Head coach Brian Kelly is familiar with yearly staff turnover, especially at the defensive line position in his time at LSU. It’s a trend Kelly’s trying to curb by bringing on former Buffalo Bills standout Kyle Williams as his next defensive line coach.

LSU finalized a three-year contract with new defensive line coach Kyle Williams that will put him among the highest-paid defensive line coaches in college football, according to a copy of the deal obtained Friday by The Advocate through a public-records request.

BATON ROUGE – Kyle Williams, a former All-America defensive tackle at LSU, has been named defensive line coach for the Tigers, head coach Brian Kelly announced.

LSU has targeted Kyle Williams as its next defensive line coach, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation told The Advocate on Thursday. A deal is in the works, sources said, but it has not been finalized. LSU begins spring practice Saturday.

LSU is targeting former All-American Kyle Williams as the Tigers' next defensive line coach, a source confirmed to The Daily Advertiser.

In between his stint in Bills and this new position, Williams served as defensive coordinator at Ruston High School, according to

His short game’s ridiculous,” coach Brian Kelly said. That encounter wound up serving Kelly well. Because LSU football has begun another round of spring practices, and once again, it first had to quickly hire a new defensive line coach — a position that has undergone a high rate of turnover across the last 10 seasons.

LSU coach Brian Kelly details why it made sense for LSU football to hire Kyle Williams as its next defensive line coach.

LSU has officially announced Kyle Williams as its new defensive line coach. The former All-American defensive tackle won a national title at LSU in 2003 and spent 13 seasons in the NFL with the Buffalo Bills,