with the Cowboys, and Jim III teaches high school English at University School. Garrett owned a beach house in New Jersey where he set up a makeshift practice field in his backyard, which he would use as an opportunity to teach the sport to his family members and other players in the nearby area. There have been reports in the media that there would be upwards of 20 people at a given time being mentored by him. Some of these individuals included NFL players Sam Mills, Miles Austin, Harry Flaherty Sr., Dino Hall, Bill Hill, Ethan Brooks and Darian Barnes. Garrett ran 2.5 miles every single day for 25 years without missing a day, until suffering a serious stroke in September 2012. He died at the age of 87 on February 9, 2018. Legacy Garrett was inducted into the Susquehanna University Sports Hall of Fame in 1981. He was part of the inaugural class inducted into the Rutherford High School's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996. In 2001, Susquehanna University named their athletic complex building in his honor as the James W. Garrett Sports Complex. In 2018, he was inducted posthumously into the Middle Atlantic Conference Sports Hall of Fame. Head coaching record References External links Celebrating The Incredible Life Of Former Cowboys Scout Jim Garrett Longtime Cowboys Scout & Former Coach Jim Garrett Passes Away 1930 births 2018 deaths BC Lions players Buffalo Bills scouts Cleveland Browns coaches Coast Guard Bears football coaches Columbia Lions football coaches Continental Football League coaches Dallas Cowboys scouts High school football coaches in New Jersey Houston Texans (WFL) coaches Lehigh Mountain Hawks football coaches New Orleans Saints coaches New York Giants coaches New York Giants players People from Rutherford, New Jersey Players of American football from New Jersey Rutherford High School (New Jersey) alumni Saint Mary's Gaels football players Sportspeople from Bergen County, New Jersey Susquehanna River Hawks athletic directors Susquehanna River Hawks baseball coaches Susquehanna River Hawks football coaches Utah State Aggies baseball players Utah State Aggies football players Garett family