Colorado University Athletics
Football
Nov 1 (Sat)
TBA
- Title:
- Offensive Graduate Assistant Coach
Nathan Emert is in his first year as an offensive graduate assistant coach, joining the CU staff in February 2015. His primary role is assisting Gary Bernardi with the offensive line as well as general overall duties with the entire offense.
Emert, 29, was a pastor at a church in Austin, Texas, prior to returning to the sport he played in college.
A star quarterback in high school, he started his collegiate career at Missouri Southern State (Joplin, Mo.), where he competed as a freshman and sophomore (2004-05). Over the two seasons, he completed 332-of-548 passes (61 percent) for 3,759 yards and 26 touchdowns, setting 18 school records in the process. He earned Freshman of the Year honors, was his school’s offensive and team most valuable player, first-team All-MIAA and a Freshman All-American.
He transferred to the University of Arkansas prior to his junior season and would letter twice for coach Houston Nutt, earning a scholarship after he walked on the team. He rose to second on the depth chart by his senior year and was the recipient of the school’s Crosland Character Award as a senior. A member of the Razorbacks’ SEC West champion team in 2006, he went to two bowls, the ’07 Capital One and the ’08 Cotton Bowl. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Arkansas in 2008 in Communications.
He was born January 26, 1986 in Fayetteville, Ark., and graduated from Shiloh Christian High School (Springdale, Ark.), where he lettered in football (a high school All-State performer), basketball and track. His hobbies include playing golf, woodworking and fly-fishing; he also helped plant a church from scratch in Austin, Texas (ONEchapel). His father-in-law, David Lee, is the quarterbacks coach for the Buffalo Bills. He is married to the former Shannon Lee, and the couple has four children, sons Levi (7) and Benjamin (5) and daughters Halle (2) and Elizabeth (1). Emert himself is one of six children and has an identical twin (Luke).
