Kirby Smart

Kirby Smart
Smart in 2023
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamGeorgia
ConferenceSEC
Record101–17
Annual salary$13 million [1]
Biographical details
Born (1975-12-23) December 23, 1975 (age 48)
Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Playing career
1995–1998Georgia
1999Indianapolis Colts
Position(s)Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999Georgia (admin. asst.)
2000Valdosta State (DB)
2001Valdosta State (DC)
2002–2003Florida State (GA)
2004LSU (DB)
2005Georgia (RB)
2006Miami Dolphins (S)
2007Alabama (AHC/DB)
2008–2015Alabama (DC)
2016–PresentGeorgia
Head coaching record
Overall101–17
Bowls9–2
Tournaments5–1 (CFP) National
2 SEC (2017, 2022)
6 SEC East Division (2017–2019, 2021–2023)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
George Munger Award (2017)
SEC Coach of the Year (2017, 2021, 2022)
Broyles Award (2009)
AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year (2012)
First-team All-SEC (1998)
Second-team All-SEC (1997)

Kirby Paul Smart[2] (born December 23, 1975) is an American football coach and former player. He is the current head football coach at the University of Georgia, his alma mater. As head coach, he led the Bulldogs to back-to-back national championships in 2021 and 2022.

  1. ^ Low, Chris (May 5, 2024). "Georgia makes Kirby Smart college football's first $13M coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  2. ^ "Lycett-Smart wedding". Athens Banner-Herald. October 8, 2006. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2015.