12-24-2025, 12:49 AM
1) Smart has a .854 career winning percentage. That's tied for third all-time among coaches with at least 10 years of experience. He trails Knute Rockne (.881) and Frank Leahy (.864) and is tied with Urban Meyer.
2) Smart's winning percentage is the third-highest among active FBS head coaches with more than one year of experience, trailing only Ohio State's Ryan Day (.882) and Indiana's Curt Cignetti (.878).
3) Smart reached 100 wins in his 117th game, which tied him with Knute Rockne and Chris Peterson for the fifth-fastest a coach has won 100 games. The only coaches to do it faster were Gil Dobie, George Woodruff, Bud Wilkerson, and Fielding Yost.
4) Smart has 117 victories in his first 137 games as a head coach. By comparison, it took Urban Meyer 140 games, Dabo Swinney 148 games, Steve Spurrier 150 games, Nick Saban 168 games, and Bear Bryant 176 games to reach the 117-win mark.
5) Smart is tied with Swinney for the most national championships (2) among active head coaches. Smart has a 2-0 record against Swinney.
6) The Bulldogs have been dominant in the past five seasons. Georgia has an FBS-best 65 wins during that span, with Ohio State next up with 59.
7) Under Smart's watch, Georgia has spent 39 weeks ranked No. 1 in the AP poll.
8) Twenty-five percent of Smart's career losses occurred in his first season.
9) Smart has led Georgia to a bowl game or the playoff in each of his 10 seasons. In terms of bowl games, the Sugar Bowl is the one he's coached in the most.
10) Under Smart, Georgia has a .714 winning percentage in the College Football Playoff. That's good for second among teams that have played in more than one playoff game, trailing only LSU (1.000).
11) Smart sits fourth in Georgia's all-time win list at 117 in the middle of his 10th year. The only coaches in front of him are Vince Dooley at 201 (25 years), Mark Richt at 145 (15 years), and Wally Butts at 140 (22 years).
12) Smart is the only Georgia football coach to win multiple national championships.
13) By winning national championships in 2021 and 2022, Smart's Bulldogs became the first team to win consecutive national titles in the College Football Playoff era.
14) In terms of winning percentage, Smart is responsible for four of the 10 winningest seasons in UGA program history.
15) Georgia put together three straight undefeated regular seasons from 2021-23. That made UGA the first team to go undefeated in three consecutive regular seasons since 1993-95 Nebraska.
16) Smart has never had a losing season at Georgia. He is the only Georgia coach to coach at least 10 years and never have a losing season.
17) Smart has posted eight double-digit win seasons at Georgia. He sits one behind Mark Richt for the program record after Richt had nine in his first 14 seasons.
18) In the 10 years before Smart was hired, Georgia was 20-10 against primary rivals Auburn, Florida, and Georgia Tech. In the 10 years since, Georgia is 26-4.
19) Auburn, Georgia Tech, and Tennessee are among the Bulldogs' top rivals. Georgia currently owns a nine-game winning streak against all three teams.
20) Smart has only lost three times to teams that ended the year with a losing overall record. Those teams were 2016 Ole Miss, 2016 Vanderbilt, and 2019 South Carolina.
21) Smart has won four SEC title games at Georgia. That's the third-most in conference history, trailing only Nick Saban (11) and Steve Spurrier (5).
22) Smart has led Georgia to five consecutive SEC title games going back to 2021. That ties Spurrier for the longest streak in SEC championship game history thanks to Florida playing in the game every year from 1992-96.
23) Smart has been recognized as SEC Coach of the Year three times: in 2017, in 2021, and in 2022. He is one of eight SEC coaches to win the award on at least three different occasions.
24) Smart's Bulldogs got the upper hand on SEC East competition when the conference had divisions. Georgia went 42-5 against its division opponents, which was pivotal in the Bulldogs winning the division six times.
