Kirby Smart - wikipedia Kirby Smart Kirby Smart Smart at a press conference in 2018 Sport ( s ) Football Current position Title Head coach Team Georgia Conference SEC Record 21 -- 7 Annual salary $3,750,000 -- 4,000,000 Biographical details ( 1975 - 12 - 23 ) December 23, 1975 ( age 42 ) Montgomery, Alabama Alma mater University of Georgia Florida State University Playing career 1995 -- 1998 Georgia Position ( s ) Defensive back Coaching career ( HC unless noted ) 1999 Georgia ( Admin. Asst. ) 2000 Valdosta State ( DB ) Valdosta State ( DC ) 2002 -- 2003 Florida State ( GA ) LSU ( DB ) 2005 Georgia ( RB ) 2006 Miami Dolphins ( S ) 2007 Alabama ( AHC / DB ) 2008 -- 2015 Alabama ( DC ) 2016 -- present Georgia Head coaching record Overall 21 -- 7 Bowls 2 -- 1 Accomplishments and honors Championships 1 SEC ( 2017 ) 1 SEC Eastern Division ( 2017 ) Awards SEC Coach of the Year ( 2017 ) AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year ( 2012 ) Broyles Award ( 2009 ) Kirby Paul Smart ( born December 23, 1975 ) is an American football coach and former player. He is head coach of the University of Georgia. He previously served as the defensive coordinator at the University of Alabama. Contents 1 Early life 2 Coaching career 2.1 Alabama 2.2 Georgia 3 Personal life 4 Head coaching record 5 Coaching tree 6 References 7 External links Early life Smart was born in Montgomery, Alabama and grew up in Bainbridge, Georgia. The son of a high school football coach, Smart began his playing career at Bainbridge High School and went on to play college football at the University of Georgia, where he was teammates with defensive linemen Antonio Cochran, Emarlos Leroy, linebacker Brandon Tolbert, and future All - Pro cornerback Champ Bailey. Smart was a four - year letterman at defensive back for Georgia and a first - team All - SEC selection as a senior. He finished his career with 13 interceptions, which ranks fourth all - time at Georgia, and led the Bulldogs with six interceptions in 1997 and five in 1998. He also was a four - time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll. Smart graduated from Georgia in 1999 with a degree in finance. He went undrafted in the 1999 NFL Draft and signed a free agent contract with the Indianapolis Colts. He spent the 1999 preseason with the team but was cut before the start of the regular season. Coaching career Smart began his coaching career with the University of Georgia in 1999, serving as an administrative assistant. He then moved to Valdosta State where he spent one season as defensive backs coach before being promoted to defensive coordinator for the 2001 season. From 2002 to 2003, Smart worked as a graduate assistant under Bobby Bowden at Florida State while pursuing a master 's degree. He received his master 's degree from FSU in 2003. Smart then spent one season as defensive backs coach at LSU under head coach Nick Saban in 2004. Smart rejoined the Georgia Bulldogs football program to serve as running backs coach for the 2005 season. His only season in the NFL came in 2006, during which time he coached under Saban again, this time as the Miami Dolphins safeties coach. Alabama 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 was 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 Crimson 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. 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. Georgia On December 6, 2015, Smart was announced as the 26th head football coach at the University of Georgia. Smart went 8 -- 5 in his first season as the head coach of the Bulldogs in 2016. The Bulldogs finished tied for second in the SEC East division. In the 2017 season, Smart led the Bulldogs to their first 9 -- 0 start since 1982 and won the SEC East after a victory over the South Carolina Gamecocks on November 4. On December 2. 