LSU President William Tate has been selected as the new president of Rutgers University in New Jersey, where he'll start July 1, according to Rutgers' Board of Governors.

🐅 LSU president William Tate is leaving for the same job at Rutgers. He was the SEC's first Black university president, and is the latest in several high-profile departures for the Baton Rouge campus. ( Louisiana Illuminator) Matt Lee, the dean of agriculture, will serve as LSU's interim president beginning July 1, the university says.

LSU took a big loss on Monday, but it wasn't on the field. Tigers' president William Tate is leaving for a Big Ten school.