actually got to do some behavior intervention and
realized it was something I really enjoyed.”
Kirk transferred to Georgia Southern College
(which later became a university) his sophomore
year and majored in Behavior Disorders. Ironically,
GSC, previously known as Georgia Teachers
College, was where his father went to school and
pitched a no-hitter in 1950. Although it may have
seemed as if working with troubled kids was a
different direction from the path his father had
followed, it was actually right in step. Five years
after signing with the Cincinnati Reds, Ace Little
decided to take a coaching position at Moultrie
High School, which was the beginning of a long
and successful career in the educational system.
In 1975, the Little family moved to Lyons.
Kirk was eleven years old at the time. “My mom’s
parents, Arnie and Adrew Collins, lived here,” said
Kirk and Lisa with Kirk's
mother Jo and stepfather
Norman Sutton.
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