Sonny Smart, a veteran high school football coach ... According to a school statement, Smart shattered his hip in a New Year's Eve fall while walking through the city. He was hospitalized and ...

Sonny Smart, father of Georgia football coach Kirby Smart, tragically passed away after a fall in New Orleans, leading to complications from hip surgery. He was surrounded by family at the time of ...

Georgia coach Kirby Smart's father, Sonny, died early Saturday morning after suffering complications from hip surgery he underwent following a fall in New Orleans before the Allstate Sugar Bowl, the ...

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ATHENS, Georgia. (AP) — Georgia coach Kirby Smart’s father, Sonny, died early Saturday of complications from hip surgery after falling in New Orleans ahead of the Sugar Bowl, the school announced.