Jason Tarver
Head Coach at Run game coordinator/linebackers coach since 2026.
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- Seasons coached
- 31
- First season
- 1996
- Teams
- 9
Career
12 stints
- 1996–1997West ValleySpecial Teams CoordinatorDefensive BacksLinebackers
- 1998–2000UCLAGraduate Assistant
- 2001–2003San Francisco 49ersOffensive Quality Control
- 2004San Francisco 49ersAssistant Running Backs
- 2005–2010San Francisco 49ersOutside Linebackers
- 2011StanfordCo-Defensive CoordinatorInside Linebackers
- 2012–2014Oakland RaidersDefensive Coordinator
- 2015–2017San Francisco 49ersLinebackers
- 2018–2019VanderbiltDefensive Coordinator
- 2020–2026Cleveland BrownsHead Coach
- 2020–2025Linebackers coachHead Coach
- 2026–presentRun game coordinator/linebackers coachHead Coach
Coaching tree
8 mentors, 12 protégés, 2 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
20
- 2026Danny BreyerMentored · Cleveland Browns
- 2026Dom CapersMentored · Cleveland Browns
- 2026John WozniakMentored · Cleveland Browns
- 2026Mike BajakianMentored · Cleveland Browns
- 2025Mike BloomgrenMentored · Cleveland Browns
- 2024Jerod KruseMentored · Cleveland Browns
- 2024Ken DorseyMentored · Cleveland Browns
- 2024Mike VrabelMentored · Cleveland Browns
- 2020–2023Bill CallahanMentored · Cleveland Browns
- 2020–2022Brandon LynchMentored · Cleveland Browns
- 2020–2022Chris KiffinMentored · Cleveland Browns
- 2020–2026Kevin RogersMentored · Cleveland Browns
- 2018–2019Derek MasonCoached under · Vanderbilt
- 2016Chip KellyCoached under · San Francisco 49ers
- 2011David ShawCoached under · Stanford
5 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
7
- 2026Todd MonkenSucceeded by · Cleveland Browns
- 2020Freddie KitchensSucceeded · Cleveland Browns
- 2020Mike MacdonaldSucceeded · Linebackers coach
- 2020Ted RoofSucceeded by · Vanderbilt
- 2015Clancy PendergastSucceeded · San Francisco 49ers
- 2015Jim LeavittSucceeded · San Francisco 49ers
- 2015Ken Norton Jr.Succeeded by · Oakland Raiders
Tenure
31 seasons
- San Francisco 49ersPosition coach · 2004–201710
- Cleveland BrownsHead coach · 2020–20267
- Linebackers coachHead coach · 2020–20256
- Oakland RaidersCoordinator · 2012–20143
- San Francisco 49ersAnalyst · 2001–20033
- UCLAAnalyst · 1998–20003
- VanderbiltCoordinator · 2018–20192
- West ValleyCoordinator · 1996–19972
- Run game coordinator/linebackers coachHead coach · 2026 · current1
- StanfordCoordinator · 20111
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Jason Tarver. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.