Football
- Title:
- Assistant Coach – Defensive Line
- Email:
- lufootball@liberty.edu
- Start Date:
- 01/12/2022
Jeremy Garrett comes to Liberty after spending the last two seasons as the assistant defensive line coach for the Cleveland Browns (2020-21).
Garrett helped coach NFL Pro Bowl selection Myles Garrett in 2021, who recorded 31 tackles (19 solo, 12 assisted) and 7.0 sacks. The Browns finished the 2021 regular season ranked No. 5 in the league in total defense (311.5 yards allowed per game).
Garrett got his coaching start at the collegiate level in 2019 when he spent one season at Vanderbilt as a defensive quality control assistant.
Prior to this time at Vanderbilt, Garrett spent eight years at Ensworth High School in Nashville, Tenn. (2011-18). During his time at Ensworth, Garrett served in a variety of roles that included associate director of admissions, assistant track and field coach, assistant defensive football coach, fitness department chair and head football coach.
During his one season as head football coach, the Ensworth Tigers finished the 2018 season with a 7-5 record and advanced to the Division II-AAA quarterfinals.
Garrett got his coaching start in 2010 as an assistant coach at Southaven High School in Southhaven, Miss.
Garrett was a four-year letterwinner at Ole Miss (2004-07), earning All-SEC Academic team honors. He was also the Ole Miss Lifter of the Year and Chucky Mullins Courage Award winner. He graduated with a business degree from Ole Miss in 2007 and an MBA from Harding University in 2010.
Garrett, who is a native of Senatobia, Miss., was a defensive lineman at Ole Miss while Liberty’s Head Coach Hugh Freeze served as a tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator (2006-07).
