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Georgia’s Kirby Smart becomes highest-paid college football head coach at $13 million per year after agreeing to contract extension
Published: May. 03, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Kirby Smart
Georgia head coach Kirby Smart watches his players warm up before an NCAA college football game against Tennessee, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)
Georgia’s Kirby Smart is now the highest-paid football coach in the country.
Smart and the Bulldogs agreed to a contract extension beginning with the 2024 season, the team announced Thursday. His new deal, which will reportedly pay him $13 million in 2024, extend through the 2033 season.
The new deal will push Smart past Clemson’s Dabo Swinney as the nation’s highest-paid football coach. Swinney will make $11 million in 2024.
The two-year extension will increase Smart’s average annual salary by $1.75 million compared to his previous contract.
The extension also increases his maximum bonus from $1.3 million to $1.5 million. Smart’s new deal replaces the 10-year, $110 million extension he signed in 2022 following his first national title.
Smart has posted a career record of 94-16 record at Georgia, including a 56-9 mark in the SEC. Georgia has reached the national championship game three times, winning two under Smart.
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Georgia’s Kirby Smart becomes highest-paid college football head coach at $13 million per year after agreeing to contract extension
Published: May. 03, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Kirby Smart
Georgia head coach Kirby Smart watches his players warm up before an NCAA college football game against Tennessee, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)
Georgia’s Kirby Smart is now the highest-paid football coach in the country.
Smart and the Bulldogs agreed to a contract extension beginning with the 2024 season, the team announced Thursday. His new deal, which will reportedly pay him $13 million in 2024, extend through the 2033 season.
The new deal will push Smart past Clemson’s Dabo Swinney as the nation’s highest-paid football coach. Swinney will make $11 million in 2024.
The two-year extension will increase Smart’s average annual salary by $1.75 million compared to his previous contract. The extension also increases his maximum bonus from $1.3 million to $1.5 million. Smart’s new deal replaces the 10-year, $110 million extension he signed in 2022 following his first national title.
Smart has posted a career record of 94-16 record at Georgia, including a 56-9 mark in the SEC. Georgia has reached the national championship game three times, winning two under Smart.
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