Alleva hired three football coaches in his 11 years: Carl Franks, Ted Roof, and David Cutcliffe.
Despite an initial preference for former UCLA head coach Karl Dorrell, Alleva eventually settled on Cutcliffe as Roof's replacement.
[2] On April 2, 2008, Alleva was named athletic director at Louisiana State University and officially started on July 1, 2008.
[7] Joe Alleva resigned from his position as LSU's athletic director on April 17, 2019 and was replaced by Scott Woodward.
[7] After leaving the athletic director role, Alleva became the special assistant to the president for donor relations at LSU.