You could argue that Smart was the family’s best athlete even though he was a mediocre football player. Lycett was a dominant player for the Morrow basketball team, winning the Class AAAA Player of the Year award in 1998 and the Class AAA Player of the Year award the following year.
Kirby Smart has been one of college football’s top coordinators for several years now. It was only a matter of time before he became a head coach at a big-name school.
He just didn’t know it’d be the perfect fit.
Smart is heading back to Georgia, where he was First-Team All-SEC in his senior season as a defensive back for the Bulldogs. Smart got his first job after college with the Georgia football program, and now he’s taking another major step as a Bulldog.
With recent news that Smart is headed to Athens, it’s time to know Smart’s wife a little better. In 2006, Smart married Mary Beth Lycett, a former athlete herself and mother of three.
Here’s what you need to know about Lycett:
Lycett attended Morrow high school in Georgia, about 75 miles from Sanford Stadium. While at Morrow, Lycett was an outstanding student-athlete. Lycett’s family resides in Mcdonough, a small town in Henry County, Georgia.
Lycett was named Miss Georgia Basketball in her senior season, and elected to attend UGA. Four winners of the award have gone on to be WNBA first-round picks, including Maya Moore, who won it twice.
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