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Richard Embry

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    Assistant Football Coach - Linebackers

Richard Embry is in his first season at NEO and will lead the Linebackers unit Embry brings a wealth of knowledge in player development, maximizing student-athlete potential, as well as exceptional communication skills and relationship building. Embry has experience working with a variety of positions, including linebackers, tight ends and full backs, and defensive line. 

As a student-athlete, Embry gained several accolades on the field. In 2011, he was an All-Conference first-team selection as a linebacker in the Central States Football League while also being named the Central States Football League Defensive MVP in 2011. During his tenure at SAGU, he served as the defensive captain from 2010-2011. Prior to his playing time at SAGU, Embry won a conference championship at Navarro Junior College in 2007.
 
Embry earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sports Management from Southwestern Assemblies of God University in 2012.

- Linebackers (NEO)- present 
- Defensive line (Fort Scott College, KS)
- Defensive Coordinator/Lb’s (Green Oaks Hs, LA)
- Assistant DC/ST Coordinator/Db’s (VCC, MN)
- Defensive Line (East Texas Baptist University, TX)
- Defensive Coordinator/Lb’s (A Plus Academy Hs, TX) 
- Linebackers (Southwestern Assemblies of God University, TX)