Manny Michel

Manny Michel is an American football coach. He has served as a defensive coordinator and defensive line coach during his career.

Manny Michel
Biographical details
Born (1960-02-08) February 8, 1960
Metairie, Louisiana, U.S.
Playing career
1980–1983Tennessee Tech
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985Cumberland County HS (TN) (assistant)
1986–1994John Curtis Christian (LA) (assistant)
1995–1998Nicholls State (DC/DL)
1999–2008Louisiana–Monroe (DL/co-DC)
2009–2015McNeese State (DL)
2016–2017Louisiana-Monroe (DL)
2020LSU (ADL/DA)

Playing career

Michel played college football at Tennessee Tech University and is an alumnus of the university.[1][2]

Coaching career

High school career

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]

College career

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]

References
  1. "Manny Michel". fanbase.com. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  2. "Manny Michel". footballscoop.com. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  3. "2012 McNeese State Football Media Guide Coaching Staff". McNeese State Athletics. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  4. "Longtime ULM assistant Michel hangs up whistle". thenewsstar.com. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  5. "All Time Coaches" (PDF). geauxcolonels.com. p. 39. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  6. "ULM D-Line Coach Michel Says Farewell". ulmwarhawks.com. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  7. "McNeese will hold its next scrimmage Saturday morning". mcneesesports.com. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  8. "McNeese State Michel Pleased with DL Competition". The New Orleans Times-Picayune. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  9. "'15 McNeese Football Cowboy Coaching Staff" (PDF). LSU Athletics. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  10. "LSU adds defensive analyst with deep ties to the state of Louisiana". nbcsports.com. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
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