HAMMOND – Following a one-year stint at Pearl River (La.) High School, Kaleb Manuel rejoins the Lion baseball staff, Southeastern Louisiana head coach Matt Riser announced Thursday.
With Andrew Gipson taking over as Southeastern’s interim Assistant Athletic Director for Student Services, recruiting coordinator Tim Donelly is now the Lions’ interim associate head coach and Manuel is the interim pitching coach.
A former Lion pitcher, Manuel previously served on Riser’s staff for three seasons as an assistant coach. From 2016-2018, he coordinated camps, instructed outfielders, served as first base coach, maintained the playing surface at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field and assisted with administrative duties.
Manuel was a two-time member of the Southland Conference Academic Honor Roll while at Southeastern and earned Louisiana Pitcher of the Week honors (May 13, 2013) after tossing a complete game to defeat then No. 28-ranked Sam Houston State, 5-1, snapping the Bearkats 11-game winning streak.
A native of Mamou, Manuel played for the Demons and helped guide them to the 2009 District 6-2A Championship, Mamou’s first district title in over two decades. That same season, Manuel was named as the District and Parish MVP.
Manuel began his collegiate career at LSU-E. The right-hander caped his freshman season by closing out the National Championship game for the Bengals at the NJCAA Division II World Series.
From there Manuel went to Southeastern Louisiana where he graduated with a bacherlor’s degree in general studies in 2013. He is married to the former Courtney Harris of Slidell.
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