Biographical details | |
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Born | Metairie, Louisiana, U.S. | February 8, 1960
Playing career | |
1980–1983 | Tennessee Tech |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1985 | Cumberland County HS (TN) (assistant) |
1986–1994 | John Curtis Christian (LA) (assistant) |
1995–1998 | Nicholls State (DC/DL) |
1999–2008 | Louisiana–Monroe (DL/co-DC) |
2009–2015 | McNeese State (DL) |
2016–2017 | Louisiana-Monroe (DL) |
2020 | LSU (ADL/DA) |
Manny Michel is an American football coach. He has served as a defensive coordinator and defensive line coach during his career.
Michel played college football at Tennessee Tech University and is an alumnus of the university.[1][2]
Michel began his coaching career in 1985 as an assistant football coach at Cumberland County High School in Crossville, Tennessee.[3] He was an assistant coach at his alma mater, John Curtis Christian High School in River Ridge, Louisiana from 1986 to 1994.[4]
Michel began his college coaching career at Nicholls State University as defensive coordinator and defensive line coach from 1995 to 1998.[4][5] From 1999 to 2008, Michel became defensive line coach at the University of Louisiana-Monroe and became co-defensive coordinator along with Phil Elmassian in 2008.[4] At ULM, Michel worked under head coaches Bobby Keasler, Mike Collins and Charlie Weatherbie.[2][6] Starting with the 2009 season, Michel moved to McNeese State University as the defensive line coach and stayed at McNeese State through 2015.[7][8][9] Michel returned to the University of Louisiana–Monroe as defensive line coach in 2016 and stayed in that role until retiring after the 2017 season.[4][6] In 2020, Michel came out of retirement and took a position as assistant defensive line coach and defensive analyst at LSU.[10]