Kirby Smart explains what Billy Napier was doing at Georgia’s practice on Tuesday

By Connor Riley, DawgNation

November 12, 2025 at 12:10 pm EST

Kirby Smart, Billy Napier (Getty) JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 28: Head coach Billy Napier of the Florida Gators (R) talks to head coach Kirby Smart of the Georgia Bulldogs (L) before the start of a game at EverBank Stadium on October 28, 2023 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images) (James Gilbert/Getty Images)

By Connor Riley, DawgNation

November 12, 2025 at 12:10 pm EST

THENS — Kirby Smart knows Billy Napier well. The former Florida coach worked with Smart when the two were at Alabama.

Their relationship goes even deeper than that, as they are both sons of former Georgia high school football coaches.

Napier knows Georgia’s next foe well, having already beaten the Texas Longhorns this year when he was the head coach at Florida. Napier was fired in October, giving him plenty of free time.

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