3 reasons Georgia coach Kirby Smart deserving of being highest paid college coach in the nation

ATHENS — Kirby Smart sits atop college football as the sport’s top active coach, and on Thursday the University of Georgia made sure he was paid like it.

Smart received a two-year contract extension through 2033 with an annual, nation-high salary of $13 million — dwarfing the initial annual salary of $3.75 million he agreed to when he took over the Bulldogs’ program in 2016.

Smart has seen to it that Georgia, long considered a sleeping giant with its rich, in-state talent, has grown into the dominant force most everyone knew it was capable of being.

“I want more than relevance, I want dominance,” Smart recently said, “and we’ve been more dominant in the last three years.”

Here are three reasons Smart is worthy of being the nation’s highest paid collegiate coach: The Future, Coaching Acumen, The Program.

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