Description
Jon William Embree is an American football coach, currently the tight ends coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He is a former head coach at Colorado. Prior to that, he was the tight ends coach for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. As a player, he spent two seasons in the NFL with the Los Angeles Rams as a tight end until an injury ended his career. He was selected in the sixth round of the 1987 NFL Draft by the Rams, after playing college football at Colorado.
Embree previously coached for three seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs, three with UCLA, one with the Cleveland Browns and ten at Colorado. After his playing career ended, Embree entered television broadcasting, then was asked to volunteer coach in 1991 for the Buffaloes by head coach Bill McCartney. Embree was a member of McCartney's first recruiting class as head coach in 1983.
Embree was named the Buffaloes head coach on December 6, 2010, succeeding Dan Hawkins. He is only the third CU alumnus to head coach the football team and the first in nearly a half century.
Born
October 15th, 1965 in (Age 59)
Teams
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2014-) | Cleveland Browns (2013) | Colorado (2011-2012) | Washington Redskins (2010) | Kansas City Chiefs (2006-2008) | UCLA Bruins football (2004-2005) | UCLA Bruins football (2003) | Colorado (2001-2002) | Colorado (1999-2000) | Colorado (1995-1998) | Colorado (1993-1994) | Colorado (1991) | Los Angeles Rams (1987-1988) |
Last Changes
2022/04/05
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2022/04/05
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2022/02/23
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