LSU mistakenly overpaid head football coach Brian Kelly by more than $1 million last year, according to a state audit report published earlier this week.
An audit of the athletic department's finances found that Kelly started receiving duplicate payments following the approval of his contract last spring. The LSU coach had been receiving some of his pay directly, but the contract called for the money to instead be sent to his LLC. LSU erroneously sent payments to both Kelly and his LLC until the school noticed the double payments in November.
The oversight resulted in Kelly pocketing an additional $1,001,368 in supplemental pay during the 2022 fiscal year, according to the audit report.