Kirby Smart officially becomes UGA’s coach

The deal is done.

Kirby Smart is Georgia’s football coach. The UGA executive committee officially approved the hiring Sunday.

Smart has agreed to a six-year contract that will pay him approximately $3.75 million per season, according to a memorandum of understanding released by UGA on Sunday.

Smart, 39, has been Alabama’s defensive coordinator for the past eight years. He is a former University of Georgia player.

There will be no news conference on Sunday, the school said. That will take place on Monday.

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Bradley: Bold Bulldogs

ExploreYou’re free to keep typing “#FireMcGarity” on Twitter, but can any Georgia fan say in good conscience that this is a terrible move? The hottest assistant from the nation’s best program is coming to coach his alma mater. (Click here to read more)

Schultz: Good move for UGA

ExploreFirst-time head coaches never come with guarantees but there is nothing to suggest Smart will not succeed. (Click here to read more)

More Bradley: No need for Muschamp

ExploreIf you’re Georgia, you have to be ecstatic about South Carolina’s move to hire Will Muschamp as head coach. For one thing, you get to play against Muschamp every year. This also means that Muschamp will not be joining the Bulldogs as defensive coordinator. (Click here to read more).

Smart 'honored and excited'

ExploreAlabama is in the national playoff, and Smart told his players that he would remain with the Crimson Tide until its season was over. (Click here to read more)

ExploreBack where it all began

ExploreThey are dizzy in Bainbridge, the severely south Georgia town where Smart grew up as the son of the high school football coach and the resident BMOC. (Click here to read more)

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