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Mannetti enters his fourth season as Head Sprint Football Coach in 2015. The second head coach in program history, Mannetti previously served as the Eagles’ offensive coordinator during the programs inaugural season in 2010. He brings 13 seasons of coaching experience in Waterbury to Post. Mannetti also previously served as Director of Athletics.

Last year, Post finished with a 4-3 record and had 12 student-athletes named to the All-CSFL team. The Eagles were third in the conference in total defense, allowing just 286.6 yards per game. Post had the most interceptions (12) and longest time of possession (219:28) in the league.

In 2013, Mannetti led the Eagles to a 4-3 record and was 3-1 in Post's first full home schedule. The Eagles finished third in the CSFL in total offense (376.1 ypg) and defense (289.3 ypg). Post landed 17 student-athletes on the All-CSFL team. Mannetti coached the leading passer (Greg Volpe, 249.6 ypg) and rusher (James Harrington, 790 yds) in the conference.

Mannetti led the Eagles to a third place finish in the CSFL with a 5-2 record in his first season in charge in 2012. Post ended the season on a program-best five game win streak. The Eagles also finshed third in the conference in total offense (315 ypg) and defense (262 ypg). Post landed 23 student-athletes on the All-CSFL team, including a program-record four First Team honorees. 
 
Mannetti was the program’s inaugural offensive coordinator during the 2010 campaign, when the team beat Princeton University, and lost to Army, Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania. The team ran a multiple spread offense, which ranked fourth in the Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL) with 243.5 yards per contest during its four-game season. Mannetti mentored the running backs and quarterbacks as well. The running backs averaged 3.8 yards per attempt. He recruited student-athletes from Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.
 
During his 10 seasons as a coach at Holy Cross High School in Waterbury, the Crusaders compiled a record of 83-25. Most recently he served as the defensive coordinator during the 2011 campaign, a season when the Crusaders claimed the CIAC Class S State Championship, and were named the 2011 Naugatuck Valley League (NVL) Copper Champions, with an unblemished 6-0 league record. Holy Cross boasted a 9-1 record overall during the season. Mannetti’s defense ranked second in the conference and ninth in the state in total points allowed (117), average points allowed (15.0) and average yards per game (278.5). The group amassed 32 takeaways and scored seven touchdowns. Individually, four defensive players were named All-State by the Connecticut High School Coaches Association (CHSCA).
 
Mannetti specifically worked with the offensive line from 2004-09, a group which helped to produce seven 1,000-yd., rushers, while two quarterbacks threw for over 2,300 yards in a season. He was elevated to the Holy Cross offensive coordinator for the 2008 and 2009 campaigns, where he implemented a spread offense.
 
Scholastically, Mannetti played offensive line for the Crusaders from 1994-97, where he was a two-time All-City choice. Holy Cross went 12-1 and appeared in the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) Class L Final during the 1996 season. The group rushed for more than 3,000 yards, including two performances of 400 rushing yards or more in a single game. The Crusaders were named city champions, NVL Large Division and NVL Champions. A team captain as a senior, Mannetti was also named All-Conference and All-State. He also earned the team’s Most Dedicated award.
 
“This is a very exciting time at Post University,” said Tom Samph, Ph.D., president and CEO of Post University.  “The improvements we have made to everything from academics to athletics have helped us continue to build on the tremendous momentum we’ve been enjoying as a University.  We look forward to working with the city to further rebuild, revitalize and invest in our campus and in the city, making Waterbury an ever greater place to live, grow a business and get a superb education.”

Mannetti is an active member of the NHSCA and AFCA. He has a degree in Corporate and Organizational Studies from the University of Connecticut and is currently pursuing his Master's in Educational Leadership.
 
He currently resides in Waterbury, Conn., with his wife Nicole, daughter Gianna, and son Ryan.

RECORD AT POST
2012 - 5-2, 4-2 CSFL
2013 - 4-3, 4-3 CSFL
2014 - 4-3, 4-3 CSFL           
       13-8, 12-8 CSFL