ICONIC Spartan Strength & Conditioning Coach Ken Mannie Wins National Award!
Spartan Nation knows how great Coach Mannie is. Mark Dantonio has called him, "Our third coordinator," and he is treated reverently around the world of football, college or pro. Mannie is so well respected that he could pick up the phone and call ANY NFL or college team and take over their strength and conditioning today.
He was nominated by his peers to be the strength and conditioning coach of the year and he won that award today. The website FootballScoop.com is one of the most respected football websites at any level of the game. It is the go to site for coaches wanting the latest information on jobs, rumblings of who is being hired/fired and innovation. They are the ones to give Mannie the award.
YOU CAN READ THE ENTIRE TRIBUTE TO THE ICONIC SPARTAN COACH HERE
Football Scoop party said, "Mannie recently completed his 21st season as Michigan State’s strength coach and 41st in the industry — making him the longest-tenured head football strength coach in the Big Ten. A member of the USA Strength/Conditioning Coaches Hall of Fame and the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association Board of Directors, Mannie spent nine years at Toledo before arriving in East Lansing. Mannie was a three-year letter winner at Akron, earning his bachelor’s degree in 1974 and his Master’s in exercise science from Ohio State in 1985."
