John Garrett (American football coach)

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American football coach former American football player human

John Garrett is an American football coach and former player who has held various assistant and coordinator roles in college and the NFL, and is the brother of former Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
John Garrett	2
John Garrett (American football coach) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5547716 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: John Garrett (American football coach)
Context triple: [Jason Garrett, hasRelative, John Garrett (American football coach)]

A. Jason Garrett
Jason Garrett is a former NFL quarterback and longtime head coach of the Dallas Cowboys who later became a football analyst and broadcaster.
B. Alex Smith
Alex Smith is a former NFL quarterback best known for his resilience and successful stints with the San Francisco 49ers, Kansas City Chiefs, and Washington Football Team, including a remarkable comeback from a life-threatening leg injury.
C. Brad Johnson
Brad Johnson is a former American football quarterback best known for winning Super Bowl XXXVII as the starter for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
D. Brad Johnson
Brad Johnson was an American actor best known for his roles in films like "Always" and "Flight of the Intruder" and the TV series "Melrose Place."
E. Frank Pace Jr.
Frank Pace Jr. was an American lawyer, public official, and business executive who served as U.S. Secretary of the Army during the Truman administration and later became CEO of General Dynamics.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: John Garrett (American football coach)
Target entity description: John Garrett is an American football coach and former player who has held various assistant and coordinator roles in college and the NFL, and is the brother of former Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett.

A. Jason Garrett
Jason Garrett is a former NFL quarterback and longtime head coach of the Dallas Cowboys who later became a football analyst and broadcaster.
B. Alex Smith
Alex Smith is a former NFL quarterback best known for his resilience and successful stints with the San Francisco 49ers, Kansas City Chiefs, and Washington Football Team, including a remarkable comeback from a life-threatening leg injury.
C. Brad Johnson
Brad Johnson is a former American football quarterback best known for winning Super Bowl XXXVII as the starter for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
D. Brad Johnson
Brad Johnson was an American actor best known for his roles in films like "Always" and "Flight of the Intruder" and the TV series "Melrose Place."
E. Frank Pace Jr.
Frank Pace Jr. was an American lawyer, public official, and business executive who served as U.S. Secretary of the Army during the Truman administration and later became CEO of General Dynamics.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American football coach ⓘ former American football player ⓘ human ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	Princeton University ⓘ
employer	Arizona Cardinals ⓘ Carolina Panthers ⓘ Carolina Panthers (coach) ⓘ linked to: Carolina Panthers Cincinnati Bengals ⓘ Cincinnati Bengals (coach) ⓘ linked to: Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns ⓘ Cleveland Browns (coach) ⓘ Dallas Cowboys ⓘ Dallas Cowboys (coach) ⓘ linked to: Dallas Cowboys Florida Gators (coach) ⓘ linked to: Florida Gators coaching staff Florida Gators football ⓘ Lafayette Leopards (coach) ⓘ Lafayette Leopards football ⓘ Oregon State Beavers (coach) ⓘ linked to: Oregon State Beavers football team Oregon State Beavers football ⓘ linked to: Oregon State Beavers football team Richmond Spiders (coach) ⓘ Richmond Spiders football ⓘ linked to: Richmond Spiders San Diego Chargers ⓘ linked to: Los Angeles Chargers San Diego Chargers (coach) ⓘ linked to: San Diego Chargers (assistant coach) Tampa Bay Buccaneers ⓘ Tampa Bay Buccaneers (coach) ⓘ linked to: Tampa Bay Buccaneers Virginia Cavaliers (coach) ⓘ Virginia Cavaliers football ⓘ linked to: Virginia Cavaliers
familyName	Garrett ⓘ
father	Jim Garrett ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
league	NCAA ⓘ linked to: National Collegiate Athletic Association
memberOfSportsTeam	Princeton Tigers football ⓘ
notableWork	assistant coaching roles in the NFL ⓘ offensive coordinator roles in college football ⓘ
occupation	American football coach ⓘ American football player ⓘ
positionPlayed	wide receiver ⓘ
relative	Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett ⓘ linked to: Jason Garrett
sibling	Jason Garrett ⓘ Judd Garrett ⓘ
sport	American football ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jason Garrett → hasRelative → John Garrett (American football coach) ⓘ

Jason Calvin Garrett → sibling → John Garrett ⓘ

linked to: John Garrett (American football coach)

Judd Garrett → hasSibling → John Garrett ⓘ