Jim Garrett, Susquehanna University
Athletic Director, Football, Baseball, Track & Field Coach (1960-65)
Jim Garrett was the athletic director at Susquehanna from 1960-65, the head football coach from 1960-65, the head baseball coach from 1962-65 and the head track & field coach in 1961. Garrett had by far the best winning percentage of any coach in program history at .780 (39-11-1). One of the greatest victories in Susquehanna athletics history was when his football team defeated Temple, 22-18, to close out the 1963 season. He led the football team to two MAC Northern Division titles in 1961 and 1962. The baseball team won the MAC Northern Division title in 1965. After his time at Susquehanna, Garrett spent the next 40 years working in the National Football League (NFL) as an assistant coach with the New York Giants (1970-73), the New Orleans Saints (1976-77) and the Cleveland Browns (1978-84). He was also the head coach of the Houston Texans of the World Football League (1974). In 2001, Susquehanna University named their new sports complex in his honor. Garrett was inducted into the Susquehanna University Sports Hall of Fame in 1981.
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