Kirby Smart and Georgia's assistant coaches will soon be rewarded financially for the football team's success last season.
Their raises are one reason tickets to see the Bulldogs play will cost more. Speaking after Georgia's athletic board meeting on Jan. 30, athletics director Greg McGarity indicated raises are coming for many, if not all, of the coaches following National Signing Day on Feb. 7.
Providing raises for the football staff was one of the reasons McGarity cited when he proposed increasing football ticket prices, a motion Georgia’s athletic board unanimously passed.
“We plan to make substantial adjustments to the compensation of our football staff,” McGarity said before the board voted, “which will necessitate these ticket increases.