Jon William Embree is an American football

American football

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 coach, currently the head coach

Head coach

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 of the University of Colorado Buffaloes

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. An assistant coach for two decades, he was most recently the tight ends coach

Tight ends coach

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 for the Washington Redskins

Washington Redskins

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 of the National Football League

National Football League

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. As a player, he spent two seasons in the NFL with the Los Angeles Rams as a tight end

Tight end

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 until an injury ended his career. He was selected in the sixth round of the 1987 NFL Draft

1987 NFL Draft

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 (166th overall) by the Rams, after playing college football

College football

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 at Colorado.

Embree previously coached for three seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs

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, three with UCLA

UCLA Bruins Football

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, 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

Bill McCartney

William Paul McCartney is a former American football player and coach and the founder of the Promise Keepers men's ministry. He was the head coach at the University of Colorado from 1982 to 1994, where he compiled a record of 93–55–5 and won three consecutive Big Eight Conference...

. 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.

Coaching highlights

• 6 bowl wins in 10 seasons on the CU staff.
• In his final season at UCLA working as its Passing Game Coordinator, the Bruins finished 10-2 with the #7 offense in the country.
• Coached 2 Mackey Award winners in college and in the NFL he coached Tony Gonzalez to his only back-to-back 1,000 yard seasons.

Notable players recruited

Daniel Graham, Tyler Brayton, Andre Gurode, Victor Rogers, Cedric Cormier, Justin Bannan, Mark Fenton, Sean Tufts, Hannibal Navies, Donald Strickland, Damen Wheeler, Rashidi Barnes, and Ben Kelly.

Notable players coached

Christian Fauria (All-Big 8), Matt Lepsis (All-Big 8 2nd team), Daniel Graham (2001 John Mackey Award Winner), Marcedes Lewis (2005 John Mackey Award Winner), Tony Gonzalez (Pro Bowl all 3 seasons under Embree with his best 3-year statistical stretch of his career despite entering his 30s), Chris Cooley (39 receptions through 8 games in 2010).

Head coaching record

Contract

Embree signed a five-year contract in 2011 starting at $725,000 annually plus incentives. The guaranteed portion is $250,000 base, $200,000 media, $200,000 sponsorship, and $75,000 for football camps. Bonuses are for team development (on and off-field) and team performance. If fired in 2011, Embree will be paid $750,000; $500,000 if terminated in 2012; and $250,000 if terminated in 2013. CU will give no money if fired in 2014 or 2015.

Personal

Embree is the son of former NFL player John Embree, who played flanker/wide receiver for the Denver Broncos

Denver Broncos

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 in 1969 and 1970. Born in Los Angeles, Embree grew up in Colorado and graduated from Cherry Creek High School

Cherry Creek High School

Cherry Creek High School is the oldest of six high schools in the Cherry Creek School District in suburban Denver, Colorado. It is one of the largest high schools in the Denver metro area, with an campus and more than 3,700 students. Cherry Creek High School has been designated a Blue Ribbon...

 in suburban Denver in 1983. Jon and his wife Natalyn have three children, Hannah, Taylor, a wide receiver at UCLA, and Connor, a wide receiver at UNLV

UNLV Rebels football

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.

External links

• CU Buffs.com - football - head coach - Jon Embree
• Washington Redskins bio
• UCLA Bruins bio