2017, Smart coached Georgia to its first SEC title since 2005, and only the fourth 12 - win season in school history ( 1980, 2002, 2012 ). On December 3, Georgia was ranked No. 3 by the College Football Playoff Committee and was set to play No. 2 Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl on New Year 's Day. Georgia rallied from a 31 - 17 first half deficit, ultimately defeating Oklahoma 54 - 48 in double overtime, completing the largest comeback in Rose Bowl history. Personal life Smart was a member of the Georgia Beta chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, and he is married to Mary `` Beth '' Elizabeth Lycett, who played basketball for the University of Georgia. The couple has three children. Head coaching record Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl / playoffs Coaches AP Georgia Bulldogs ( Southeastern Conference ) ( 2016 -- present ) 2016 Georgia 8 -- 5 4 -- 4 T -- 2nd ( Eastern ) W Liberty 2017 Georgia 13 -- 2 7 -- 1 1st ( Eastern ) W Rose, L CFP NCG Georgia : 21 -- 7 11 -- 5 Total : 21 -- 7 National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth Indicates CFP / New Years ' Six bowl. Rankings from final Coaches Poll. Rankings from final AP Poll. Coaching tree Notable head coaches under whom Smart has served : Bobby Bowden : Florida State ( 2002 -- 2003 ) Nick Saban : LSU ( 2004 ), Miami Dolphins ( 2006 ), Alabama ( 2007 -- 2015 ) Mark Richt : Georgia ( 2005 ) References ^ Jump up to : Lycett - Smart families ( October 8, 2006 ). `` Lycett - Smart wedding ''. Athens Banner - Herald. Retrieved December 3, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Kirby Smart - RollTide.com ''. RollTide.com. Archived from the original on 2008 - 06 - 01. Retrieved 2008 - 02 - 27. Jump up ^ `` BamaMag.com Home ''. alabama.scout.com. Jump up ^ `` ' Bama 's Saban Names Three Assistants ''. CSTV.com. 2007 - 01 - 09. Retrieved 2008 - 02 - 27. Jump up ^ `` Saban Announces Football Staff Addition as well as Two Promotions ''. RollTide.com. 2008 - 02 - 27. Retrieved 2008 - 02 - 27. Jump up ^ Kausler, Don, Jr. ( December 8, 2009 ), `` Frank Broyles Award goes to Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart '', The Birmingham News Jump up ^ Kausler, Jr., Don ( November 20, 2012 ). `` Alabama 's Kirby Smart named the assistant coach of the year by the AFCA ''. AL.com. Retrieved November 21, 2012. Jump up ^ Scarborough, Alex ( April 16, 2013 ). `` Alabama approves coach contracts ''. ESPN.com. Jump up ^ `` University of Georgia Official Athletic Site ''. www.georgiadogs.com. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kirby Smart. Alabama profile Georgia Bulldogs head football coaches Charles Herty ( 1891 ) No team ( 1892 ) Ernest Brown ( 1893 ) Robert Winston ( 1894 ) Pop Warner ( 1895 -- 1896 ) Charles McCarthy ( 1897 -- 1898 ) Gordon Saussy ( 1899 ) E.E. Jones ( 1900 ) William A. Reynolds ( 1901 -- 1902 ) Marvin M. Dickinson ( 1903 ) Charles A. Barnard ( 1904 ) Marvin M. Dickinson ( 1905 ) George S. Whitney ( 1906 -- 1907 ) Branch Bocock ( 1908 ) James Coulter & Frank Dobson ( 1909 ) W.A. Cunningham ( 1910 -- 1916 ) No team ( 1917 -- 1918 ) W.A. Cunningham ( 1919 ) Herman Stegeman ( 1920 -- 1922 ) George Cecil Woodruff ( 1923 -- 1927 ) Harry Mehre ( 1928 -- 1937 ) Joel Hunt ( 1938 ) Wally Butts ( 1939 -- 1960 ) Johnny Griffith ( 1961 -- 1963 ) Vince Dooley ( 1964 -- 1988 ) Ray Goff ( 1989 -- 1995 ) Jim Donnan ( 1996 -- 2000 ) Mark Richt ( 2001 -- 2015 ) Bryan McClendon # ( 2015 ) Kirby Smart ( 2016 -- ) Pound sign ( # ) denotes interim head coach. Current head football coaches of the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division Dan Mullen ( Florida ) Kirby Smart ( Georgia ) Mark Stoops ( Kentucky ) Barry Odom ( Missouri ) Will Muschamp ( South Carolina ) Jeremy Pruitt ( Tennessee ) Derek Mason ( Vanderbilt ) Western Division Nick Saban ( Alabama ) Chad Morris ( Arkansas ) Gus Malzahn ( Auburn ) Ed Orgeron ( LSU ) Joe Moorhead ( Mississippi State ) Matt Luke ( Ole Miss ) Jimbo Fisher ( Texas A&M ) # denotes interim coach Links to related articles 2009 Alabama Crimson Tide football -- consensus national champions Eryk Anders Javier Arenas Mark Barron James Carpenter Josh Chapman Terrence Cody Marcell Dareus Brandon Deaderick D.J. 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Question: when did kirby smart play for the university of georgia
Answer: 1995–1998