"My commitment to this university and our football program is unwavering. "This is home for us, our roots run deep here," Smart said in a statement. Smart will make $10.25 million this season, with his salary rising to $12.25 million by 2031. The university announced the long-anticipated contract extension Thursday. Smart's average salary of $11.25 million would also be tops among coaches. Sources told ESPN that the $112.5 million total would be the most ever paid to a college football coach. Georgia Bulldogs, Kirby Smart agree to new 10-year, $112.5 million contract, making him highest-paid coach in college football, sourcesĪfter guiding Georgia football to its first national championship in 41 years, coach Kirby Smart has agreed to a new 10-year contract that will pay him a record $112.5 million through the 2031 season.
KIRBY SMART PLAYER AT UGA UPGRADE
In 2004 at LSU, he tutored two NFL draft picks: Corey Webster (2nd round, New York Giants) and Travis Daniels (4th round, Miami).You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser He coached Thomas Brown, Danny Ware and Kregg Lumpkin - all future NFL players. Smart was the running backs coach for Georgia’s 2005 SEC Championship team. He served six years on the collegiate level as the running backs coach at Georgia (2005), defensive backs coach at LSU (2004), graduate assistant at Florida State (2002-03), defensive coordinator/linebackers coach (2001) and defensive backs coach (2000) at Valdosta State, and administrative assistant at Georgia (1999). Prior to joining the Alabama staff in 2007, Smart spent the 2006 season as safeties coach with the NFL’s Miami Dolphins. He also was a finalist for the award in 2015. He was recognized as the 2012 AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year and the 2009 Broyles Award winner as college football’s top assistant. During his tenure at Alabama, the Crimson Tide won three BCS National Championships, one CFP national title, three SEC crowns, six SEC Western Division titles, and was ranked in the nation’s final top 10 the last eight years in a row.ĭuring Smart’s time at Alabama, he coached players at three different positions, in addition to his coordinating duties. Smart had served on the Alabama staff the previous nine years, seven as defensive coordinator.
Twelve hours later, he was at work in Athens, where he remains one of ten head coaches at schools from Power 5 conferences that are coaching at their alma maters. 11, 2016, when the Crimson Tide won its fourth national championship in a 7-year span. He juggled both jobs for a month until Jan. 6, 2015, he had unfinished business as defensive coordinator at Alabama, which was still chasing a national title. When Smart officially came home to Georgia on Dec. The Bulldogs set a Draft record with 15 players taken, including five defenders in the first round, led by the first overall selection, junior Travon Walker. Georgia’s championship season enjoyed a fitting exclamation mark at the 2022 NFL Draft. After the regular season, Smart was named SEC Coach of the Year for the second time in five years. The senior class also set the mark for most career wins by going 45-8. 1 Alabama, 33-18, in the championship game in Indianapolis. The third-ranked Bulldogs defeated #2 Michigan, 34-11, in the Capital One Orange Bowl in Miami and then No.
The team set 21 school records, highlighted by the nation’s top-ranked defense.
It marked the fifth straight team to finish the regular season ranked in the top ten of the College Football Playoff rankings. 1 national ranking by all the major polls and the first ever to win 14 games. His 2021 team became UGA’s first national champion since 1980, the first since 1982 to go undefeated in the SEC regular season, a No.
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