JACKSONVILLE – The Jacksonville Jaguars have announced two new additions to the coaching staff as part of the NFL's Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship program: Sean Embree and Jordan Scarlett. Ari Confesor will also return as a fellow after spending the 2025 offseason program with the team. The three coaches will be with the team through the end of training camp.
For over 30 years, the league-wide fellowship program has helped outstanding coaches gain exposure to NFL training camps and offseason workout programs.
Embree brings nearly 30 years of coaching experience at the professional, college and high school levels as well as overseas. He most recently coached at Santa Margarita (Calif.) Catholic High School (2017-24), following stints with the Hamburg Huskies (2016-17) of the German Football League, Vukovi Beograd (Serbia) Wolves (2011-15) of the European Football League, Serbian National Team (2011-15), Fairview (Colo.) High School (2007-10), Denver Broncos (2003-04), Boulder (Colo.) High School (2001-03), Butler University (1998-2000) and Harper Junior College (1995-97). During his time at Santa Margarita Catholic, the program produced 27 Division One football players and six All-Americans.
Embree earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Colorado, where he played tight end (1989-94) and was part of the 1990 National Championship team. Embree's brother, Jon, is assistant head coach and tight ends coach for the Miami Dolphins; his nephew, Connor, is wide receivers coach for the Kansas City Chiefs; and his son, Sean Jr., is a wide receiver at Eastern Washington University.
Scarlett has served as running backs coach and run game coordinator at Cardinal Newman (Fla.) High School following a five-year playing career as a running back across the NFL, Canadian Football League and United States Football League. He was drafted by Carolina in the fifth round (154th overall) in 2019 and played in nine games for the Panthers that season. Scarlett went on to spend time with the Detroit Lions (2020), Miami Dolphins (2021), Montreal Alouettes (2022), Edmonton Elks (2022) and Philadelphia Stars (2023).
A native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Scarlett played collegiately at the University of Florida from 2015-18. He finished his career with 1,846 rushing yards, 344 carries and 12 touchdowns in 35 games played.
Confesor brings 15 years of coaching and scouting experience with stops at the University of Rhode Island (2009-12 and 2013-18), the Kansas City Chiefs (2012-13), College of the Holy Cross (2018-19), the United States Air Force Academy (2019-23) and Wake Forest University (2023-25). He most recently served as wide receivers coach at Wake Forest University and tutored the program's all-time leader in receiving yards, WR Taylor Morin, to Honorable Mention All-ACC honors in 2024.
Confesor earned a bachelor's degree in political science from College of the Holy Cross, where he was a wide receiver/return specialist from 2000-04. He was a two-time All-America selection and is Holy Cross's all-time leader with 2,352 career receiving yards, 2,267 career kickoff-return yards and 5,370 career all-purpose yards. He was inducted into the school's Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019. A native of Providence, R.I., he and his wife, Katie, have two daughters, Nora and Madalina, and a son, Camden.
