20 Facts About Jim Garrett

Jim Garrett was an All-county and All-state selection in 1946 and 1947.

Jim Garrett received All-state honors in baseball as a senior.

Jim Garrett accepted a football scholarship from Saint Mary's College of California.

Jim Garrett transferred after his sophomore season to Utah State University and had to sit out for one year.

Jim Garrett was an All-Skyline Conference fullback as a junior in 1950.

Jim Garrett signed a baseball contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization and attended their spring training following his NFL rookie season.

Jim Garrett played in seven games, registering 5 carries for 33 yards.

Jim Garrett began his coaching career in the United States Army, serving as athletic director at Quartermaster Center and School at Fort Lee, from 1952 until his discharge in May 1954.

Jim Garrett was named the football head coach at Pawling High School on September 8,1955.

Jim Garrett coached the baseball team from 1962 to 1965 and guided the track and field team in 1961.

Jim Garrett was fired during the seventh game of the 1965 season for assaulting a player.

Jim Garrett spent most of the next 40 years in the National Football League as an assistant coach with the New York Giants, the New Orleans Saints, and the Cleveland Browns.

Jim Garrett was named vice president and head coach of the Houston Texans of the fledgling World Football League, from April 1974 until the team's collapse and location move during the month of October.

Jim Garrett served from 1966 to 1967 as a talent scout for the Blesto 9 scouting service.

Jason previously played and coached for the Dallas Cowboys, John is the head coach at Lafayette College, Judd is a front office executive with the Cowboys, and Jim Garrett III teaches high school English at University School.

Jim Garrett owned a beach house in New Jersey where he set up a makeshift practice field in his backyard, which he would use as an opportunity to teach the sport to his family members and other players in the nearby area.

Jim Garrett ran 2.5 miles every single day for 25 years without missing a day, until suffering a serious stroke in September 2012.

Jim Garrett died at the age of 87 on February 9,2018.

Jim Garrett was inducted into the Susquehanna University Sports Hall of Fame in 1981.

Jim Garrett was part of the inaugural class inducted into the Rutherford High School's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996.