Kirksey announced as coach of Atlanta team in Prep Super League

Larry Kirksey, a 17-year NFL assistant coach with another 16 seasons on SEC football staffs, will be the head coach of Atlanta’s entry in the new Prep Super League, the league announced this week.

The league, founded last summer by Brian Woods, is designed for blue-chip college prospects seeking to raise their recruiting stock and maximize their NIL potential.

Atlanta is one of 10 teams. Woods told the AJC that he hopes to release the league-wide schedule next week and expects Atlanta to play a two-game schedule with its opener May 18. The league has announced some players on its X account (formerly Twitter) but no rosters.

Kirksey, 73, has worked on NFL staffs for the Texans, Broncos, Jaguars, Lions and 49ers. He was the Texans’ assistant head coach.

Kirksey was the running backs coach at Florida during the Emmitt Smith era and at Alabama for the Crimson Tide’s 1992 national championship. Kirksey most recently was the running backs coach of the Birmingham Stallions, now of the UFL.

Also announced this week were the coaches of Los Angeles (Norm Chow), Dallas (Bart Andrus) and Denver (Bob Stitt).

“We have assembled a very experienced group of former NCAA and NFL coaches that will help us establish a quality on-field product during our inaugural season,” Woods said in a statement.