Coaches
Jason Tarver
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Jason Tarver
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-1997 | West Valley | Position | Linebackers/defensive backs/special teams coach | not known |
| 1998-2000 | UCLA | GA | Graduate assistant | Bob Toledo |
| 2001-2003 | San Francisco 49ers (pro) | Analyst | Offensive quality control coach | not known |
| 2004 | San Francisco 49ers (pro) | Position | Assistant running backs coach | not known |
| 2005-2010 | San Francisco 49ers (pro) | Position | Outside linebackers coach | not known |
| 2011 | Stanford | DC | Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach✓ | David Shaw |
| 2012-2014 | Oakland Raiders (pro) | DC | Defensive coordinator | not known |
| 2015-2017 | San Francisco 49ers (pro) | Position | Linebackers coach | not known |
| 2018-2019 | Vanderbilt | DC | Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach✓ | Derek Mason* |
| 2020-2025 | Cleveland Browns (pro) | Position | Linebackers coach | not known |
| 2026- | Cleveland Browns (pro) | Position | Run game coordinator/linebackers coach | not known |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Stanford | Co-defensive coordinator | 43 | 38 | 22 | 44 | 120 |
| 2018 | Vanderbilt | Defensive coordinator | 112 | 78 | 119 | 95 | 130 |
| 2019 | Vanderbilt | Defensive coordinator | 95 | 99 | 113 | 112 | 130 |
Worked under
- Bob Toledo · UCLA 1998-2000 (GA)
- David Shaw · Stanford 2011 (DC, Position)
- Derek Mason* · Vanderbilt 2018-2019 (DC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Al Borges · UCLA 1998-2000 · him GA, them OC, Position
- Bob Toledo · UCLA 1998-2000 · him GA, them Head coach
- Nick Aliotti · UCLA 1998 · him GA, them DC, Position
- Brian Polian · Stanford 2011 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position, ST coord.
- David Shaw · Stanford 2011 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Derek Mason* · Stanford 2011 · him DC, Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Lance Anderson · Stanford 2011 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position
- Mike Bloomgren · Stanford 2011 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position
- Mike Sanford Jr. · Stanford 2011 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Nick Holz · Stanford 2011 · him DC, Position, them Analyst, Position
- Pep Hamilton · Stanford 2011 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Tavita Pritchard* · Stanford 2011 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Andy Ludwig · Vanderbilt 2018 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- C. J. Ah You · Vanderbilt 2018 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Chris Marve · Vanderbilt 2018 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Derek Mason* · Vanderbilt 2018-2019 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Gerry Gdowski · Vanderbilt 2018-2019 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Osia Lewis · Vanderbilt 2018-2019 · him DC, Position, them Position