Ten years of Kirby Smart at Georgia

"During a fundraising event this summer, a stranger approached Georgia football coach Kirby Smart to share a story about her daughter, who had recently graduated from the university. While the woman's daughter was a student, she lived near the Bulldogs' football facility. Whenever the pressures of college stacked up -- an important test, a long day of classes and studying -- she found relief in an unlikely place: stepping outside to hear Smart screaming at his players through a bullhorn during practice."

""In one sense, it's like it has flown by," said Smart, who played defensive back at Georgia from 1995 to '98. "But in another sense, it feels like an eternity. With everything that has transpired the last few years, just in terms of the sport, transfer portal, NIL, everything, it almost seems longer. It seems like the last three or four years have been an eternity because of the changes.""

"With the No. 5 Bulldogs preparing to host No. 17 Alabama in another SEC heavyweight bout at Sanford Stadium on Saturday ( 7:30 p.m ET, ABC), Smart figures to be louder than ever this week. It's the only volume Smart has known during his 10-year tenure as his alma mater's coach, in which he has guided the Bulldogs to back-to-back national championships (2021-22), three SEC titles and four College Football Playoff appearances."

Kirby Smart has spent ten seasons as Georgia's head coach, guiding the Bulldogs to back-to-back national championships (2021-22), three SEC titles and four College Football Playoff appearances. His vocal practice sessions, often amplified by a bullhorn, are a familiar sound on campus and have become a notable part of local life. A fundraising anecdote described a nearby student who found relief from academic pressure by stepping outside to hear Smart yelling during practice. Georgia, ranked No. 5, will host No. 17 Alabama, and Smart expects to be especially vocal ahead of the game. Smart described the decade as both having flown by and feeling like an eternity because of recent changes such as the transfer portal and NIL.

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