14 Facts About Manny Matsakis

Emmanouel M Matsakis was born on April 16,1962 and is an American football coach and former player.

Manny Matsakis is currently head coach of the Ohio Valley Ironmen, a minor league football team.

Manny 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.

Manny Matsakis played for the Indianapolis Colts during the 1987 NFL season in which the league used replacement players due to a strike.

Manny 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.

Manny Matsakis was head coach at Texas State in San Marcos, Texas, in 2003 but was fired in early 2004, along with the school's athletic director, after an investigation found NCAA violations within the program, including extra practice time above the limit.

In 1999, Manny Matsakis served as the offensive coordinator at the University of Wyoming.

Manny 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.

Manny Matsakis was hired by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League to replace the ill Andy Cox as their running backs coach two weeks into the 2009 season.

In March 2013, Manny Matsakis was hired as the 17th head coach for the Bethany Swedes in Lindsborg, Kansas.

Manny Matsakis remained there as head coach for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.

Manny Matsakis spent the three years, 2015 to 2017, as the offensive coordinator at Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania.

On October 30,2024, Manny Matsakis was named the head coach of the Ohio Valley Ironmen, a team that was originally to play in the International Football Alliance.

Manny Matsakis indicated that he had chosen the name because he was a fan of the original Ohio Valley Ironmen in the 1960s as a child.