Georgia’s Kirby Smart is now the highest-paid football coach in the country.
Smart and the Bulldogs agreed to a contract extension beginning with the 2024 season, the team announced Thursday. His new deal, which will reportedly pay him $13 million in 2024, extend through the 2033 season.
The new deal will push Smart past Clemson’s Dabo Swinney as the nation’s highest-paid football coach. Swinney will make $11 million in 2024.
The two-year extension will increase Smart’s average annual salary by $1.75 million compared to his previous contract. The extension also increases his maximum bonus from $1.3 million to $1.5 million. Smart’s new deal replaces the 10-year, $110 million extension he signed in 2022 following his first national title.
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