

As a new college football season kicks off, a brighter spotlight will be put on HBCUs in the Gulf South, thanks to the influence of “Coach Prime.”

Stephen Privat of LSU is one of 36 contestants appearing on this year's game show challenge for college students.

LSU’s Kirby Smith Hall — named after Edmund Kirby Smith, a general of the Confederate States Army — will be imploded in early June, according to university officials.

State Attorney General Jeff Landry wants LSU Professor Robert Mann censured after Mann tweeted a comment that Landry found insulting to a member of his staff.

Former Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly received a formal introduction as LSU’s 34th head coach of the Tigers football program in a press conference Wednesday.

LSU has hired Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly as the next head coach for the Tigers football team, the Associated Press reports.

Louisiana State University’s Baton Rouge campus lifted its mask mandate Wednesday morning, but will continue requiring monthly COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated students, according to a statement from LSU President William Tate IV.

LSU announced Sunday that head football coach Ed Orgeron will not return to lead the team for the 2022 season.

LSU football fans, students and staff must provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test to attend games and campus.

LSU and other Louisiana colleges have started taking steps to implement a COVID vaccine mandate.