GOOD GEAUXING: An off-the-cuff email from Jack Karavich, right, to LSU’s football equipment manager about an idea to help players breathe easier while navigating pandemic protocols led to the creation of Tigeraire, which earlier this year added Patrick Coogan, left, as chief revenue officer to help with the company’s rapid growth. (Collin Richie)

Aire of the Tiger

How a biotech engineer in Virginia and an LSU football team in search of a pandemic solution came together to create a helmet air circulation system for a sport in which cooler heads often prevail.

Chelsea Brasted

July 15, 2021

When Jack Karavich first got the notion to reach out to LSU about the football team’s struggle balancing COVID-19 protocols with the functionality the sport requires, he hardly expected an answer to his emails. For starters, the former chief digital architect at Honeywell has a background in biotech engineering, not athletic training, but more to

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