Born on December 23, 1975, to a school football coach in Montgomery, Alabama, Kirby Paul Smart spent his childhood days in Bainbridge situated in Georgia. He completed his education from the Bainbridge High school where his interest in football was ignited. He then went on to study at the University of Georgia where he got his degree in finance and was also on the college’s football team. As a senior he was selected for first team All-SEC and at Georgia, he was a four-year letterman. He was also selected as a member of SEC Academic Honor Roll for four times. He was also placed fourth in all-time best at Georgia. After his graduation, he went on to sign a contract with the Indianapolis Colts and remained undrafted in the National Football League.
He began his career as a coach in 1999 as an administrative assistant from the University of Georgia. He then went on to coach Valdosta State in 2001 and 2002-2003, he was a graduate assistant at Florida State. Along with working as the graduate assistant, he completed his master’s degree in 2003 form the Florida State University. He also worked as the coach of Miami Dolphins Safeties, which was his only season in the NFL. Before that, he also worked in 2005 for Georgia Bulldogs Football program. After the NFL season, he went on to join the University of Alabama in 2007 where he worked as an assistant coach. Here, he went on to become the assistant coach with the highest salary and after a salary hike, he also became the highest paid defensive coordinator. He served as assistant coach in the Univesity of Alabama for nine years.
He returned to his graduating college, the University of Georgia on December 6, 2015 and joined as the head football coach.
While working with the University of Alabama as the assistant coach, he was felicitated with the Nation’s Best Assistant Coach at Broyles Award in on December 8, 2009, becoming the first assistant coach from Alabama to win the prestigious award. He also won the AFCA FBS Assistant Coach of the Year in 2012 and was also the finalist for the 2015 Broyles Award. He remains one of the most respected as well as sought after defensive coordinator in the nation.
Her bio on wiki says that he got married in the year 2006 to Mary Beth Lycett, who was named Miss Georgia Basketball in her senior year. She studied at the Morrow High School in Georgia and was elected to attend UGA as she was an outstanding basketball player.
They are happy and proud parents of three kids, Weston and Julia, who are twins and born on February 8, 2008, and Andrew who was born on May 25, 2012. The couple now lives in Florida where Smart works as a coach and his wife teaches Mathematics at the Cooper City High School.
According to Smart’s biography, his salary for a six-year contract will be $3.5 Million per season, and his net worth is not quite specified.
| Birth Date: | 23 Dec, 1975 |
| Age: | 44 yrs |
| Occupations: | Head coach |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Montgomery |
| Education: | Florida State University |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American football player and coach |
| Net Worth 2021: | 9 million |
