Manny Mantrana is now in his 11th season as head coach of the Bobcats. Mantrana enters this season holding the record for most career wins as the skipper of St. Thomas University's baseball team.

He has enjoyed success since he stepped on campus, earning an NAIA World Series berth in his second season. Mantrana led St. Thomas to a 54-14 record that year and a fifth-place finish at the World Series. The 54 wins is the record for most wins by a coach at St. Thomas. Mantrana's teams would win 120 games over the next three seasons, including another trip to the NAIA World Series in 2000. In that season, Mantrana led the Bobcats, anchored by staff ace Vinny Chulk, back to the World Series, posting a 43-14 record and another fifth-place finish at the NAIA World Series.

Mantrana's program owns the Florida Sun Conference record for most league victories in a season with 21. St. Thomas University is also the only school in the Florida Sun Conference to have won four consecutive conference tournament championships. His teams have appeared in eight regional tournaments in the past nine seasons.

After being a member of legendary Skip Bertman's first recruiting class at Louisiana State University, Mantrana played professionally in the Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, and New York Mets organizations in the 1980's.

Mantrana left professional baseball in 1989 and was named head coach at Miami Jackson High School, his alma mater, in 1991. After five years at Jackson, Mantrana joined the Miami-Dade Community College North baseball staff as an infield and hitting coach in 1995. He was there for one season before taking over as head man in Miami Gardens. Mantrana has never had a losing season at any level of his coaching career.

Mantrana earned a bachelor's degree in Sports Administration from St. Thomas University in 1990. He added a master's in Guidance and Counseling from St. Thomas in 1997. He is current working toward a doctorate in educational administration.

Mantrana is married to the former Marlane Schwartz of Miami Lakes. They now reside in Pembroke Pines with their daughter Maxine.