25) Smart is currently the longest-tenured SEC coach. The rest of the conference has hired 32 head coaches since Smart coached his first game at Georgia. UGA rivals Auburn and Florida are now on their third full-time head coach since Smart took over.
26) Smart's coaching tree has had six assistants go on to become head coaches. Four of those coaches — South Carolina's Shane Beamer, Oregon's Dan Lanning, Syracuse's Fran Brown, and Dell McGee — are still active.
27) Smart has suffered 20 losses in his time at Georgia — the same number of players he's had selected in the first round of the NFL Draft.
28) 28 NFL teams have drafted a Georgia player who played for Smart. The only ones that have not are the Dallas Cowboys, the Indianapolis Colts, the New Orleans Saints, and the Washington Commanders.
29) 76 Georgia players who played under Smart have been drafted.
30) During Smart's time at Georgia the Bulldogs have signed 10 top-five signing classes according to 247Sports. Three of those classes (2018, 2020, 2024) finished No. 1.
31) Georgia has signed high school prospects from 30 different states and Washington, D.C. under Smart. They've also signed recruits from Australia, Germany, and Sweden.
32) According to 247Sports, Georgia has signed 281 high school recruits to scholarships under Smart. 140 of them — which amounts to 50.2% — were from the state of Georgia.
33) Georgia has had 28 players recognized as first team All-Americans during the Smart era in Athens.
34) Under Smart, 10 Bulldogs have taken home national awards as the best player at their given position. It's worth noting that tight end Brock Bowers won the John Mackey Award twice, becoming the first player to ever do so.
35) Quarterback Stetson Bennett was a Heisman Trophy finalist under Smart. Bennett stood as just the fourth Heisman finalist from Georgia and the first since Garrison Hearst in 1992.
36) Smart has beaten 43 different teams during his time at Georgia. He has wins against each of the other 15 SEC teams, though the Bulldogs' win over Oklahoma occurred when the Sooners were still in the Big 12.
37) Smart has beaten two SEC teams — Auburn and Kentucky — 10 times, the most among all the teams he's coached against. He has a perfect 10-0 record against the Wildcats.
38) Georgia Tech is the non-SEC team that Georgia has beaten the most under Smart. Setting Georgia Tech aside, the non-SEC foes that Smart has beaten twice are Austin Peay, Clemson, Notre Dame, Samford, TCU, UAB, and UMass.
39) Georgia has won the most recent meeting against every team it's played except for Notre Dame.
40) Smart has made the most of rematches. Under Smart, Georgia is 4-0 when playing a team for a second time in the same season. The Bulldogs will look to make that 5-0 when they take on Ole Miss on Jan. 1.
41) Smart has a 56-5 record at home, a 35-6 record on the road, and a 26-9 at neutral sites.
42) Smart has a 36-15 record against ranked teams during his time at Georgia.
43) Georgia is 24-10 against Top 10 teams under Smart, including a 3-0 record against those squads in 2025.
44) The Bulldogs have now won 48 straight games against unranked teams, a mark that goes back to October 2019.
45) Georgia's largest margin of victory under Smart was its 60-point win over Florida State in the 2023 Orange Bowl. Its smallest were one-point wins over Missouri in 2016, Notre Dame in 2017, Ohio State in 2022, and Kentucky in 2024.
46) The most yards Georgia has ever put up in a game under Smart was 718 against UMass in 2018. The fewest yards they've ever given up was 77 against Vanderbilt in 2021.
47) The most points Georgia has ever scored in a game under Smart was 66 against UMass in 2018. The Bulldogs have pitched 10 shutouts under his guidance, the most recent being a 55-0 victory over Vanderbilt in 2022.
48) Smart is 4-2 all-time in overtime games. The Bulldogs have not lost an overtime game since October 2019.
49) Georgia has a 25-10 record in one-possession games during the Smart era, including a 4-1 mark in 2025. The Bulldogs have not lost multiple one-possession games in a single season since 2018.
