The 2021-22 season will be Trae Embry’s second season as the head softball coach of the Lady Bulldogs.

 

Embry had a stellar coaching career at Neshoba Central High School winning the last seven fast pitch state titles and the last eight slow pitch state titles. The Lady Rockets won district titles in slow pitch each season and won district titles in fast pitch from 2014 through 2019. The 2018 team was No. 1 in the USA Today poll. His team produced Gatorade Players of the Year from 2014-2018.

 

Prior to Embry coming to Neshoba Central, he served as head coach of the slow pitch and fast pitch programs at Eupora High School winning the state title in 2005 and 2007 in slow pitch and the fast pitch state title from 2005-2007. His 2008 team was the state runner-up, was district champions from 2002-2008 and 2011 and was North Half champions 2005-2008.

 

Embry had an overall coaching record of 437-72 and an overall slow pitch record of 413-104. His 2020 team started the season 9-0 before the season was cut short because of COVID-19.

Embry’s personal honors include: Mississippi Association of Coaches Coach of the Year, 2006 and 2013; National Federation of High school Coaches Association State Coach of the year, 2006, 2013, 2015, 2017; District 4 Coach of the Year, 2004; MACJ Fast Pitch All-Star Coach, 2006; NEMSAP Fast Pitch All-Star Coach, 2003; MAC Slow Pitch All-Star Coach, 2011; Clarion Ledger Coach of the Year, 2005, 2015, 2018, 2019; Mississippi Prep Coach of the Year, 2017-2018; and NHSACA National Coach of the Year Finalist, 2018.

 

He is a member of the Mississippi Association of Educators, a member of the Mississippi Association of Coaches and a member of the Northeast Mississippi Softball Coaches Association.

Embry and his wife, Tera, have two children, Hayden, 21, who is a recent Ole Miss graduate and a graduate assistant at Belhaven University, and Mary Claire, 12.