DALLAS Kirby Smart is the latest coach to take the challenge.How does one balance duties as a new head coach while serving as the defensive coordinator for an Alabama team that is back in the College Football Playoff?MORE: | Smart knows thats where the narrative will go, especially if the Crimson Tide fallagainst Blake Martinez Jersey Michigan State in the Cotton Bowl on Thursday. A lo s would put more scrutiny on Smart, who is juggling those coordinator duties with the .Its a time management challenge, Smart said at the Omni Dallas Hotel on Monday. There's only 24 hours in a day. There's only so much you can do each day. And once you accept that and know that you've got to focus on the task at hand which the task at hand is to get ready for Michigan State that's what we're focused on."Smart isnt the first coach to take the challenge. Tom Herman managed to split duties at Ohio State and Houston last season. Jim McElwain did the same at Alabama and Colorado State in 2011-12. Bo Pelini managed both at LSU and Nebraska in 2007-08.Smart joked that Alabamas defensive linemen cornered him Darius Slayton Jersey into a room and demanded that he stay for the bowl game, but the truth is Georgia administrators and Alabama coach Nick Saban allowed him to stay on for the bowl game. Its not a distraction. Its just more work.We respect him for making that decision, Alabama defensive tackle Jarran Reed said. It shows a lot that he really cares about us, not just as players but as people. It just shows his characteristics.Smarts dual-sided challenge is to recruit for Georgia which he spent a week on the road doing in December. There isnt as much overlap with recruiting players Daniel Jones T Shirts who are choosing between Alabama and Georgia as one might think, Smart says.PLAYOFFS: | | | | When I'm recruiting for the University of Georgia, it's a one-track mind, Smart said. I'm recruiting for the University of Georgia. It's the primary and the only goal at that time. And, no, I don't have mixed loyalties when I'm recruiting for the University of Georgia because I'm working towards an end goal of building a succe sful program. Smart flipped the switch back when he returned to Tuscaloosa for bowl preparation, and thats where the focus is this week. Smart has maintained that regimen while sleeping six hours New York Giants Sleepwear Underwear a night and trying to balance in family time. Its unfair. When I'm coaching these guys and I'm in the meeting room with them, I think everyone will tell you I'm 100 percent there and we're concentrating on trying to get better and beat Michigan State, Smart said. Separating those two things has not been difficult because you've got to be able to do that in your job.Smart said he talked with McElwain and Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn about ways to handle two jobs at once over the past few weeks, and its come down to delegating day-to-day tasks and dealing with the time constraints each day brings. Its definitely a challenge.Smartinsists its not a distraction just more work.Theres a dual-sided benefit of what two more wins could do New York Giants Jersey for the outgoing defensive coordinator and incoming head coach. It just wont get nearly as much media attention if Alabama wins."Nothing more is going to help me at the University of Georgia than winning a national championship at the University of Alabama, Smart said.