Dallas fans can dream all they want, but Kirby Smart is not walking out of Athens for the Cowboys.
That idea has been floating around in the aftermath of Dallas’ 2-4 start and the loss to Green Bay, a stretch that has left plenty of fans furious about where the franchise is headed. But even with the noise around the Cowboys, there is no confirmed coaching vacancy and no credible sign that Dallas is actually chasing another coach. On Monday, Cowboys executive Stephen Jones reaffirmed his confidence in Brian Schottenheimer.
Still, some fans are already looking past that and latching onto Smart as the answer.
Kirby Smart would be the next Jimmy Johnson. Has the same fire and demands the same respect.
His teams are always prepared and his game management is always good. He gives his team an advantage every week.
- Mitch (@Mitch21033) October 19, 2026
I didn’t even think about him, honestly. There’s a good shot he goes to the NFL, too because of all the displeasure surrounding the NCAA and the portal.
Has a defensive coach already here, too. All this means is we probably won’t even try lol.
- Carlos Saldaña (@Carlos_Saldana) October 19, 2026
We have a culture problem. Players don’t need a friend as HC.
Smiling during the 4th. Unprepared, not good at game management either.
Kirby Smart will fix all of that. He has the same fire and demands respect like Jimmy.
Similar resume too when Jimmy made the jump.
- Mitch (@Mitch21033) October 19, 2026
It’s easy to understand the appeal. Smart has turned Georgia into one of the sport’s premier programs, and from the outside, he looks like the kind of coach who could walk into any locker room and change the tone immediately. But that doesn’t mean the Cowboys are a real landing spot.
The simplest reason is that Smart already has just about everything he could want at Georgia. He makes roughly $13 million a year.
He has won two national championships. He has built his alma mater into one of the biggest brands in college football.
And Georgia is committed to him through 2033, giving him a program with championship-level expectations and the resources to chase them year after year.
The NFL may be the final stop for some college coaches, but it is not automatically the next move for every one of them. Smart has no obvious reason to leave what he has built. If anything, the experience of his mentor, Nick Saban, in the NFL makes the idea even less appealing.
Then there’s the issue Dallas can’t ignore: Jerry Jones.
Smart has spent the last decade shaping Georgia into his program, with the backing of the university and the authority to set the culture his way. Dallas would be a very different setup. Jones is still the owner, the general manager, the public face, and the man who has made it clear he wants the final say.
That kind of arrangement does not look like a natural fit for Smart. He has a reputation for being intense, demanding, and willing to hold people accountable.
He is not the type to simply fall in line because the owner wants things done a certain way. And Jones has never seemed eager to hand over that much control to a head coach.
That makes the whole idea feel less like a plan and more like a power struggle waiting to happen.
Could Smart ever decide he wants to coach in the NFL? Sure, that’s possible. But there’s a huge gap between that possibility and the notion that he’s headed to Dallas to take over the Cowboys.
For now, he has a situation most coaches would kill for. Dallas may be searching for answers, but Kirby Smart does not look like one of them.
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