Jason Garrett is in his first season as the Giants' offensive coordinator. It is his second stint with the team; Garrett was the Giants' backup quarterback from 2000-03.
Garrett, spent the previous 9½ years as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. His teams were 85-67 in the regular season and won 3 NFC East titles (2014, 2016 and 2018). He was selected the NFL Coach of the Year in 2016.
Garrett was Dallas' offensive coordinator from 2007 until his appointment as interim head coach midway through the 2010 season. He was named the eighth head coach in Cowboys history on Jan. 5, 2011.
Including his stints as a player (1992-99) and coach (2007-19), Garrett spent 20 years in the Dallas organization. As a Cowboys player, he was a member of teams that won six division titles and three Super Bowl championships. He also played for the 2000 Giants, who advanced to Super Bowl XXXV.
The Cowboys consistently had one of the NFL's most productive offenses under Garrett. In 2019, Dallas had league-high averages of 431.5 yards a game and 6.5 yards per play. The Cowboys were second in the NFL in passing yardage (296.9 a game), fifth in rushing (134.6), tied for second in third-down conversion percentage (47.1 with 96 success in 204 opportunities) and sixth with an average of 27.1 points a game.
That continued a trend of offensive excellence by Dallas during Garrett's tenure. When the Cowboys finished with the NFL's top-rated offense in 2019 it marked the eighth time they finished in the top 10 with Garrett as either coordinator or head coach. They were second in 2007 and 2009, 10th in 2010 and 2013, sixth in 2012, seventh in 2014 and fifth in 2016.
Under Garrett's tutelage, 16 different offensive players earned 54 total trips to the Pro Bowl. The players included quarterbacks Tony Romo and Dak Prescott, running backs DeMarco Murray and Ezekiel Elliott, wide receivers Miles Austin, Dez Bryant and Amari Cooper, tight end Jason Witten and several offensive linemen.
In 2018, the Cowboys were 10-6 and won their third NFC East championship in five years. It was the first time Dallas recorded three consecutive winning seasons since a streak of five from 2005-09. The club was 7-1 in the second half of the season after starting 3-5. The turnaround was similar to that led by Garrett in 2010. The Cowboys were 1-7 when he was named coach and went 5-3 in the final eight games.
With injuries to the club's top-two quarterbacks, Romo and Kellen Moore, Dallas entered the 2016 season with rookie fourth-round draft choice Prescott at the helm of the offense. After losing the season opener, the club won a franchise-record 11 consecutive games and won the division title and top seed in the NFC playoffs with a 13-3 record that was tied for the best mark in Cowboys history.
Garrett guided the 2014 Cowboys to an NFL-best tying 12-4 record. The team had three players lead the league and establish single-season club records - DeMarco Murray rushed for 1,845 yards en route to Offensive Player of the Year honors, Dez Bryant caught 16 touchdown passes and Romo completed 69.9% of his passes and had a 113.2 quarterback rating. The Dallas offense was second in the league in with 6,138 total yards. The club also had eight players selected to the Pro Bowl.
Garrett began his coaching career when he began a two-year stint as the quarterbacks coach for Nick Saban's Miami Dolphins club in 2005.
In 2007, Garrett returned to Dallas as the Cowboys' offensive coordinator under Wade Phillips. He was named assistant head coach the following year and kept those dual titles until being named interim head coach in 2010.
As a player in Dallas, Garrett learned under championship coaches Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer, while serving as a backup to Troy Aikman in offenses directed by Norv Turner and Ernie Zampese. He joined the Giants in 2000 as a backup to Kerry Collins and played for offensive coordinator Sean Payton, who also went on to win a Super Bowl as a head coach. Garrett ended his career by splitting the 2004 season with Tampa Bay and Miami.
Garrett played in 41 career regular-season games with nine starts (all with Dallas, including five in 1998). He completed 165 of 294 passes for 2,042 yards, 11 touchdowns and five interceptions. Garrett was 6-3 as an NFL starter. In his second career start on Thanksgiving Day 1994, Garrett led the Cowboys to a franchise-record 36 second-half points and a 42-31 victory against the Green Bay Packers. Garrett threw for 311 yards and two touchdowns and was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week.
Garrett entered the NFL as an undrafted rookie with the New Orleans Saints in 1989 and spent that season on their developmental squad. He was released prior to the 1990 season and spent that fall as an assistant coach at Princeton. In 1991, Garrett played with the San Antonio Riders of the World League and the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League. He was on the Cowboys' practice squad in 1992.
As a senior at Princeton University in 1988, Garrett was named the Ivy League's Player of the Year and honorable mention All-America. He earned his degree in history in 1989. Garrett was an all-league quarterback and safety at University High School in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
Garrett is a member of a highly-successful football family. Jason's father, Jim, spent more than 30 years in the NFL as a coach and scout, including a stint as a Giants assistant from 1970-73. His brother, John, is the head coach at Lafayette College. Another brother, Judd, has been a long-time assistant coach as well as the Cowboys' director of pro scouting.
Garrett and his wife Brill founded their charitable foundation, Jason Garrett Starfish Charities, in 1997 with the goal of enriching the lives of young people. The principle activity of the foundation is a leadership forum and a one-day football camp for high school athletes, which is held each summer at Princeton in conjunction with the AthLife Foundation.
2005-06 Miami Dolphins - quarterbacks
2007 Dallas Cowboys - offensive coordinator
2008-10 Dallas Cowboys - offensive coordinator/assistant head coach
2010 Dallas Cowboys - interim head coach (final eight games)
2011-2019 Dallas Cowboys - head coach
2020 New York Giants - offensive coordinator
