| Manny Michel | |
| Birth Date: | 8 February 1960 |
| Birth Place: | Metairie, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1980–1983 |
| Player Team1: | Tennessee Tech |
| Coach Years1: | 1985 |
| Coach Team1: | Cumberland County HS (TN) (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1986–1994 |
| Coach Team2: | John Curtis Christian (LA) (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1995–1998 |
| Coach Team3: | Nicholls State (DC/DL) |
| Coach Years4: | 1999–2008 |
| Coach Team4: | Louisiana–Monroe (DL/co-DC) |
| Coach Years5: | 2009–2015 |
| Coach Team5: | McNeese State (DL) |
| Coach Years6: | 2016–2017 |
| Coach Team6: | Louisiana-Monroe (DL) |
| Coach Years7: | 2020 |
| Coach Team7: | 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]