Kevin Garver

Garver began his coaching career at Alabama as a student assistant in 2007 working under Nick Saban. He was promoted to a graduate assistant in 2010 and to offensive analyst in 2012. He would end up winning three National Championships while with Alabama.

Looking for an entry-level job with Bruce Arians and the Arizona Cardinals, Garver got a foot in the door when he met Arians thanks to Tom Moore, whom he met as working as his guide in Tuscaloosa when he was a low-level staffer at Alabama.^[1] Garver was hired as an offensive quality control coach with the Cardinals in 2013, working with the wide receivers.^[2] While in Arizona, he developed a close relationship with Cardinals star Larry Fitzgerald and was praised by Fitzgerald for his maturity at a young age, intelligence, and football knowledge.^[3] He also had an interview request with the Seattle Seahawks blocked in order to keep him with the Cardinals with the hopes of keeping Fitzgerald in Arizona.^[4] He was promoted to wide receivers coach in 2018 under first-year head coach Steve Wilks.

Garver was hired as the wide receivers coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2019.^[5] He was named to The Athletic's rising NFL stars under the age of 40 in 2020.^[6] He won his first Super Bowl as a coach when the Buccaneers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LV.^[7]

On January 19, 2023, Garver was fired by the Buccaneers.^[8]

• Tampa Bay Buccaneers bio Archived April 17, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
• UAB Blazers profile