Manny Matsakis

Manny Matsakis
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1962-04-16) April 16, 1962 New Britain, Connecticut
Playing career
1980–1983	Capital
Position(s)	Placekicker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1993	Hofstra (OC)
1994	Kansas State (TE/ST)
1995–1998	Emporia State
1999	Wyoming (OC)
2000–2002	Texas Tech (ST)
2003	Texas State
2009	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (RB)
2010–2012	Enka HS (NC)
2013–2014	Bethany (KS)
Head coaching record
Overall	39–39 (college) 13–23 (high school)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Manny Matsakis (born April 16, 1962) is an American football coach and former player. He has served as the head football coach at Emporia State University from 1995 to 1998, at Texas State University in 2003 and at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas from 2013 to 2014, compiling a career college football record of 39–39.

Playing career

Matsakis is a 1984 graduate of Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, where he was a four-year letter winner and a three-time First Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection as a kicker. He still currently holds the school record for longest field goal, a 54-yarder in 1981.

Coaching career

Emporia State

Matsakis was the 19th head football coach for Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas and he held that position for four seasons, from 1995 until 1998. His overall coaching record at Emporia State was 26–18.

Assistant coaching and high school

In 1999, Matsakis served as the offensive coordinator at the University of Wyoming. In 2000, he accepted the position of special teams coach at Texas Tech, where he coached until he became the Head Coach at Texas State for the 2003 season. Matsakis returned to Capital University when he was hired as the offensive coordinator for his alma mater on February 15, 2008 by new head coach Jim Bickel. Matsakis was hired by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL) to replace the ill Andy Cox as their running backs coach two weeks into the 2009 season.

In 2010, Matsakis was hired to be the head coach at Enka High School in Candler, North Carolina where his teams compiled a 13–23 record before resigning in 2013.^[1]

Bethany

In March 2013, Matsakis was hired as the 17th head coach for the Bethany Swedes in Lindsborg, Kansas.^[2] He remained there as head coach for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.^[3]^[4]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Emporia State Hornets (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (1995–1998)
1995	Emporia State	5–6	4–5	6th
1996	Emporia State	5–6	5–4	T–4th
1997	Emporia State	7–4	5–4	5th
1998	Emporia State	9–2	7–2	2nd
Emporia State:		26–18	21–15
Texas State Bobcats (Southland Conference) (2003)
2003	Texas State	5–7	2–3	T–3rd
Texas State:		5–7	2–3
Bethany Swedes (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (2013–2014)
2013	Bethany	2–9	1–8	T–9th
2014	Bethany	6–5	5–4	T–4th
Bethany:		8–14	6–12
Total:		39–39

References

↑ http://blogs.citizen-times.com/blogs/index.php?blog=15
↑ Cormack, Beth (March 25, 2013). "Bethany College announces new Head Football Coach". bethanyswedes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
↑ "Bethany College Announces Paul Hubbard as New Head Football Coach". Victory Sports Network. December 16, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
↑ "Bethany College announces new Head Football Coach". Today in Kansas. March 26, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2013.

External links

Manny Matsakis at the College Football Data Warehouse

Emporia State Hornets head football coaches

John Lamb (1900)
Fred Williams (1901)
Horace Botsford (1902–1903)
Paul Samson (1904–1906)
Owen Samuels (1907)
Paul Samson (1908)
Fred Honhart (1909–1911)
George Crispin (1912–1913)
Homer Woodson Hargiss (1914–1917)
H. D. McChesney (1918)
George McLaren (1919)
Homer Woodson Hargiss (1920–1927)
Fran Welch (1928–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Fran Welch (1946–1954)
Keith Caywood (1955–1966)
Ron Blaylock (1967–1968)
Jim Lance (1969–1970)
Harold Elliott (1971–1973)
Dave Hoover (1974–1978)
Bob Seaman (1979–1982)
Larry Kramer (1983–1994)
Manny Matsakis (1995–1998)
Jerry Kill (1999–2000)
Dave Wiemers (2001–2006)
Garin Higgins (2007– )

Texas State Bobcats head football coaches

No coach (1904)
No team (1905–1908)
No coach (1909–1910)
No team (1911–1912)
No coach (1913)
No team (1914)
No coach (1915–1918)
O. W. Strahan (1919–1934)
Joe Bailey Cheaney (1935–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
George Vest (1946–1950)
Milton Jowers (1951–1953)
R. W. Parker (1954–1959)
Jack Henry (1960)
Milton Jowers (1961–1963)
Milton Jowers & Bill Miller (1964)
Bill Miller (1965–1978)
Jim Wacker (1979–1982)
John O'Hara (1983–1989)
Dennis Franchione (1990–1991)
Jim Bob Helduser (1992–1996)
Bob DeBesse (1997–2002)
Manny Matsakis (2003)
David Bailiff (2004–2006)
Brad Wright (2007–2010)
Dennis Franchione (2011–2015)
Everett Withers (2016– )

Bethany Swedes head football coaches

A. W. Kjellstrand (1893–1894)
No team (1895–1900)
Unknown (1901)
Bennie Owen (1902–1904)
No team (1905–1914)
E. O. Brown (1915–1916)
Quince Banbury (1917–1919)
Guy C. Omer (1920–1921)
Adrian Lindsey (1922–1926)
George Carlson (1927–1933)
Elmer Schaake (1934–1937)
Ray D. Hahn (1938–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Ray D. Hahn (1946–1956)
Hal Collins (1957–1960)
Phil Miller (1961–1964)
Keith Rasmussen (1965–1973)
Van Hollaway (1974–1975)
Ted Kessinger (1976–2003)
Tony Johnson (2004–2005)
Jamie Cruce (2006–2012)
Manny Matsakis (2013–2014)
Paul Hubbard (2015– )

Philadelphia Eagles 1984 NFL draft selections

Kenny Jackson Rusty Russell Evan Cooper Andre Hardy Scott Raridon Joe Hayes Manny Matsakis John Thomas John Robertson Paul McFadden Reggie White (supp.) Daryl Goodlow (supp.) Thomas Carter (supp.)

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