Bushnell University

Former Major Leaguer Alan Embree joined the Bushnell baseball coaching staff prior to the 2024 season as an assistant coach for run prevention.

Embree played 17 years in the MLB for ten different organizations and boasted an impressive 11 postseason appearances. One of the highlights of his career came in 2004 as he pitched in three of the four games of the Boston Red Sox historic World Series sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals to win their first championship since 1918, ending the Curse of the Bambino. He threw a perfect seventh-inning in relief of Curt Shilling in game two, striking out all three batters he faced. He had also recorded the final out against the New York Yankees in Game 7 of the 2004 ALCS, and shut down the Cardinals in the eighth inning of game four. 

Embree transitioned seamlessly into coaching after his retirement and has many years of experience as a pitching coach and manager in the West Coast League, including the most recent with the Springfield Drifters in 2023. He was a high school pitching coach and head coach at Summit High School over a seven-year span and was also working with the Bend Elks at that time. 

Coach Embree also served as the Pitching Coach at Northwest Nazarene University from 2017-2018. 

Embree currently lives in Eugene with his wife, Semira.