50) In Smart's time as head coach, Georgia has scored 4,747 points and has allowed 2,284 points. The average score of a Georgia game under Smart rounds up to a 35-17 UGA victory.
2) Smart's winning percentage is the third-highest among active FBS head coaches with more than one year of experience, trailing only Ohio State's Ryan Day (.882) and Indiana's Curt Cignetti (.878).
3) Smart reached 100 wins in his 117th game, which tied him with Knute Rockne and Chris Peterson for the fifth-fastest a coach has won 100 games. The only coaches to do it faster were Gil Dobie, George Woodruff, Bud Wilkerson, and Fielding Yost.
4) Smart has 117 victories in his first 137 games as a head coach. By comparison, it took Urban Meyer 140 games, Dabo Swinney 148 games, Steve Spurrier 150 games, Nick Saban 168 games, and Bear Bryant 176 games to reach the 117-win mark.
5) Smart is tied with Swinney for the most national championships (2) among active head coaches. Smart has a 2-0 record against Swinney.
6) The Bulldogs have been dominant in the past five seasons. Georgia has an FBS-best 65 wins during that span, with Ohio State next up with 59.
7) Under Smart's watch, Georgia has spent 39 weeks ranked No. 1 in the AP poll.
8) Twenty-five percent of Smart's career losses occurred in his first season.
9) Smart has led Georgia to a bowl game or the playoff in each of his 10 seasons. In terms of bowl games, the Sugar Bowl is the one he's coached in the most.
10) Under Smart, Georgia has a .714 winning percentage in the College Football Playoff. That's good for second among teams that have played in more than one playoff game, trailing only LSU (1.000).
11) Smart sits fourth in Georgia's all-time win list at 117 in the middle of his 10th year. The only coaches in front of him are Vince Dooley at 201 (25 years), Mark Richt at 145 (15 years), and Wally Butts at 140 (22 years).
12) Smart is the only Georgia football coach to win multiple national championships.
13) By winning national championships in 2021 and 2022, Smart's Bulldogs became the first team to win consecutive national titles in the College Football Playoff era.
14) In terms of winning percentage, Smart is responsible for four of the 10 winningest seasons in UGA program history.
15) Georgia put together three straight undefeated regular seasons from 2021-23. That made UGA the first team to go undefeated in three consecutive regular seasons since 1993-95 Nebraska.
16) Smart has never had a losing season at Georgia. He is the only Georgia coach to coach at least 10 years and never have a losing season.
17) Smart has posted eight double-digit win seasons at Georgia. He sits one behind Mark Richt for the program record after Richt had nine in his first 14 seasons.
18) In the 10 years before Smart was hired, Georgia was 20-10 against primary rivals Auburn, Florida, and Georgia Tech. In the 10 years since, Georgia is 26-4.
19) Auburn, Georgia Tech, and Tennessee are among the Bulldogs' top rivals. Georgia currently owns a nine-game winning streak against all three teams.
20) Smart has only lost three times to teams that ended the year with a losing overall record. Those teams were 2016 Ole Miss, 2016 Vanderbilt, and 2019 South Carolina.
21) Smart has won four SEC title games at Georgia. That's the third-most in conference history, trailing only Nick Saban (11) and Steve Spurrier (5).
22) Smart has led Georgia to five consecutive SEC title games going back to 2021. That ties Spurrier for the longest streak in SEC championship game history thanks to Florida playing in the game every year from 1992-96.
23) Smart has been recognized as SEC Coach of the Year three times: in 2017, in 2021, and in 2022. He is one of eight SEC coaches to win the award on at least three different occasions.
24) Smart's Bulldogs got the upper hand on SEC East competition when the conference had divisions. Georgia went 42-5 against its division opponents, which was pivotal in the Bulldogs winning the division six times.
25) Smart is currently the longest-tenured SEC coach. The rest of the conference has hired 32 head coaches since Smart coached his first game at Georgia. UGA rivals Auburn and Florida are now on their third full-time head coach since Smart took over.
