Sam Garnes

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1974)}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2023}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Sam Garnes

| image = Sam Garnes.jpg

| caption = Garnes in 2007

| number = 20, 42

| position = Safety

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|7|12}}

| birth_place = The Bronx, New York, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 225

| high_school = Bronx (NY) Clinton

| college = Cincinnati

| draftyear = 1997

| draftround = 5

| draftpick = 136

| pastteams = * New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1997|2001}})

• New York Jets ({{NFL Year|2002|2003}})

| pastcoaching = * Emerson High School (2005)
Defensive coordinator

• Cologne Centurions (2006)
  Defensive backs coach
• Las Vegas Locomotives (2009)
  Defensive backs coach)
• Carolina Panthers ({{NFL Year|2010}})
  Special teams assistant)
• Denver Broncos ({{NFL Year|2011|2014}})
  Assistant secondary coach
• Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|2015|2016}})
  Assistant secondary coach

| statlabel1 = Total tackles

| statvalue1 = 515

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 3.0

| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles

| statvalue3 = 4

| statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue4 = 2

| statlabel5 = Interceptions

| statvalue5 = 10

| statlabel6 = Defensive touchdowns

| statvalue6 = 1

| pfr = G/GarnSa20

}}

Samuel Aaron Garnes (born July 12, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back and coach in the National Football League (NFL). He is currently a radio personality on The Ryan Show FM.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}

The New York Giants selected him New York Giants in the fifth round of the 1997 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1997 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1997/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} A native of the Bronx, Garnes is an alumnus of John Philip Sousa Junior High School located in the Edenwald section of that borough.[http://www.bronxsousa.com/site_res_view_template.aspx?id=b6bacd6e-6cfb-4324-b5ae-950424bd1762 John Philip Sousa MS 142: Notable Alumni] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200244/http://www.bronxsousa.com/site_res_view_template.aspx?id=b6bacd6e-6cfb-4324-b5ae-950424bd1762 |date=2013-10-29 }}, www.bronxsousa.com Garnes currently resides in Fort Lee, New Jersey.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}}

In 2011, Garnes became an assistant secondary coach for the Denver Broncos.

The Broncos’ secondary in 2013 overcame numerous injuries to its personnel, including extended periods without 12-time Pro Bowl cornerback Champ Bailey and starting safety Rahim Moore. In their absence, cornerback Chris Harris Jr. became a steadying force on the outside, and second-year safety Duke Ihenacho emerged as a solid contributor in the defensive backfield.

He joined the Chicago Bears' coaching staff as an assistant secondary coach in 2015,{{cite web|last=Wright|first=Michael C.|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/chicago/bears/post/_/id/4697039/bears-announce-more-coaching-hires|title=Bears announce more coaching hires|publisher=ESPN|date=January 20, 2015|access-date=January 20, 2015}} but was let go after the 2016 season.{{cite news|last=Biggs|first=Brad|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-bears-fire-john-fox-assistants-20170104-story.html|title=Bears fire two longtime John Fox assistants: Dave Magazu and Sam Garnes|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=January 4, 2017|accessdate=January 4, 2017}}

In 2019, he became a Sports Analyst on the nationally syndicated radio program, The Ryan Show FM.

{{NFL predraft

| height ft = 6

| height in = 3 1/8

| weight = 225

| dash = 4.78

| ten split = 1.67

| twenty split = 2.79

| shuttle = 4.38

| vertical = 30.5

| broad ft = 8

| broad in = 6

| bench = 14

| arm span = 32 5/8

| hand span = 9 3/4

}}