Garrett Govaars

Offensive Coordinator

“Coach Garrett Govaars returns to Newport Harbor this season as the team’s Offensive Coordinator. Coach Govaars began his coaching his career at Newport Harbor first coaching WRs and DBs for the Freshmen Team (1999-2004) and then for the Varsity Team (2005-2017). After leaving Newport Harbor, Coach Govaars served as the WR Coach at Huntington Beach HS (2018), as the Offensive Coordinator at Fountain Valley HS for 3 years (2019-2021) and most recently as the Offensive Coordinator at Esperanza HS for the last 2 years (2022-2023).

Coach Govaars played football at Newport Harbor before attending UC Davis, earning a Psychology and History degree. He also has his Masters in Education Technology that he has used in his career as a social science teacher at Newport Harbor since 2006.

Coach Govaars is married to his wife, Erin, and they have a son, Jackson. “