The search is over.
LSU has replaced former men’s basketball coach Johnny Jones with VCU coach Will Wade, according to multiple reports.
LSU confirmed the hire with a tweet from its official basketball account.
ESPN’s Jeff Goodman reported that LSU and Wade agreed to a six-year deal.
Wade signed an eight-year deal after last season that paid him a $1.4 million base salary.
The Nashville, Tennessee native has a $1 million buyout in his contract, according to an article by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Wade’s contract also has a clause that says the Division I school he leaves for must have a home-and-home series, within three years of his resignation. LSU cancel the home-and-home series for $250,000.
Wade, 34, was hired at VCU in 2014 to replace Shaka Smart after he spent two years at the University of Chattanooga, winning SoCon coach of the year. Wade has led VCU to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances, going 51-20 and has an overall 91-45 career record.
Prior to his time as head coach at Chattanooga and VCU, Wade was an assistant under Smart at VCU from 2009-2013, which included a trip to the Final Four in 2011.