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.

LSU football hired Kyle Williams as its next defensive line coach. Here are five things to know about the lastest LSU coaching addition.

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

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.

A former national champion is returning home to join the LSU football staff. LSU is looking to hire Kyle Williams as its next defensive line coach, according to multiple reports. Williams played defensive tackle for LSU from 2002-05 and was on the Tigers’ national championship team during the 2003 season when Nick Saban was head coach.

LSU football has its next defensive line coach. Brian Kelly and the Tigers have locked in on LSU legend Kyle Williams.

Williams spent four years with the Tigers as a player from 2002-2005. There, he won a national championship in 2003 and was named a Second-Team All-American in his senior season.

Wilson Alexander, the LSU football beat writer for The Advocate, reacts with editor Zach Ewing to the news that LSU has hired former player Kyle Williams to replace Bo Davis

Kyle Williams was on the 2003 national championship team. His best season at LSU came in 2005 when he was named a second-team All-American and first-team All-SEC performer.