Jason Garrett

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Jason Garrett
Date of birth	March 28, 1966 (age 41)
Place of birth	Abington, Pennsylvania
Position(s)	Quarterback
College	Princeton
Playing Stats	CBS.com
Playing Stats	DatabaseFootball
Team(s) as a player
1993-1999 2000-2003 2004	Dallas Cowboys New York Giants Miami Dolphins
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
2005-2006 2007-present	Miami Dolphins (Quarterbacks Coach) Dallas Cowboys (Offensive Coordinator)

Jason Calvin Garrett (born March 28, 1966 in Abington, Pennsylvania), is an American football coach and former quarterback. He is currently the offensive co-ordinator for the Dallas Cowboys.

1 High School Years
2 Career
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] High School Years

Garrett attended University School in Hunting Valley, Ohio and was a letterman in football, basketball, and baseball. In football, as a senior, he won All-League honors as both a quarterback and safety. Jason Garrett graduated from University School in 1984.

[edit] Career

He started his college career at Princeton University, but transferred to Columbia University when his father became the head coach. Following his father's resignation as head coach after Columbia's 0-10 1985 season, Jason and his brothers, John and Judd, transferred back to Princeton University. Garrett was the starting quarterback for the San Antonio Riders of the World League of American Football, but suffered a separated shoulder in the season opener. He rebounded the following year to lead San Antonio to a 7-3 record, but the North American West Division was very competitive, and the Riders did not make the playoffs. After two seasons as a cross-Atlantic venture, the Riders were shut down; the WLAF closed for two years, before a return as a six-team European-only setup (eventually re-branding itself as NFL Europe). In 1991, Garrett also played for the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League. In 1993, Garrett went to the Dallas Cowboys, where he was a backup to Troy Aikman on the 1993, 1994 and 1996 Super Bowl winning teams. In 2000, he went to the New York Giants, where he appeared sparingly. After a short stint with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he went to the Miami Dolphins, where he was used primarily as a coach, although he was fourth on the depth chart and would have been used in an emergency situation. After retiring as a player, he became the quarterback coach for the Miami Dolphins and then, in January 2007, he was hired by the Dallas Cowboys.[1].

[edit] Trivia

Jason's brothers John and Judd also played in the WLAF, and Judd made second-team All-World League in 1991 after leading the league in catches.
His father (Jim Garrett) was a running backs coach for the Cleveland Browns (1978-84) and head football coach at Columbia University (1985).
Jason's older brother, John, is currently tight ends coach for the Dallas Cowboys and his younger brother, Judd, is tight ends coach for the St. Louis Rams.
Jason has been married to Brill Aldridge Garrett, Harvard Law School graduate, since 1994.