Kirby Smart's parents have been a regular presence after Georgia football games, but they will not be at Monday's national championship game.
Sonny Smart coached high school football for 23 years at Bainbridge High in south Georgia – including when his son played safety for him – and later at Rabun County where he retired.
"He's taught me so much just about the way you handle things, the right way, the wrong way," Kirby Smart said."Control the controllables. The moment's never too big if you're prepared. And I always watched the way he prepared our teams and our staff in high school. He was a very wise man, a man of few words. I tried to follow his mantra as a coach.
Sonny Smart also did not attend Georgia’s Peach Bowl win over Ohio State on Dec. 31 in Atlanta, but did attend the SEC championship win over LSU on Dec. 3."I wanted to call him that night, but he was already in bed by the time it got to that point," Smart said."So the next afternoon, on the way home, got to call him and talk."
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