Dan Garrett

Last updated
Dan Garrett
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Kean
Conference NJAC
Record82–94
Playing career
1993–1996 Montclair State
Position(s) Linebacker, defensive end
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–2002 Montclair State (assistant)
2003–2005 Kean (DC)
2006–presentKean
Head coaching record
Overall82–94
Bowls3–1
Tournaments0–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 NJAC (2011)
Awards
Division III Assistant Coach of the Year (2005)
NJAC Coach of the Year (2006, 2011, 2021)

Dan Garrett an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at Kean University in Union, New Jersey, a position he has held since the 2006 season.

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Garrett grew up in Clifton, New Jersey, where he played football at Clifton High School. [1] After playing collegiate football for the Montclair State Red Hawks football team, Garrett played for the Nuremberg Rams of the German Football League and the Trenton Lightning of the Indoor Professional Football League. [1]

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs D3#
Kean Cougars (New Jersey Athletic Conference)(2006–present)
2006 Kean7–44–34thW ECAC Southeast Bowl
2007 Kean5–53–4T–4th
2008 Kean7–46–3T–4thL ECAC South Atlantic Bowl
2009 Kean9–28–12nd
2010 Kean5–55–4T–4th
2011 Kean10–28–11stL NCAA Division III Second Round 10
2012 Kean5–45–23rd
2013 Kean2–81–6T–7th
2014 Kean2–82–5T–5th
2015 Kean8–36–33rdW ECAC Presidents Bowl
2016 Kean7–45–4T–5thW ECAC Clayton Chapman Bowl
2017 Kean4–64–5T–5th
2018 Kean1–91–89th
2019 Kean3–72–5T–5th
2020–21 Kean0–10–1T–4th
2021 Kean4–54–22nd
2022 Kean3–72–4T–4th
2023 Kean0–100–67th
Kean:82–9466–67
Total:82–94
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

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References

  1. 1 2 Woolis, Chris. "Clifton's Garrett leads Kean football to Division III postseason", Clifton Journal, November 25, 2011. Accessed July 9, 2015. "Kean University head coach Dan Garrett is a 1992 graduate of Clifton High School.... 'I felt much more comfortable at linebacker than on the line,' said Garrett who grew up in Clifton's Athenia Section and attended School #13."