The news comes after 11Alive's UGA Insider Radi Nabulsi shared that Sonny Smart suffered a fall in front of his hotel earlier this week.

Sonny Smart, the father of Georgia head football coach Kirby Smart, died early Saturday morning, the school announced. Sonny Smart fell while walking in New Orleans on New Year's Eve and fractured his ...

Sonny Smart, a football coach at two Georgia high schools and father of Georgia football coach Kirby Smart, died early Saturday, UGA announced ...

RABUN GAP – The Presbyterian Church here last weekend was overflowing with mourners who came to pay respects to Clyde J. (Sonny) Smart in a modest and simple service that reflected the essence of ...

This is that kind of place, and Sonny Smart was fit for its environment. Coach Smart was not a complicated man. He was one ...

Clyde J. “Sonny” Smart Jr. died last week after complications from surgery in New Orleans, where his son Kirby Smart was preparing to play in the Sugar Bowl.

ATHENS, Ga. — 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.