Larry Horne grew up in the Gainesville area, played three sports at P K Yonge High School in Gainesville, and graduated in 1962. After three years in the Army, he graduated from the University of Florida in 1971 with a degree from the College of Journalism and Communications. He is a corporate communications manager of an electric utility. He married Connie Walden of Charleston, SC in 1968. The Horne's have four grandchildren - all Gators-to-be, of course.