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Jeremy Garrett enters his second season with the Bears in 2026.

Jeremy Garrett enters his second season with the Bears in 2026.

A coaching veteran of over 15 years at the NFL, collegiate and high school levels, Garrett arrived in Chicago to lead the defensive line group after most recently serving as the Defensive Line Coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2024.

In his first season with the Bears, Garrett led a defensive line group headed by DL Montez Sweat who recorded 10.0 regular seasons sacks, reaching double digits for the second time in his career. Sweat recorded at least one sack from Week 7-10, becoming the first Bears player to have a sack in four straight games since he did so with the franchise in 2023. From Week 7 on, Sweat recorded nine sacks, the fifth most in the NFC. Sweat also added a sack in the Bears NFC Divisional Round game, the second postseason sack of his career. Under Garrett's tutelage, DL Gervon Dexter Sr. (6.0) and DL Austin Booker (4.5) both set new career highs in sacks. The Bears defensive line contributed to a defense that had 33 takeaways, the most in the NFL.

In 2024, Garrett's work with the Jaguars front yielded immediate results, as DE Travon Walker totaled a career-high 10.5 sacks to lead the unit, as DE Josh Hines-Allen registered his fourth-straight season with at least 10 tackles for loss, the longest streak in franchise history, and DT DaVon Hamilton graded out as one of the best run defenders in the NFL. In a Week 5 win over Indianapolis, Walker collected a career-high three sacks, before logging the fourth-longest fumble recovery for a touchdown by a defensive lineman in club history (35 yards) in Week 9. At season's end, Hines-Allen reached 63 career tackles for loss, setting the all-time franchise record.

Prior to Jacksonville, Garrett spent two seasons at the collegiate level, first leading the defensive line at Liberty University (2022), before joining the staff at Auburn University (2023) as Defensive Line Coach for the Tigers. At Liberty, Garrett led a unit that led the country in tackles for loss (121), as DE Durrell Johnson collected 22.5 TFLs, the most by any player in the nation. Following his season at Liberty, Garrett led an Auburn front that featured DT Marcus Harris, who earned First-Team All-SEC recognition and DL Keldric Faulk, who was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team, as the Tigers ranked in the top-half of the conference in sacks.

Garrett spent two seasons as the Assistant Defensive Line Coach for the Cleveland Browns (2020-21), helping the Browns reach the postseason and earn an AFC Wild Card Round victory in 2020. In his two seasons with the Browns, DE Myles Garrett earned AP First-Team All-Pro honors, as his career-high 16.0 sacks in 2021 set a new franchise single-season record. As a unit, the Browns finished the season ranked top-five in the NFL in total defense (5th, 311.5 yards per game), the highest finish by a Browns defense since 1987.

Before entering the NFL ranks, Garrett spent one season as a Defensive Quality Control at Vanderbilt University (2019), where he worked with the Commodores' defensive front.

Garrett's coaching tenure began at the high school level, first at Southaven High School (Miss.), where he served as an assistant coach (2010), before spending eight years at Nashville's Ensworth High School (Tenn.), elevating to Head Coach in 2018. Garrett served in a variety of roles over his first seven years at Ensworth, including Associate Director of Admissions, Assistant Track and Field Coach and Fitness Department Chair, on top of being a Defensive Assistant Coach. In his one season as Head Coach, Garrett led Ensworth to the Quarterfinal Round of the Division II-AAA Playoffs.

A four-year letter-winning defensive lineman at Ole Miss (2004-07), Garrett collected Ole Miss Lifter of the Year and Chuck Mullins Courage Award honors during his time with the Rebels. Garrett graduated with a bachelor's degree in business from Ole Miss in 2007 and later earned his MBA from Harding University (Ark.) in 2010.

Garrett and his wife, Shay, has two sons – Jayden and Jacob – and one daughter – Grace.