Jon Embree

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1965)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Jon Embree | image =  | image_size = | alt = | caption = | current_team = | position = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|10|15|mf=y}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lbs = 234 | high_school = Cherry Creek {{nowrap|(Greenwood Village, Colorado)}} | college = Colorado | draftyear = 1987 | draftround = 6 | draftpick = 166 | career_position = te | career_number = 87 | pastteams = * Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1987|1988}}) * Seattle Seahawks ({{NFL Year|1989}})* * Denver Broncos ({{NFL Year|1990}})* | pastcoaching = * Colorado (1991) Volunteer assistant coach * Douglas County HS (1992) Wide receivers coach & tight ends coach * Colorado (1993–1994) Tight ends coach * Colorado (1995–1998) Defensive ends coach * Colorado (1999–2000) Tight ends coach * Colorado (2001–2002) Wide receivers coach & kickers coach * UCLA (2003) Assistant head coach & wide receivers coach * UCLA (2004–2005) Assistant head coach & tight ends coach * Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|2006|2008}}) Tight ends coach * Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|2010}}) Tight ends coach * Colorado (2011–2012) Head coach * Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|2013}}) Tight ends coach * Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|2014|2016}}) Tight ends coach * San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|2017|2021}}) Assistant head coach & tight ends coach * Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|2022}}–{{NFL Year|2025}}) Assistant head coach & tight ends coach | highlights = * First-team All-Big Eight (1984) * Second-team All-Big Eight (1986) | coachregrecord = NCAA: {{Winning percentage|4|21|record=y}} | coachplayoffrecord =  | coachrecord =  | pfr = EmbrJo21 | pfrcoach =  }}

'''Jon William Embree''' (born October 15, 1965) is an American football coach and former player who most recently served as the assistant head coach and tight ends coach for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He is a former head coach at Colorado. Prior to that, he was the tight ends coach for the Washington Redskins of the NFL. 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 Colorado's head football coach in 2011 and 2012.<ref name="Hire">{{cite web|author=Plati, David|title=Embree Named Colorado's Head Football Coach|publisher=University of Colorado|url=http://www.cubuffs.com/sports/2010/12/6/205043086.aspx|date=December 6, 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208042441/http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3843&SPID=255&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205043086&DB_OEM_ID=600|archivedate=December 8, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> He was terminated after compiling a 4–21 record including 1–11 in his final year, the worst year in school history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denverpost.com/2012/11/25/jon-embree-fired-as-colorado-buffaloes-coach-says-he-needed-more-time/|title= Jon Embree fired as Colorado Buffaloes coach, says he needed more time |author=Henderson, John|work=Denver Post|date=November 25, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129025242/http://www.denverpost.com/cu/ci_22064455/jon-embree-out-colorado-buffaloes-football-coach|archivedate=November 29, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Playing career== Embree attended El Camino College Compton Center in Los Angeles. He was a sixth round draft selection of the Los Angeles Rams in the 1987 NFL draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1987 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1987/draft.htm |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Coaching career== Embree began serving on Mike McDaniel's Miami Dolphins coaching staff during the 2022 campaign, serving as the team's assistant head coach and tight ends coach. On February 2, 2026, it was announced that the Dolphins would not retain Embree for the 2026 season.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Dolphins caught the wave early on one of the NFL's fastest-spreading coaching trends this offseason|url=https://atozsports.com/nfl/miami-dolphins-news/the-dolphins-caught-the-wave-early-on-one-of-the-nfls-fastest-spreading-coaching-trends-this-offseason/|access-date=February 6, 2026|website=atozsports.com|language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life== Embree is the son of former NFL player John Embree, who was a wide receiver for the Denver Broncos in 1969 and 1970.<ref name="Hire" /> Born in Los Angeles, Embree grew up in Colorado and graduated from Cherry Creek High School in suburban Denver in 1983. Jon and his wife Natalyn have three children, Hannah, Taylor, a former wide receiver at UCLA and former running backs coach for the New England Patriots, and Connor, a former wide receiver at UNLV and former wide receivers coach for the Kansas City Chiefs.<ref name="Hire" />

==Head coaching record== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Colorado Buffaloes | conf = Pac-12 Conference | startyear = 2011 | endyear = 2012 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2011 | name = Colorado | overall = 3–10 | conference = 2–7 | confstanding = T–5th {{small|(South)}} | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2012 | name = Colorado | overall = 1–11 | conference = 1–8 | confstanding = 6th {{small|(South)}} | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Colorado | overall = 4–21 | confrecord = 3–15 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 4–21 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}

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==External links== * [https://www.miamidolphins.com/team/coaches-roster/jon-embree Miami Dolphins bio] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130704062445/http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3854&SPID=255&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=205074089&Q_SEASON=2011 Colorado Buffaloes bio]

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