AUBURN — Auburn head coach Alex Golesh has hired 25-year coaching veteran Larry Scott as the program’s tight ends coach, as announced on Tuesday.
“Larry’s the kind of coach you want in your building,” Golesh said. “He knows the position, he knows how to develop young men, and he’s done it at a high level for a long time. Our tight ends are going to benefit immediately from his experience and his approach. Adding an elite coach like Larry with his experience in the SEC and as a head coach and coordinator is huge for the program.”
Scott brings more than two decades of coaching experience to The Plains. Most recently, he served as head coach at Howard University for six seasons from 2020-25. Scott led the Bison to a share of the 2022 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Regular Season Title, the program's first championship since 1993, followed by back-to-back MEAC titles in 2023 and the program's first-ever appearance in the Cricket Celebration Bowl.
In December 2021, Scott signed the highest-ranked recruiting class in program history. In 2023, 42 student-athletes earned spots on the MEAC Football All-Academic Team. Scott was named a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award and selected to coach at the AllState HBCU Legacy Bowl.
Before Howard, Scott spent most of his coaching career in Florida, building his reputation as a skilled developer of talent and recruiter. At the Florida (2018-2020), he coached Kyle Pitts, who became the highest-drafted tight end in NFL history when the Atlanta Falcons selected him fourth overall in 2021. During two seasons at Tennessee (2016-2017), he developed Ethan Wolf into one of the program's top tight ends and also served as the program’s offensive coordinator in 2017.
At Miami (2013-2015), he served as interim head coach, leading the Hurricanes to a 4-2 record and Sun Bowl appearance. He served the two previous seasons as tight ends coach including guiding tight end Clive Walford to an All-America season in 2014.
A 2000 graduate of the University of South Florida, Scott was a three-year letterman as an offensive tackle and member of the Bulls' inaugural recruiting class. During his eight years coaching at USF (2005-2012), he helped secure some of the program's best recruiting classes in history.
A Sebring, Florida native, Scott spent four years coaching in the Florida high school ranks before moving to the collegiate level.
Scott and his wife, Shakiera, have three children: Larry III, an Auburn staff member, Jalen, and Jurnee.
COACHING HISTORY
2006: USF, graduate assistant
2007-08: USF, tight ends
2009: USF, offensive line
2010-11: USF, tight ends
2012: USF, running backs
2013-15: Miami (Fla.), tight ends
2016: Tennessee, tight ends/special teams coordinator
2017: Tennessee, offensive coordinator/tight ends
2018-19: Florida, tight ends
2020-25: Howard, head coach
2026-: Auburn, tight ends