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Kirby Smart

2016-2025Georgia

One defining stop at Georgia.

Kirby Smart coached 10 seasons, won 84.7%, and posted an average SRS of 20.6. Best season: 2021 Georgia. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

105-19

Career Win %

84.7%

Seasons

10

Career Span

10 years

Average SRS

20.6

Peak SRS

27.9

Best Finish

#1

Consistency

47.8

Higher = steadier

Career Arc

Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.

Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.

Kirby Smart
EliteStrongAverageLean
2016Actual season year • SRS range 4.7 to 27.92025

Active comparison point

Kirby Smart2021

Selected

2021 Georgia

Best season

14-1 • SRS 27.9 • SP Overall 32.0

Win %

93.3%

YoY SRS

+9.0

SP Off / Def

41.4 / 10.3

Finish

#1

Comparison context

Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.

School Tenures

Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

Georgia

2016-202510 seasons

Avg SRS 20.6 • Win % 84.7%

Longest Tenure

Georgia • 10 seasons

Best Tenure

Georgia • 20.6 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Georgia • 84.7%

Style and Strength Profile

Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.

These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.

Overall Strength

Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.

Kirby Smart sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Kirby Smart sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Kirby Smart

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall: 26.2

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Elite

Impact by School

See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.

Georgia

2016-2025105-19

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 20.6Win % 84.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

10.5 during vs 9.8 baseline

+0.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

20.6 during vs 16.8 baseline

+3.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

26.2 during vs 24.1 baseline

+2.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

70.0% during vs 60.0% baseline

+10.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Georgia 2021

14-1SRS 27.9

Biggest Improvement

Georgia 2017

13-222.3 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Georgia 2018

11-3SP Off 45.9

Best Defensive Season

Georgia 2022

15-0SP Def 3.7

Setbacks

Worst Season

Georgia 2016

8-5SRS 4.7

Biggest Drop

Georgia 2023

13-1-6.3 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Georgia2025000016.024.137.014.8-0.3
Georgia202414113078.6%#1#616.324.337.314.9-4.4-14.3%
Georgia202314131092.9%#1#420.731.241.512.2-6.3-7.1%
Georgia2022151500100.0%#3#127.035.337.23.7-0.9+6.7%
Georgia202115141093.3%#5#127.932.041.410.3+9.0+13.3%
Georgia20201082080.0%#4#718.919.130.812.1-2.8-5.7%
Georgia201914122085.7%#3#421.726.834.210.0-4.6+7.1%
Georgia201814113078.6%#326.332.945.914.2-0.7-8.1%
Georgia201715132086.7%#15#227.026.739.615.4+22.3+25.1%
Georgia20161385061.5%#184.79.328.017.6

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