Georgia head coach Kirby Smart was named the Maxwell Football Club's George Munger Collegiate Coach of the Year in an announcement made Friday morning.
Smart earned the award after leading the Bulldogs to a 13-2 record and an appearance in the College Football Playoff National Championship. The Bulldogs lost to Alabama 26-23 in overtime in that final game.
Smart oversaw quite the turnaround in Georgia's program in only his second season at the helm. In his first season, the Bulldogs went 8-5 and won the Liberty Bowl. One year later, Smart had Georgia one play away from the program's first national championship since 1980.