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.