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 ...

Sonny Smart, the father of Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart, passed away early Saturday from complications following hip surgery. The fall occurred while he was walking on N ...

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.

Sonny fell and fractured his hip on Jan. 1 in New Orleans, where he was set to watch Kirby’s team play in the Sugar Bowl ...

Smart also had another reason for anguish as his father, Sonny Smart, was injured in a fall in front of the hotel in New Orleans where he was staying. Sonny Smart passed away early Saturday ...

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.

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 ...