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{{Short description|American football player (born 1979)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| number = 10
| position = [[Wide receiver]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|10|02}}
| birth_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lbs = 250
| high_school = [[Flint Northern High School|Flint (MI) Northern]]
| college = [[New Mexico State Aggies football|New Mexico State University]]
| undraftedyear = 2000
| pastteams =
* [[Detroit Lions]] ({{NFL Year|2000}}–{{NFL Year|2001}})*
* [[Carolina Rhinos]] ({{af2 Year|2002}})
* [[Green Bay Blizzard]] ({{af2 Year|2003}}–{{af2 Year|2006}})
* [[Kansas City Brigade]] ({{AFL Year|2006}})
* [[Tri-Cities Fever]] ({{af2 Year|2007}})
* [[Arkansas Twisters]] ({{af2 Year|2008}})
* [[Peoria Pirates]] ({{af2 Year|2008}})
* Green Bay Blizzard ({{af2 Year|2008}}–{{af2 Year|2009}})
| highlights =
* af2 Playmaker of the Year ({{af2 Year|2007}})
| afl = 3759
}}

'''Robert Garth''' (born October 2, 1979) is a former [[American football]] [[linebacker]] and [[wide receiver]], who played for eight seasons in [[arenafootball2|Arena Football 2]]. He is best known for his six-plus seasons with the [[Green Bay Blizzard]]. He played for the team from 2003 to 2006 and again in 2008 through 2009.<ref name="oursportscentral.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3865327&FORM=ZZNR2|title=Robert "Superman" Garth Looking To End Career With A Bang - OurSports Central|author=|date=16 July 2009|website=www.OurSportsCentral.com|access-date=July 17, 2017}}</ref> Garth was honored by Arena Football 2 as one of the top 10 Ironman players of all time for his play both ways on offense and defense.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3784419|title=Blizzard's Robert Garth Named Top 10 af2 Ironman of All-Time - OurSports Central|author=|date=2 March 2009|website=www.OurSportsCentral.com|access-date=July 17, 2017}}</ref> Garth was known as "Superman" to the fans because of his aggressive and acrobatic style of play.<ref name="oursportscentral.com"/>

==High school==
Garth attended [[Flint Northern High School]] and was a member of their state championship basketball with [[Mateen Cleaves]] and football team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greenbayblizzard.com/NewsDetail.php?ID=323 |title=Blizzard add Robert "Superman" Garth to Coaching Staff |website=www.greenbayblizzard.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711124629/http://www.greenbayblizzard.com/NewsDetail.php?ID=323 |archive-date=2011-07-11}}</ref>

==College==
Garth attended the [[City College of San Francisco]] for his first two years of college. He then transferred to [[New Mexico State University]] where he played both basketball and football.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nmstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1900&ATCLID=3676799|title=Aggies in the Pros|author=|date=|website=New Mexico State University|access-date=July 17, 2017}}</ref>

==Arena Football 2==
{{BLP unreferenced section|date=July 2017}}Garth played eight seasons in [[arenafootball2|Arena Football 2]]. He retired at the conclusion of the 2009 season even though he set career-highs in receptions (88) and receiving yards (971 yards). He finished his career as the Blizzard's all-time leading scorer (650 points). After his retirement, he was hired as the assistant head coach for the upcoming 2010 Indoor Football season.

==Basketball==
{{BLP unreferenced section|date=July 2017}}Garth has also played professional basketball in the [[Continental Basketball Association|CBA]] for the [[Fort Wayne Fury]].

==Coaching==
Robert Garth started his coaching career in 1996 at [[Hartland High School (Michigan)|Hartland High School]] in [[Hartland Township, Michigan|Hartland, Michigan]], as a freshman basketball coach.

Due to his long football playing career, Garth's next coaching position wouldn't come until 2006 when he joined the staff for [[West De Pere High School]]'s football team in [[West De Pere, Wisconsin]]. In the next few years, Garth held coaching positions with [[Green Bay East High School]] Basketball (2009), the [[Green Bay Blizzard]] (2010), and [[Green Bay Southwest High School]] Football (2012).

In 2013, Garth took a football coaching job with [[Little Chute High School]] in [[Little Chute, Wisconsin]]. He worked primarily with receivers, and used his professional experience to train a talented group of receivers. In his second year with the team, he helped guide the team to the WIAA Division 4 State Championship in 2014.

Following two successful seasons at Little Chute, Garth headed to [[Florida]] where he became a football coach at [[West Orange High School (Florida)|West Orange High School]] in [[Winter Garden, Florida|Winter Garden]] for the 2015 season. While at West Orange, Garth worked closely with many future Division I athletes, including WR Eddie McDoom (Michigan) and QB Woody Barrett (Auburn).

Garth was a football coach at [[New Mexico State University]], where he worked with the tight ends. He served from 2016 to 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nmstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1900&ATCLID=61942|title=New Mexico State Bio|author=|date=|website=NMStateSports.com|access-date=July 17, 2017}}</ref>

Served as Assistant Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator for the [[Allen D. Nease High School]] varsity football team in [[Ponte Vedra, Florida]] from 2019-2021 under [[Collin Drafts]] taking a 7th seeded team to the third round of the 2021 Florida 7A Regional Finals Playoff game before losing to 1st seeded [[Buchholz High School]] 37-14.

Former Director of Player Development for Arkansas State and [[New Mexico State Aggies football]] teams.

Returned to [[Allen D. Nease High School]] to coach football as Defensive Coordinator in 2024 to win District Championship and have undefeated regular season.

==Business activities==
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Aside from being a college coach, Robert Garth is the owner of three separate companies.

'''Team Me Clothing, LLC''' is both owned and operated by Garth. It specializes in clothing and accessories that offer customers unique designs and color palettes, as well as customization when bought in bulk.

'''Wide Out Nation''' is a training service created by Garth in which he trains football players who play wide receiver. He uses his experience and knowledge of the game to help players of all ages become better football players. Many of the players he has trained have gone on to become college football players who are at the top of their game.

'''Recruit University''' (sometimes referred to as "Recruit U") is a college recruiting service for athletes that are trying to play sports at the collegiate level. The service helps connect the athletes to coaches and gives them information about the recruiting process.

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[[Category:1979 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American football linebackers]]
[[Category:American football wide receivers]]
[[Category:New Mexico State Aggies football players]]
[[Category:Carolina Rhinos players]]
[[Category:Green Bay Blizzard players]]
[[Category:Kansas City Brigade players]]
[[Category:Tri-Cities Fever players]]
[[Category:Arkansas Twisters players]]
[[Category:Peoria Pirates players]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Flint, Michigan]]
[[Category:Fort Wayne Fury players]]

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