Sonny Smart, a veteran high school football coach and the father of Kirby Smart, head football coach at the University of ...

But Coach Smart likely had other things on his mind as his father, Sonny Smart, was reportedly injured in a fall Wednesday morning in front of the New Orleans hotel where he was staying.

ATHENS, Ga. (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.