Jon Embree

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1965)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

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| name = Jon Embree

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| current_team = Miami Dolphins

| position = Assistant head coach & tight ends coach

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|10|15|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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| 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

| 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 & 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 & 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}}–present)
  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}}

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| pfr = EmbrJo21

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Jon William Embree (born October 15, 1965) is an American football coach and former player who is 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.{{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}} He was terminated after compiling a 4–21 record including 1–11 in his final year, the worst year in school history.{{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}}