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Jason Garrett

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Jason Garrett

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. He played in the NFL for the 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 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.

Infobox

Position
Quarterback
Born
(1966-03-28) March 28, 1966 (age 59)Abington, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight
200 lb (91 kg)
High school
University (Hunting Valley, Ohio)
College
Princeton
NFL draft
1989: undrafted
Pass attempts
294
Pass completions
165
Percentage
56.1
TD–INT
11–5
Passing yards
2,042
Passer rating
83.2
Regular season
85–67 (.559)
Postseason
2–3 (.400)
Career
87–70 (.554)

Tables

Pre-draft measurables · Professional playing career
mw- .mw- .mw- .mw- 6 ft 0+1⁄2 in(1.84 m)
mw- .mw- .mw- .mw- 6 ft 0+1⁄2 in(1.84 m)
Height
mw- .mw- .mw- .mw- 6 ft 0+1⁄2 in(1.84 m)
Weight
192 lb(87 kg)
40-yard dash
4.85 s
10-yard split
1.64 s
20-yard split
2.86 s
20-yard shuttle
4.06 s
Vertical jump
29.5 in(0.75 m)
All values from NFL Combine
All values from NFL Combine
Height
All values from NFL Combine
Height
Weight
40-yard dash
10-yard split
20-yard split
20-yard shuttle
Vertical jump
mw- .mw- 6 ft 0+1⁄2 in(1.84 m)
192 lb(87 kg)
4.85 s
1.64 s
2.86 s
4.06 s
29.5 in(0.75 m)
All values from NFL Combine
· Head coaching record
Won
Won
Team
Won
Year
Lost
Regular season
Ties
Regular season
Win %
Regular season
Finish
Regular season
Won
Regular season
Lost
Postseason
Win %
Postseason
Result
DAL*
DAL*
Team
DAL*
Year
2010
Regular season
5
Regular season
3
Regular season
0
Regular season
625
Regular season
3rd in NFC East
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
DAL
DAL
Team
DAL
Year
2011
Regular season
8
Regular season
8
Regular season
0
Regular season
500
Regular season
3rd in NFC East
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
DAL
DAL
Team
DAL
Year
2012
Regular season
8
Regular season
8
Regular season
0
Regular season
500
Regular season
3rd in NFC East
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
DAL
DAL
Team
DAL
Year
2013
Regular season
8
Regular season
8
Regular season
0
Regular season
500
Regular season
2nd in NFC East
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
DAL
DAL
Team
DAL
Year
2014
Regular season
12
Regular season
4
Regular season
0
Regular season
750
Regular season
1st in NFC East
Postseason
1
Postseason
1
Postseason
500
Postseason
Lost to Green Bay Packers in NFC Divisional Game
DAL
DAL
Team
DAL
Year
2015
Regular season
4
Regular season
12
Regular season
0
Regular season
250
Regular season
4th in NFC East
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
DAL
DAL
Team
DAL
Year
2016
Regular season
13
Regular season
3
Regular season
0
Regular season
813
Regular season
1st in NFC East
Postseason
0
Postseason
1
Postseason
000
Postseason
Lost to Green Bay Packers in NFC Divisional Game
DAL
DAL
Team
DAL
Year
2017
Regular season
9
Regular season
7
Regular season
0
Regular season
563
Regular season
2nd in NFC East
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
DAL
DAL
Team
DAL
Year
2018
Regular season
10
Regular season
6
Regular season
0
Regular season
625
Regular season
1st in NFC East
Postseason
1
Postseason
1
Postseason
500
Postseason
Lost to Los Angeles Rams in NFC Divisional Game
DAL
DAL
Team
DAL
Year
2019
Regular season
8
Regular season
8
Regular season
0
Regular season
500
Regular season
2nd in NFC East
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
Postseason
–
Total
Total
Team
Total
Year
85
Regular season
67
Regular season
0
Regular season
559
Regular season
2
Postseason
3
Postseason
400
Team
Year
Regular season
Postseason
Won
Lost
Ties
Win %
Finish
Won
Lost
Win %
Result
DAL*
2010
5
3
0
625
3rd in NFC East
–
–
–
–
DAL
2011
8
8
0
500
3rd in NFC East
–
–
–
–
DAL
2012
8
8
0
500
3rd in NFC East
–
–
–
–
DAL
2013
8
8
0
500
2nd in NFC East
–
–
–
–
DAL
2014
12
4
0
750
1st in NFC East
1
1
500
Lost to Green Bay Packers in NFC Divisional Game
DAL
2015
4
12
0
250
4th in NFC East
–
–
–
–
DAL
2016
13
3
0
813
1st in NFC East
0
1
000
Lost to Green Bay Packers in NFC Divisional Game
DAL
2017
9
7
0
563
2nd in NFC East
–
–
–
–
DAL
2018
10
6
0
625
1st in NFC East
1
1
500
Lost to Los Angeles Rams in NFC Divisional Game
DAL
2019
8
8
0
500
2nd in NFC East
–
–
–
–
Total
85
67
0
559
2
3
400

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