JASON TARVER STAFF SCHOOL SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY HOMETOWN PLEASANTON, CALIF. YEAR AS NFL COACH 17TH YEAR WITH THE BROWNS FIRST

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JASON TARVER’S COACHING BACKGROUND 1996-97...... West Valley College, special teams and defensive assistant 1998-2000...... UCLA, graduate assistant/defensive backs and special teams coach PLAYERS 2001-03...... , offensive quality control coach 2004...... San Francisco 49ers, assistant running backs coach 2005-10...... San Francisco 49ers, outside linebackers coach 2011...... Stanford University, co-/inside linebackers coach 2012-14...... Oakland Raiders, defensive coordinator 2015-17...... San Francisco 49ers, senior defensive assistant/linebackers coach 2018...... Vanderbilt University, outside linebackers/defensive coordinator 2019...... Vanderbilt University, inside linebackers/defensive coordinator 2020-...... Cleveland Browns, linebackers coach

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2019 SEASON 2019 • In 17th season as an NFL coach, including 13 seasons with the 49ers and three seasons as the defensive coordinator for the Raiders. • In addition to serving as Vanderbilt’s defensive coordinator from 2018-19, oversaw the outside linebackers in 2018 and inside linebackers in 2019. In 2019, he helped junior LB Dimitri Moore lead the team with 99 total tackles and rank third in the SEC in the same category. • Spent 13 seasons over two stints (2001-10 and 2015-17) in San Francisco. Worked under seven head coaches (, , , , , and ) while with the 49ers. • With the 49ers, Tarver helped coach and oversee the production of former AP Comeback

HISTORY Player of the Year and RB Garrison Hearst, All-Pro LBs , NaVorro Bowman and Ahmad Brooks, All Pro and former Defensive Rookie of the Year LB , as well as LBs Parys Haralson and Manny Lawson, to name a few. • As defensive coordinator with the Raiders (2012-14), helped oversee a unit that ranked 10th in the NFL in yards per carry allowed (4.05) over his three seasons. In first season as the Raiders defensive coordinator, Oakland’s defense improved from 29th overall in 2011 to 18th in 2012. • Served as the co-defensive coordinator/inside linebackers coach at Stanford University in 2011. Under his guidance, the Cardinal defense ranked third in the nation in rushing yards allowed per game (84.4) and 11th in points allowed per game (16.41), while finishing the season with an 11-2 record. RECORDS • Spent three years (1998-00) as a graduate assistant with UCLA and worked primarily with defensive backs, while also assisting with special teams. During his tenure with the Bruins, he helped produce several future NFL players, including CBs Ricky Manning and Jason Bell and S Marques Anderson. • Played defensive back at West Valley College from 1994-95. Then spent the following two seasons as an assistant coach on the West Valley staff, supporting linebackers, defensive backs and special teams. • Earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Santa Clara University and a master’s degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from UCLA. • Tarver and his wife, Katie, have two boys, Merrick and Keegan. GAME DAY

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