4:45 LRN Sportscast

One of the top candidates for the Saints head coaching job has found a job elsewhere. The New York Jets have hired Aaron Glenn to be their next head coach. Glenn became a hot head coaching candidate because of his work as defensive coordinator for the Lions. Before he went to Detroit, Glenn was an assistant coach for the Saints and played one season in New Orleans, which helped make him one of the top candidates to replace the fired Dennis Allen.

Tuesday’s record snowfall event is keeping the LSU women’s basketball team from traveling to Columbia, South Carolina, so the game against the Gamecocks has postponed from Thursday night to Friday at 4 PM. The fifth ranked Lady Tigers are 20-and-0, while South Carolina is 18-and-1.

Many of the major roads remain snow covered in New Orleans, so tonight’s Pelicans-Bucks game has been postponed. It has yet to be determined when the game will be played. The Pels next game is Friday at Memphis.

College football coaching legend Nick Saban said on the Pivot Podcast hosted by former LSU Tiger and NFL star Ryan Clark that the biggest professional mistake he made was leaving LSU. Saban says he enjoyed his two seasons as the head coach of the Miami Dolphins, but found out he enjoyed coaching college athletes better and knew that in his heart before leaving LSU….

Cut 30 (22) “…Miami then”

You can hear the entire interview on the Pivot podcast.

Ruston native and former Louisiana Tech and West Monroe quarterback Max Causey will be one of the referees for Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans. Causey has been an NFL for three years and he’ll serve as the down judge. He just officiated the Redskins upset win over the Lions in the divisional playoffs.