Ryan Garrett joins Rodriguez’s first staff at Jacksonville State as an offensive assistant coach. He comes to JSU with Rodriguez from ULM, where he served as a graduate assistant for the 2021 season.
He helped the Warhawks and head coach Terry Bowden lay the foundation for a turnaround of their program after they took over a team that had gone winless the season before. ULM turned the tables in 2021, improving by four games and returning to the mix in the Sun Belt Conference.
Prior to joining the Warhawks, Garrett spent the 2020 season as the pass game coordinator and wide receivers coach at West Virginia State. His one season at WVSU was cut short due to COVID-19.
He started his coaching career at Ole Miss, where he began as a student assistant and eventually served as an offensive graduate assistant that worked with the Rebels’ quarterbacks under Rodriguez in 2019. That season, the Rebels ranked third in Total Offense in the SEC behind only Alabama and LSU with 445.3 yards per game.
Garrett graduated from North Henderson High School (Hendersonville, N.C.) where he was selected captain of the football team and was named All-Conference at the wide receiver position. He played college football at Emory & Henry College (Emory, Va.) for one year before transferring to Ole Miss and switching over to coaching.
