Garrett Lever

Garrett is the founder of Playmaker Sports Brand.

He is a native of Arizona who recently moved back to the Valley after a seven year stint as an Assistant Coach for Weber State University Men’s Basketball and four years playing collegiate basketball.

In his time at Weber State, he was a part of two Big Sky Championship teams and took two trips to the NCAA Tournament. One of his main roles was leading the player development program. The players he worked with include NBA Draft pick Joel Bolomboy and Jeremy Senglin, Weber State’s all time leading scorer and All-Conference player Jerrick Harding.

As a player, Garrett started at Division II Nebraska-Kearney and finished at Division 1 Seattle University. He earned Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year and he led the country in steals at Nebraska-Kearney. He then transferred to nationally ranked Midland College where they were National Champion runners-up. Lever then received a scholarship to D1 Seattle University where he finished his career as top 5 steals leader in school history after two years.

Garrett is also the son of former NBA All-Star Lafayette “Fat” Lever who played 11 seasons in the NBA with the Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets and Dallas Mavericks. Fat was a two time NBA All-Star and ranks 22nd in NBA history in career steals.