Kirby Smart
American football player and coach (born 1975) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kirby Paul Smart[2] (born December 23, 1975) is an American football coach and former player. He is the current head football coach of the Georgia Bulldogs, his alma mater. As head coach, he led the Bulldogs to back-to-back national championships in 2021 and 2022.
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Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Georgia |
Conference | SEC |
Record | 94–16 |
Annual salary | $10.5 million [1] |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1975-12-23) December 23, 1975 (age 48) Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1995–1998 | Georgia |
1999 | Indianapolis Colts |
Position(s) | Defensive back |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1999 | Georgia (admin. asst.) |
2000 | Valdosta State (DB) |
2001 | Valdosta State (DC) |
2002–2003 | Florida State (GA) |
2004 | LSU (DB) |
2005 | Georgia (RB) |
2006 | Miami Dolphins (S) |
2007 | Alabama (AHC/DB) |
2008–2015 | Alabama (DC) |
2016–present | Georgia |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 94–16 |
Bowls | 9–2 |
Tournaments | 5–1 (CFP) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 national (2021, 2022) 2 SEC (2017, 2022) 6 SEC East Division (2017–2019, 2021–2023) | |
Awards | |
George Munger Award (2017) 3× 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) | |
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