When word got out that LSU was once again in the market for a defensive line coach — again?  — I kept waiting on Pete Jenkins’ name to come up.

When in doubt, who you gonna call …

Never mind that Jenkins is now 83 years old. No matter how many times he retires, anytime the Tigers find themselves in a pickle in the defensive line, they keep luring him back.

He can’t help himself and he can’t help but help when LSU needs help.

Not this time — although my guess is he had a consulting say in the new hire to coach the interior linemen.

But instead of begging the ultimate veteran in Jenkins back for a fifth different hitch at LSU, the Tigers went 180 degrees and will hire somebody for his first college coaching gig.

It’s a well-known name, but not as well-known as it ought to be.

Not to worry, Kyle Williams, fresh off four years as defensive coordinator at his Ruston High School alma mater, will do just fine with his second alma mater, LSU. He might have been the perfect choice, if not quite the first.

And maybe the position hire will take this time. It’s getting a little monotonous.

For those of you who insist on keeping score at home, this will make six different LSU D-line coaches in the last six years for the Tigers, with head coach Brian Kelly now going into his fourth year with a fourth.

Brad Davis, a Baton Rouge native who played college ball at Oklahoma, looked to be that guy when LSU stole him away from Texas last year. Instead, he left after one year to join the NFL Saints, leaving LSU in a bind on the eve of spring practice, which starts today.

At least two others were reportedly considered, Gerald Chatman at Florida and Blake Baker at Missouri.

Williams should work out better for LSU — forget the lack of college coaching experience.

The only thing in Williams’ way up the coaching ladder is that all-star players don’t always translate into top-flight coaches.

When it comes naturally, maybe easily, the suspicion is that it’s harder to understand how to teach it to the less fortunate athletically.

Williams is one of the best to ever play the position at LSU. He’s in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, first ballot, before ever coaching a game on a college  sideline.

But he did it without a lot of flash and pizazz. Maybe he needed a flashy sack dance or some day-glo cleats to get some attention.

Instead, all he did (after being recruited to LSU by Jenkins of course) was make second-team All-American two years after starting for Nick Saban’s 2003 LSU national championship team.

It certainly didn’t come easy for him. It wasn’t just a matter of natural ability like so many stars.

If it was just using God-given talents, Williams would probably be on the PGA tour.

That infernal game seems to come naturally for him, strange maybe for a 6-1, 303-pounder. In his spare time, he’s a scratch golfer and once finished second (behind a tennis player) in the famed American Century Golf Classic in Lake Tahoe.

He wasn’t a NFL combine freak and wasn’t drafted until the fifth round by the Buffalo Bills.

All he did with that opportunity was make the Pro Bowl six times in his 13 seasons, all without a lot of fanfare.

Unlike his golf exploits, that’s a history of over-achieving, learning and ins and outs and tricks of the trade.

Of course, playing in Buffalo at the time was like being in the NFL’s witness protection program.

You didn’t attract a lot of attention, and Williams is pretty soft-spoken and unobtrusive anyway, at least when not in opposing backfields.

LSU is making a good hire.

And maybe this one will stick around for a while.