Born and raised in Memphis, TN. Garrett attended college at Union University (Jackson, TN), where he played collegiate baseball for 4 years.  Garrett has over 8 seasons of combined experience coaching high school and little league level baseball and 2 years coaching with the Palm City Dolphins. This year, Garrett will be assuming the role of the head coach of the 8U Dolphins team.

“My #1 rule is to keep it fun!  I like to create an upbeat, positive, and team centered environment.  This helps develop a self-confidence while instilling personal responsibility that comes with being a successful contributor to a team.”

"I have had the privilege of coaching football for 14 seasons, I coach fall and spring football. I started coaching with PCD 9 years  ago when  my son was 8, he has now aged out and we will be coaching side by side this season. 

I was head coach of 8U last season and now I am moving up to 10U with a lot of  the players that I coached. I am excited to have all the same players back and some news ones that I can create the same bond with.  I can not wait to get out there on the field with this team. 

My goal is to prepare these young athletes to love the game of football and hopefully continue playing for years to come. 

I want this team to know that we are not just a team but we are a family and that we will support each other and we will work together whether it is on or off the field. 

Here’s to another great season with the Palm City Dolphins!"

Coaching football has been an honor for me for the past five years and this will be my second season with the Palm City Dolphins, and first as a head coach. My wife and I have five kids and we have lived in Stuart for over 15 years. Two of our boys share our same passion for football, which ignited and continues to fuel my spark to coach.

It’s my belief team sports, such as youth football, provides the opportunity for individual growth and development in young athletes. Growth which strengthens an individual’s self-confidence through overcoming challenges and adversity, both in practice and in games, by working together as a team, in support of one another and achieving more than what was originally thought possible. While winning is an important component to any competition, I do not ascribe to the philosophy of winning at all costs. Success isn’t always measured by the score or the final result, rather in the context of a team sport, is measured in the growth of the team and the individual sacrifice players make towards working to achieve team success. It’s not the team with the best players that win. It’s the players with the best team that wins.

My coaching style focuses on player accountability, commitment, hard work, positive reinforcement and the importance of mastering the fundamentals of the game as a basis for being successful, both individually and collectively as a team. Our coaching staff will hold themselves to even a higher level of accountability in these areas and stress and prioritize the importance of “team” over individual success. Coaching young athletes has been beyond rewarding for me and watching these athletes learn, grow, and continue to be enthusiastic about the game is a privilege. It is something coaches are responsible for in continuing to foster and develop throughout their coaching career.

Players who play for me understand our Dolphin team is a family and that we will work together and support one another, both on and off the field. It is about building trust in each other, while pursuing success together with tenacity, enthusiasm and good sportsmanship, that will cement the Palm City Dolphins as the team to beat in Pop Warner football.

“Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work….” -Vince Lombardi