Kirby Smart Biography

Kirby Smart was born December 23, 1975 and is a football coach and former player who is currently the head coach at the University of Georgia.

Smart followed Nick Saban to the University of Alabama in 2007. He was hired by Saban as an assistant coach on January 9. On February 27, 2008, Smart was promoted to defensive coordinator. On December 8, 2009, Smart was awarded the Broyles Award as the nation's best assistant coach. He is the first Alabama assistant coach to win the award. Smart considered a lucrative contract to be the defensive coordinator at his alma mater, the University of Georgia, but chose to stay with the Tide in early January 2010. On March 27, 2012, the University of Alabama System's Board Of Trustees voted to increase Smart's salary and extend his contract. Smart remains the highest-paid football assistant on head coach Nick Saban's staff. On November 20, 2012, Smart was recognized as the 2012 AFCA FBS Assistant Coach of the Year. On April 16, 2013, Smart was granted a $200,000 salary increase to make him the highest-paid defensive coordinator in college football.

On Tuesday, December 1, 2015, it was "reported" that Smart had been hired as the next coach for Georgia.

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