1. Larry Kirksey was born on January 6,1951 and is an American former football coach.
19 Facts About Larry Kirksey
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Larry Kirksey has 17 years' experience coaching in the NFL and an additional 22 years of coaching experience in the college ranks.
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Larry Kirksey coached wide receivers and tight ends for the Wildcats from 1977 to 1981.
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Larry Kirksey spent the 1982 season coaching wide receivers and tight ends for the Jayhawks.
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Larry Kirksey was the 18th head football coach for the Kentucky State University Thorobreds located in Frankfort, Kentucky and he held that position for the 1983 season.
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Larry Kirksey coached running backs at the University of Florida under Charlie Pell and Galen Hall from 1984 to 1988.
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From 1990 to 1993, Larry Kirksey coached running backs for Alabama, where he helped lead the Crimson Tide to a national championship in 1992.
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Larry Kirksey's running backs led the SEC with 252 rushing yards per game.
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In 1994, Larry Kirksey began his NFL career coaching the NFL's all-time reception and receiving yards leader, Jerry Rice.
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Under Larry Kirksey, Rice set a then-NFL record with 1,848 receiving yards and had a career-high 122 receptions in 1995.
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Larry Kirksey's receivers helped set a Super Bowl record in Super Bowl XXIX with six touchdown catches, including three by Rice.
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From 2001 to 2002, Larry Kirksey coached wide receivers for the Detroit Lions, where wide receiver Johnnie Morton had his best season during his NFL career: 77 catches, 1,154 yards and four touchdowns.
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Larry Kirksey spent 2003 as the wide receivers coach with the Jacksonville Jaguars, where Jimmy Smith led the team with 54 receptions despite missing four games.
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Larry Kirksey helped lead Middle Tennessee State to the 2006 Sun Belt Conference title and a Motor City Bowl berth as the assistant head coach and running backs coach for the Blue Raiders in 2005.
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Larry Kirksey was most recently the wide receivers coach for the Houston Texans.
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In 2019, Larry Kirksey joined the Seattle Dragons of the XFL as receivers coach.
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Larry Kirksey coached the Sea Lions of The Spring League in 2021.
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Larry Kirksey earned a bachelor's degree from Eastern Kentucky in 1974, where he was a four-year letterman and three-year starter at wide receiver.
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Larry Kirksey was out of coaching in 2005 while serving as deputy executive director of the Kentucky Sports Authority.