The Georgia Bulldogs under Kirby Smart have become arguably the best and most consistent program in the sport over the last decade.

In terms of winning every year and being a factor in the national championship race, recruiting elite talent, and for the most part taking care of business in just about every game they are supposed to win, the Dawgs are the national standard still. Everything they have done in this era of the sport can be credited to Smart and the foundation he has built at his alma mater.

As it turns out though, it took Smart some time to feel comfortable in his own skin and form the belief that he could indeed get it done as a head coach when he first returned home from the Alabama staff. During an appearance on Sons and Daughters, Smart revealed he had some insecurities which he has to work through when he first arrived.

"I’m not an overly confident guy," Smart said when asked about his first months on the job. "I think people mistake that of me a lot and think there’s a brashness or cockiness. I’ve got a lot of insecurities when it comes to being a head coach. I had not done it. If you had told me, ‘Go be the best D coordinator in the country,’ I’d have probably said, yeah, I can do this. I’ve done it. But I didn’t feel that way coming into this job. I felt a little overwhelmed.

"I don’t want to say unprepared because that would be a slap in Nick [Saban's] face. Nick prepared us really well. But there were things I had not done. There were jobs I had not done. Hiring an offensive staff. Running a budget. Hiring a strength staff. That was not comfortable for me. There was a lot of insecurity. I was not overly confident that I could come in and just do a great job. But as I did it, I felt more confident."

It's always interesting hearing the human side of these head coaches who are as robotic as they come as it relates to doing what it takes to win games on a daily basis. Smart is the face of college football, and if even he came into his position with a little bit of fear that he may not be able to hack it, it could not be more normal for other folks to feel that way in their daily lives.

Of course, it's safe to say that Smart was able to gain confidence quickly as he turned the Georgia program back into a national title contender annually within just a couple of years of taking the job.

The rest is history, and while it cannot be known now just how much longer Smart is actually going to coach for, Bulldogs fans should be grateful for every second of his time in Athens and savor every season he does decide he wants to keep getting after it.