![]() Garrett with the Cowboys in 2019 | |||||||||||||
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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
Born: | Abington, Pennsylvania, U.S. | March 28, 1966||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school: | University (Hunting Valley, Ohio) | ||||||||||||
College: | Princeton | ||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 1989 | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
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Regular season: | 85–67 (.559) | ||||||||||||
Postseason: | 2–3 (.400) | ||||||||||||
Career: | 87–70 (.554) | ||||||||||||
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Jason Calvin Garrett (born March 28, 1966) is an American former football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL). He was most notably the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys for 9+1⁄2 seasons from 2010 to 2019.
Garrett played college football for the Princeton Tigers. He played in the NFL for the Cowboys (winning three Super Bowls as the backup quarterback for 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 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 the USFL and 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.