Keli Zinn is betting on herself. The West Virginia native officially began her tenure in Piscataway on Wednesday, when the Rutgers Board of Governors approved a five-year deal that makes her the highest-paid athletic director in school history.

Rutgers named Keli Zinn its new athletic director on Wednesday, filling the job after a one-year vacancy. Zinn had been deputy AD and chief operating officer at LSU since 2022 after stops at West Virginia,

Rutgers officially announced the hire of Keli Zinn as the new athletic director Wednesday, ending a search that nearly lasted a year. Zinn comes over from LSU, where she served as the executive deputy athletic director and COO at LSU.