Larry Knight's journey from Augusta to Georgia football spanned two decades

It’s a drive of less than two hours to travel the 97 or so miles from where Larry Knight grew up on the south side of Augusta to the University of Georgia where he now works as the newest assistant coach on Kirby Smart’s staff. Twenty-one years ago, Knight was a defensive end who went from Glenn Hills High to Central Michigan. Knight will now coach on fall Saturdays in Sanford Stadium as Georgia football’s outside linebackers coach. “He was a natural leader,” said Emery Williams, defensive coordinator during Knight’s four seasons at Glenn Hills who remembered Knight as attending every workout, volunteering in the community and doing well in the classroom. “He had that hunger, the desire to...