Coach Manon grew up in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and attended Mount Lebanon High School. He
graduated from Saint Francis College in Loretto, Pennsylvania. He
played football (wide receiver) for four years.
Coach Manon is in his 11th
year as a teacher in Montgomery County. Currently, he teaches Algebra
and Geometry at North Bethesda Middle School.
While Coach Manon is a
second-year football coach at Whitman, he is a seasoned wrestling coach
with 8 years of experience under his belt. He has been a part of
Whitman's successful wrestling program for the past four years. This
year will be his third year as Head Coach of the wrestling team. Coach
Manon was named the 2008 Gazette Wrestling Coach of the Year.
Coach Manon married his wife Sharon in July 2007.