Jason Garrett

About

Jason Calvin Garrett (born March 28, 1966) is an American former professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL). He was most notably the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys from 2010 to 2019.
Garrett played college football for the Princeton Tigers and signed with the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent in 1989. He also played for the San Antonio Riders, Ottawa Rough Riders, Cowboys (winning three Super Bowls as the backup quarterback to Troy Aikman), New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Miami Dolphins. Garrett began his coaching career as the quarterbacks coach for the Dolphins before serving as the offensive coordinator and assistant head coach for the Cowboys.
In 2022, Garrett became a color commentator for NBC Sports. He provides regular commentary for NBC Sports’ coverage of Notre Dame football, and is an alternate color commentator for the NFL on NBC. Garrett is also a studio analyst for NBC’s NFL pregame show Football Night in America.

Garrett was born on March 28, 1966, in Abington, Pennsylvania. He attended kindergarten through second grade at Holy Cross school in Rumson, New Jersey. Garrett went to prep school at…