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Manny Mantrana
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamUTRGV
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Biographical details
Born (1964-09-28) September 28, 1964 (age 59)
Miami, FL
Playing career
1982Miami Dade
1983Middle Georgia
1984–1985LSU
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996Miami Dade (Asst.)
1997–2008St. Thomas
2009–PresentTexas–Pan American/UTRGV

Manny Mantrana (born September 28, 1964) is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as the head coach of the UTRGV Vaqueros baseball program of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He has held that position since prior to the 2009 season, when the program was known as the Texas–Pan American Broncs and represented the University of Texas–Pan American (UTPA).[1][2][3][4]

In 2015, UTRGV entered into operation after the merger of UTPA with the nearby University of Texas at Brownsville. The UTPA athletic program was inherited by UTRGV, and Mantrana kept his position through the merger.

Playing career

After graduating from Miami Jackson High School, Mantrana attended Miami Dade for one season. He then transferred to Middle Georgia, where he helped the Warriors to the 1983 NJCAA World Series. He earned was named to the All-Tournament team and was MVP of the regional tournament while Middle Georgia finished second in the tournament. He then played two seasons at LSU for Skip Bertman. Although Mantrana had been drafted several times previously (after high school and three times during junior college), he was not drafted at the end of his collegiate career. He signed a professional contract with the Detroit Tigers. He played three seasons in Class A in the Tigers and New York Mets organizations before ending his playing career.[4]

Coaching career

Mantrana began his coaching career at Miami Jackson High School, where he served for four seasons before moving to Miami Dade as an assistant. After one year, he earned the head coaching job at St. Thomas. In his twelve seasons with the NAIA Bobcats, the team appeared in the postseason nine times and earned three NAIA World Series berths. Over 95% of his players earned their degrees, and at least 25 went on to play professionally. He compiled a record of 434–193–1. He was honored as Southeasat Coach of the Year and Florida Sun Conference Coach of the Year three times each.[4]

He became head coach at Texas–Pan American for the 2009 season, and led them into the Great West Conference. With the dissolution of that league, the Broncs moved to the Western Athletic Conference, remaining in that league through the merger that created UTRGV.[1]

Head coaching record

This table shows Mantana's record as a head coach at the Division I level.

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Texas–Pan American (Independent) (2009)
2009 Texas–Pan American 14–41
Texas–Pan American: 14–41
Texas–Pan American (Great West Conference) (2010–2013)
2010 Texas–Pan American 22–33 9–18 6th (8) GWC Tournament[a]
2011 Texas–Pan American 21–32 10–18 6th (8) GWC Tournament[b]
2012 Texas–Pan American 30–22 16–12 2nd (8) GWC Tournament[c]
2013 Texas–Pan American 28–30 17–10 3rd (8) GWC Tournament[d]
Texas–Pan American: 101–117 45–58
Texas–Pan American/UTRGV (Western Athletic Conference) (2014–present)
2014 Texas–Pan American 27–30 17–10 3rd WAC Tournament
2015 Texas–Pan American 21–30–1 6–20–1 10th
2016 UTRGV
Texas–Pan American: 58–60–1 23–30–1
Total: 163–218–1

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

  1. ^ All eight of the Great West's teams qualified for the Tournament in 2010.
  2. ^ All eight of the Great West's teams qualified for the Tournament in 2011.
  3. ^ All eight of the Great West's teams qualified for the Tournament in 2012.
  4. ^ All eight of the Great West's teams qualified for the Tournament in 2013.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Reynaldo Leal (July 25, 2012). "The long way: Mantrana on faith, family and baseball". Panorama Magazine. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
  2. ^ Peter Rasmussen (September 8, 2008). "Mantrana officially announced as new baseball coach". The Monitor. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
  3. ^ Donald J. Boyles (August 28, 2008). "Mantrana hired by UTPA". College Baseball Daily. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Manny Mantrana". St. Thomas. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
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