26) Smart's coaching tree has had six assistants go on to become head coaches. Four of those coaches — South Carolina's Shane Beamer, Oregon's Dan Lanning, Syracuse's Fran Brown, and Dell McGee — are still active.
27) Smart has suffered 20 losses in his time at Georgia — the same number of players he's had selected in the first round of the NFL Draft.
28) 28 NFL teams have drafted a Georgia player who played for Smart. The only ones that have not are the Dallas Cowboys, the Indianapolis Colts, the New Orleans Saints, and the Washington Commanders.
29) 76 Georgia players who played under Smart have been drafted.
30) During Smart's time at Georgia the Bulldogs have signed 10 top-five signing classes according to 247Sports. Three of those classes (2018, 2020, 2024) finished No. 1.
31) Georgia has signed high school prospects from 30 different states and Washington, D.C. under Smart. They've also signed recruits from Australia, Germany, and Sweden.
32) According to 247Sports, Georgia has signed 281 high school recruits to scholarships under Smart. 140 of them — which amounts to 50.2% — were from the state of Georgia.
33) Georgia has had 28 players recognized as first team All-Americans during the Smart era in Athens.
34) Under Smart, 10 Bulldogs have taken home national awards as the best player at their given position. It's worth noting that tight end Brock Bowers won the John Mackey Award twice, becoming the first player to ever do so.
35) Quarterback Stetson Bennett was a Heisman Trophy finalist under Smart. Bennett stood as just the fourth Heisman finalist from Georgia and the first since Garrison Hearst in 1992.
36) Smart has beaten 43 different teams during his time at Georgia. He has wins against each of the other 15 SEC teams, though the Bulldogs' win over Oklahoma occurred when the Sooners were still in the Big 12.
37) Smart has beaten two SEC teams — Auburn and Kentucky — 10 times, the most among all the teams he's coached against. He has a perfect 10-0 record against the Wildcats.
38) Georgia Tech is the non-SEC team that Georgia has beaten the most under Smart. Setting Georgia Tech aside, the non-SEC foes that Smart has beaten twice are Austin Peay, Clemson, Notre Dame, Samford, TCU, UAB, and UMass.
39) Georgia has won the most recent meeting against every team it's played except for Notre Dame.
40) Smart has made the most of rematches. Under Smart, Georgia is 4-0 when playing a team for a second time in the same season. The Bulldogs will look to make that 5-0 when they take on Ole Miss on Jan. 1.
41) Smart has a 56-5 record at home, a 35-6 record on the road, and a 26-9 at neutral sites.
42) Smart has a 36-15 record against ranked teams during his time at Georgia.
43) Georgia is 24-10 against Top 10 teams under Smart, including a 3-0 record against those squads in 2025.
44) The Bulldogs have now won 48 straight games against unranked teams, a mark that goes back to October 2019.
45) Georgia's largest margin of victory under Smart was its 60-point win over Florida State in the 2023 Orange Bowl. Its smallest were one-point wins over Missouri in 2016, Notre Dame in 2017, Ohio State in 2022, and Kentucky in 2024.
46) The most yards Georgia has ever put up in a game under Smart was 718 against UMass in 2018. The fewest yards they've ever given up was 77 against Vanderbilt in 2021.
47) The most points Georgia has ever scored in a game under Smart was 66 against UMass in 2018. The Bulldogs have pitched 10 shutouts under his guidance, the most recent being a 55-0 victory over Vanderbilt in 2022.
48) Smart is 4-2 all-time in overtime games. The Bulldogs have not lost an overtime game since October 2019.
49) Georgia has a 25-10 record in one-possession games during the Smart era, including a 4-1 mark in 2025. The Bulldogs have not lost multiple one-possession games in a single season since 2018.
50) In Smart's time as head coach, Georgia has scored 4,747 points and has allowed 2,284 points. The average score of a Georgia game under Smart rounds up to a 35-17 UGA victory.
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