Michigan Football: Jim Harbaugh and Kirby Smart Teaming Up?

Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh recently threw some shade at Georgia coach Kirby Smart. Now they’re teaming up for a satellite camp.

Hours after the NCAA rescinded its ban of satellite camps, an unlikely couple paired up for such an event that will happen on June 2 at Cedar Grove High School, which is situated in the Atlanta area.

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Jim Harbaugh recently called out Smart, whom he referred to simply as “the Georgia coach,” for being part of the many figures in the SEC criticizing Harbaugh’s push to make satellite camps a major function of the recruiting process for Michigan football.

“They’re (Michigan) obviously trying to gain a competitive advantage and that’s their right,” Smart said in February when asked what he thought about the camps. “But I think the NCAA in due time will have to step in.”

It wasn’t as good as Harbaugh calling out his “Rocky Top colleague,” but it was still good stuff.

Given the recent past these two have, you can imagine how surprised some were when Cedar Grove announced this pairing.

Cedar Grove coach Jmmy Smith explained to DawgNation how it came to be.

Said Smith: “Once I found out the NCAA changed the rule, I called (Smart) and he said, ‘I’m down with coming.’”

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Harbaugh basically told Smith not to worry about any beef.

“Coach Harbaugh had told me from the beginning that it was my camp … so he didn’t care who else came. I didn’t know how to handle that, because it is my camp. But it is Coach Harbaugh.

“So I contacted him. I felt like it was out of respect that I let him know that I wanted Georgia to come to camp also. Coach Harbaugh said, ‘Yes, that’s fine. Let’s all work the camp, and let’s coach these kids up.’”

“I don’t know,” Smith said when he was asked if he thought Harbaugh and Smart would be able to get along. “I guess they get along. We’ll see when they get here. I hope they are friends. If they’re not, I’ll get them each some football pads and let them go from there.”

Smart was asked about the situation last week in Dallas, and he suggested it wasn’t actually that big of a deal.

“That whole thing got so overblown,” Smart said. “Because he and I, he and staff members from his staff had communicated. That’s a big deal to the media, big deal to you guys. But in the coaching profession we’re a bit more lighthearted about it.”

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