ORLANDO, FLA. -- Pete Jenkins is retiring.
This is not exactly breaking news for LSU's 76-year old defensive line coach.
He's done this a few times before, though the number is disputed in the Jenkins household.
"Donna thinks it's six times," said Jenkins of his wife of 51 years who clearly is his best-ever recruit. "I say it's four. I always jokingly say maybe I should have started retiring earlier because I always have gone back to really good jobs."
You see, Jenkins never retires. He just re-arranges his schedule.
While he swears Monday's Citrus Bowl between the Tigers and Notre Dame is his final competitive hurrah -- it's his 541st game in 54 seasons with one NFL team, 10 colleges and three high schools -- he's not exactly ordering rocking chairs for the Baton Rouge garden home he and his wife have owned for many years.