Master vs. Pupil: Georgia's Kirby Smart faces Alabama's Nick Saban

ATHENS — It was 2004 when a young Kirby Smart, then coming off a two-year stint as a graduate assistant at Florida State, was given his first shot at an SEC coaching position by Nick Saban as the defensive backs coach for Saban during his days at LSU. A few years later, Smart followed Saban to the NFL as a safeties coach for the Miami Dolphins. And when Saban returned to the college game to lead Alabama in forming one of the most prolific dynasties in FBS history, Smart came too.

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