Former executive director of the University’s Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes Roger Grooters, 66, passed away Wednesday in a bicycle accident, according to a press release from University Media Relations.
Grooters, an avid cyclist, was riding his bicycle on the shoulder of the road in Bay County, Fla. when he was struck by a pickup truck.
Grooters served in the athletic departments at Nebraska, Florida State, Michigan State and the University of Southern California and worked at the LSU from 2001 to 2006.
According to the press release, Grooters aided in the Academic Center’s transition to its current 54,000 square-foot facility during his time.
Before he passed, Grooters was working on collecting donations for a charity bicycle ride to benefit victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.