Did Kirby Smart coach at LSU? Closer look at Georgia coach's professional career

Kirby Smart is best known as the head coach of the Georgia Bulldogs, where he has won two national championships and a host of other honors. However, he worked his way up the ranks before getting one of the most coveted roles in collegiate sports.

Smart coached at LSU in the 2004 college football season. He was LSU's defensive backs coach under the great Nick Saban.

Kirby Smart has coached at five college programs

Kirby Smart started his coaching career as an administrative assistant with the Georgia Bulldogs in 1999. He spent one year with the Bulldogs before joining Valdosta State as a defensive backs coach and earning a promotion to defensive coordinator in 2001.

Smart enrolled at Florida State University for his master's in 2002 and served as a graduate assistant during his time with the Seminoles. After completing his program at Florida State, he joined LSU as part of Nick Saban's coaching staff. He departed LSU after one season to rejoin the Bulldogs as a running backs coach.

Smart joined Nick Saban in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins for the 2006 season, his sole stint at the professional level.

Smart joined the Alabama Crimson Tide in 2007 and stayed with the program until 2015. Smart and Saban won four national championships, three Southeastern Conference titles and six SEC Western Division crowns with the Alabama Crimson Tide. The Crimson Tide were quickly the most dominant team in college football, utilizing a stingy defense and offensive versatility to dominate.

Kirby Smart has won two national championships with Georgia

Smart was hired as the head coach of the Georgia Bulldogs on Dec. 6, 2015. He has built quite a legacy in Georgia, guiding the program to two national championships, two SEC titles and three SEC East Division titles.

Smart has coached 17 first-round picks and has given the Alabama Crimson Tide a run for their money in the SEC. Seeing how Smart navigates the 2024 college football season will be interesting.