Manion File
- Manion enters his second season with Keiser as head coach
2024-25
- Manion quickly led Keiser back to prominence in his first season, overseeing a 2-4 duals record with wins over Rio Grande and Pikeville.
- Under Manion's leadership, the Seahawks had two All-AAC wrestlers, and Zachary Knowles was named the 2025 AAC Wrestling Champion of Character
- Two Seahawks, Jett McCauley and Miguel Hernandez, qualified for NAIA Nationals and picked up two wins in that event, while also finishing the season ranked in the top 25
- Keiser ended the season receiving votes in the NAIA poll
Pre-Keiser
Manion comes to Keiser after serving as an assistant coach at Life University for the past five years. Last season he guided the Running Eagles to the 2024 NWCA NAIA National Duals Championship as interim head coach. A three-time conference assistant coach of the year (2022, 2023, 2024), Manion has helped Life U win the 2021 NAIA National Championship, four top-3 finishes at the NAIA National Tournament, four top-2 finishes in the NAIA National Duals, five conference regular season championships, and four conference tournament championships. Individually he has helped coach eight national champions, 18 national finalists, 36 all-Americans, 57 national qualifiers, 10 academic all-Americans, and 101 academic all-conference honorees.
Personal
Manion is a FHSAA State Placer and 2X High School AA at Fivay High School in Hudson, Fla. He was named to the Tampa Bay Times first Team All-North Suncoast, Tamps Tribune’s All Pasco County Wrestling first team, two-time Disney Duals All-American, 2014 Sunshine Athletic Conference Champion, 2x FHSAA District Champion, 5
th at FSHAA State Tournament He finished his academic and athletic career at Grand View University where he was part of two NAIA National Championship-winning teams (2018, 2019). He earned his bachelor's degree in business administration with a concentration in marketing.
