Scott Matthew Emerson (born December 22, 1971) is an American

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former

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and current

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. He is the pitching coach for the Oakland Athletics of

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Career

Emerson attended

Shadow Mountain High School Shadow Mountain High School is a public high school located in the north valley of Phoenix, Arizona. The school is part of the Paradise Valley Unified School District. The school's athletic teams are known as the Matadors. Shadow Mountain's sch ...

Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix ( ; nv, Hoozdo; es, Fénix or , yuf-x-wal, Banyà:nyuwá) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020. It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States, and the on ...

, and

Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale Community College is a public community college in Scottsdale, Arizona. It is on the eastern boundary of the city on 160 acres (650,000 m2) of land belonging to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The lease was taken out i ...

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. He was drafted by the

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in the 21st round of the

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from Shadow Mountain High School and the

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in the 40th round of the

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from Scottsdale Community College. A former left-handed pitcher, he played in minor league baseball from 1992 through 1997, spending the first three seasons of his career with the Orioles' organization, and in the

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' Organization 1995 through 1996. In 1997, Emerson played in the independent

Texas–Louisiana League The Central Baseball League, formerly the Texas–Louisiana League, was a independent baseball league whose member teams were not affiliated with any Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises. In 1991, potential owners, Dallas businessman Byron P ...

for the Rio Grande Valley White Wings. Emerson reached AA before beginning his coaching career. In 2000 Emerson joined the Pittsburgh Pirates Organization as Pitching Coach of their Gulf Coast League. In 2001, he was named Pitching Coach of their A Team, the Williamsport Crosscutters. He joined the Oakland Athletics minor league system as the pitching coach of the Modesto Athletics in 2002 where he spent 2 seasons. He spent 2005–2006 with the Stockton Ports and 2007–2010 with the Midland Rockhounds. He then spent 2 seasons in AAA with the Sacramento River Cats before being named the Minor League Pitching Coordinator in 2013. Emerson has also coached internationally in the Mexican Winter League with the Los Mochis Caneros (2004) and the Phoenix Desert Dogs of the Major League Baseball's Arizona Fall (2005). After the 2014 season, the Athletics named Emerson their major league

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. He was promoted to the position of pitching coach on June 15, 2017.

Personal life

Emerson married his wife, Jill, in 2001. They reside in North Carolina. Since 2011, Emerson has traveled to Europe each year in the off-season to coach for Purpose-Driven Baseball in the Czech Republic and other European countries.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Emerson, Scott 1971 births Living people Albany Polecats players Baseball coaches from Arizona Baseball coaches from Maryland Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Arizona Baseball players from Baltimore Bluefield Orioles players Bowie Baysox players Frederick Keys players High Desert Mavericks players Major League Baseball bullpen coaches Minor league baseball coaches Major League Baseball pitching coaches Oakland Athletics coaches Rio Grande Valley White Wings players Sarasota Red Sox players Scottsdale Fighting Artichokes baseball players Trenton Thunder players