Georgia Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart has faced a heart-wrenching start to the year following the passing of his father, Sonny Smart, on 4 January. Sonny, aged 76, died from complications after hip ...

Now, Kirby Smart will have the next day to be by his ... He also coached high school football in Bainbridge and Rabun County for 23 years before retiring. Sonny has been known to travel to his ...

He later coached at Bainbridge High in Georgia, where Kirby Smart played safety for him, and Rabun County High in north Georgia. "He's taught me so much just about the way you handle things ...

Georgia coach Kirby Smart celebrates with his dad Sonny Smart ... He crossed state lines to Georgia's Bainbridge High School to coach football from 1982-1994 and Rabun County from 1995-2003 ...

It was at Bainbridge where Sonny coached his son Kirby. "Obviously, you grow up around it. It's in your DNA," Smart said back in 2020. "Every coach doesn't want his son to be a coach, he wants him ...

Sonny and his wife, Sharon, have three children: Karl, Kirby and Kendall. Sonny Smart was a longtime high school football coach, including for seven seasons at Bainbridge High School in South ...

Growing up, Kirby Smart often spent time at the football field with his dad and played for him at Bainbridge High before starring at UGA as a defensive back. “A lot of times I would come home ...

Georgia coach Kirby Smart's father, Sonny, died early Saturday morning after suffering complications from hip surgery he underwent following a fall in New Orleans before the Allstate Sugar Bowl, the ...

He later coached at Bainbridge High in Georgia ... Our sympathies go out to Kirby Smart and his family and to all who knew his dad. Others have expressed their condolences and paid tribute ...

Georgia Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart supported his former players as they competed in the 2025 Senior Bowl. Five former Georgia players participated in the Senior Bowl. Running back Trevor Etienne ...

Georgia football coach Kirby Smart put his team in the final ballot of the US LBM Coaches Poll ahead of two teams that reached the College Football Playoff semifinals. Smart placed Georgia at No.