{{Short description|American football player (born 1985)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Nate Garner | image = Nate Garner.jpg | caption = Garner with the Miami Dolphins in 2009 | current_team = North Greenville Trailblazers | number = <!-- 75 --> | position = <!-- Offensive tackle -->Head coach | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|01|18}} | birth_place = El Sobrante, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 7 | weight_lbs = 320 | high_school = Joe T. Robinson {{nowrap|(Little Rock, Arkansas)}} | college = Arkansas | draftyear = 2008 | draftround = 7 | draftpick = 211 | pastteams = * New York Jets ({{NFL Year|2008}})* * Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|2008}}–{{NFL Year|2014}}) | pastcoaching = * New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|2018}})<br/>Volunteer assistant * Arkansas (2018)<br/>Assistant coach * ASA Miami (2019)<br/>Offensive line coach * St. Thomas Aquinas HS (FL) (2020–2021)<br/>Offensive line coach * Limestone (2022–2024)<br/>Offensive line coach * North Greenville (2025–present)<br/>Head coach | highlights = * Second-team All-SEC (2007) | regular_record = {{Winning percentage|7|4|record=y}} | playoff_record = {{Winning percentage|0|1|record=y}} | overall_record = {{Winning percentage|7|5|record=y}} | statlabel1 = Games played | statvalue1 = 74 | statlabel2 = Games started | statvalue2 = 19 | pfr = GarnNa20 }}
'''Nathaniel W. Garner''' (born January 18, 1985) is an American college football coach and former professional football offensive tackle.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE LIMESTONE UNIVERSITY SAINTS |url=https://golimestonesaints.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/nate-garner/2327 |website=golimestonesaints.com/}}</ref> He is the head football coach for North Greenville University, a position he has held since 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 14, 2025 |title=Nate Garner Tabbed the 10th Head Coach in North Greenville Football history |url=https://nguathletics.com/news/2025/1/14/nate-garner-tabbed-the-10th-head-coach-in-north-greenville-football-history.aspx |access-date=January 14, 2025 |work=North Greenville University}}</ref> He began his career with the University of Arkansas before being selected by the New York Jets as the seventh round pick of the 2008 NFL draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2008 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2008/draft.htm |access-date=May 12, 2023 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com}}</ref> Garner was eventually traded to the Miami Dolphins, where he spent the remainder of his professional playing career.<ref name=":0" />
==Early life and college== Garner attended Pulaski Robinson High School (later renamed Joe T. Robinson High School) just outside the city limits of Little Rock, Arkansas. Throughout his early high school career, he got selected for the PrepStar All-Region IV Team.<ref name="ARK">{{cite web|title=Arkansas Profile|work=hogwired.com|url=http://www.hogwired.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=30724&SPID=2419&DB_OEM_ID=6100&ATCLID=186831&Q_SEASON=2006}}</ref> He was ranked as the Number 138 offensive lineman prospect in the nation by Insiders.com.<ref name="ARK" /> Following graduation from high school, he enrolled into the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, and later got accepted into the University of Arkansas where he played offensive line for the Razorbacks football team. His most common position throughout the entirety of his high school, college, and professional playing career was offensive tackle.<ref name=":0" />
In 2007, Garner had graduated from both the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences majoring in Sociology, and the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor's degree also in Sociology.<ref name=":0" />
==Professional career== Soon following graduation, Garner was selected 211th overall by the New York Jets in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL draft.<ref name=":0" />
Toward the middle of his professional career, he was traded to the Miami Dolphins and played for them until 2018.
Soon after leaving the Dolphins, he became an NFL volunteer assistant coach and scout for the New Orleans Saints later that year.<ref name=":0" />
==Coaching career== Following his seventh and final year of playing in the NFL, in 2018 Garner later became an NFL volunteer assistant coach and scout for the New Orleans Saints. Afterwards, he became an offensive line assistant at his alma mater. He later returned to Florida as an offensive line consultant with Royal Palm Beach High School. He is now an offensive line coach for both the St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, and ASA College's Miami campus where he also ended up working as a run game coordinator during the remainder of the 2019–2020 season. Garner also helped lead the St. Thomas Aquinas High School football program to a state championship near the same time.<ref name=":0" />
==Personal life== Garner has become a licensed amateur radio operator with the callsign NG2A. He obtained his first license in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FCC ULS Search |url=https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=4375872 |website=}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = North Greenville Trailblazers | conf = Conference Carolinas | startyear = 2025 | endyear = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 2025 | name = North Greenville | overall = 7–5 | conference = 6–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = NCAA Division II First Round | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = North Greenville | overall = 7–5 | confrecord = 6–0 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 7–5 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}
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==External links== * [https://nguathletics.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/nate-garner/722 North Greenville profile]
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