Phil Emery (American football)
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| Position: | Scout |
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| Date of birth: | January 16, 1959 |
| Place of birth: | Detroit, Michigan |
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| High school: | Garden City (MI) |
| College: | Wayne State |
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Phillip Emery (born January 16, 1959) is an American football scout for the Atlanta Falcons and former general manager of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL), a role he held from 2012 to 2014.
Emery was born and grew up in Michigan and attended high school at Garden City East High School(which is now Garden City High School). He attended college and earned a Teaching Degree at Wayne State University in Detroit. Emery received his Master of Arts Degree in Secondary Education from Western New Mexico University in 1983.
Emery was an area scout for the Bears from 1998 to 2004, working first under VP of Player Personnel Mark Hatley and then Jerry Angelo while serving head coaches Dave Wannstedt, Dick Jauron and Lovie Smith. He was hired by Rich McKay as the director of scouting for the Atlanta Falcons in May 2004 and served in that role through the 2008 draft. After the 2008 Draft and with the hiring of new Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff; Emery worked as the Eastern Regional Scout the fall of 2008 and through the 2009 Draft. Emery was named director of college scouting for the Kansas City Chiefs immediately following the 2009 Draft and remained in that role through the end of the month of January 2012. Prior to the Bears job, he was a graduate assistant football coach at Central Michigan University (1981), offensive line and strength and conditioning coach at Western New Mexico University (1982–1983), defensive line and strength coach at both Georgetown College (1984–1985) and then Saginaw Valley State University (1985-1987), before being named assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Tennessee (1987–1991). Emery was hired as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach and Assistant Professor at the United States Naval Academy (1991–1998).
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