ATHENS — Kirby Smart will take the stage in Nashville at SEC Media Days this week on top of the college football world, a defending two-time national championship coach with an eight-figure salary.
But Smart admits coaching wasn’t his dream growing up, and he certainly didn’t spend time considering the possibility while playing for the Bulldogs under Ray Goff and Jim Donnan.
“You’re supposed to be looking at (your future) all your life,” Smart said, “but something about sports. you don’t look at it until you have to.”
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