Coming off an SEC Championship and a National Championship Game appearance, Georgia really took care of the man that got the program to those heights in only his second season in Athens. For his incredible accomplishments early in his head coaching career, UGA took care of Kirby Smart.
While we’ve known that Georgia and Smart agreed to a seven-year, $47 million dollar deal, the specific details of that deal were not known publicly until Friday.
Here is the annual breakdown of Smart’s new contract, according to USA TODAY’s Steve Berkowitz:
[table “” not found /]Details from Georgia football coach Kirby Smart's recent contract extension:
Yearly basic pay is set as follows:
2018: $6.6 million
2019: $6.7 million
2020: $6.8 million
2021: $7 million
2022: $7.2 million
2023: $7.3 million
2024: $7.4 million— Steve Berkowitz (@ByBerkowitz) May 11, 2018
Smart will also have a $6 million buyout for the next two seasons at Georgia. That figure drops to $4 million in 2020 and drops an addition $1 million every remaining year of the deal.
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com
