Sonny Smart, the father of Georgia head coach Kirby Smart, died early Saturday from complications from hip surgery.
The University of Georgia announced in a statement that Sonny Smart fell on New Year’s Eve and fractured a hip.
Like Kirby Smart, Sonny Smart was a football coach, but at the high school level, coaching at Bainbridge High School from 1988-1994, where Kirby played, and at Rabun County High School from 1995-2003. During his career, Sonny Smart compiled a 90-78-1 record.