Biography:

Assistant Coach Grade 7 to 9 Streeter Stuart  is in his 25th year coaching football for Penn Manor, including time as a varsity assistant and many years as the head 9th grade coach.  He also coached with the varsity baseball team for many years including four seasons as the head coach.   A world history teacher here at the high school, he is a 1989 graduate of Southern Lehigh High School where he played football and baseball, and he is a member of Southern Lehigh's athletic Hall of Fame.  After high school Coach Stuart attended the University of Virginia where he was a four-year letter winner for the Cavalier baseball team.  In his spare time Coach Stuart enjoys riding his bike, going to college football games, attending concerts, and spending time with his wife Vicky and sons Spencer and Jackson.

Biography:

Volunteer Josh Barben:  Coach Barben is a graduate of North Harford High School. He played defensive back at Lebanon Valley College where he graduated in 2014.  He began his teaching & coaching career at Edgewood High School in MD where he coached football and baseball for two years. In 2016, he moved to Penn Manor School District as a social studies teacher.  Coach Barben has coached football and baseball at the high school level since 2016. Coach Barben in married and has a young son and built home in Penn Manor School District.

Coach Barben has retired from full time coaching in 2019 but remains as a volunteer assisting with film work.

Biography:

Dean Kroesen is in his 15th year coaching at Penn Manor.  A native of Elizabethtown, Coach Kroesen was the starting catcher on Etown's 1994 state championship baseball team.  After high school he continued his baseball career at Mansfield University.  

After college, Coach Kroesen spent several years as an assistant coach at Elizabethtown before marrying and settling in Millersville.  

He is married to Penn Manor math teacher Jen Kroesen and has three children, Jude, Jett, and Joelle.  

Biography:

Jared Shearer is in his 4th year coaching baseball at Penn Manor.  A graduate of Penn Manor and a member of the 2009 L-L Championship team, Coach Shearer was a three-year starter on the baseball team where he pitched and played 3rd base.  He also was an outstanding fullback and linebacker on the football team.  

While a student at Millersville University he began his coaching career on Coach Stuart's freshman football staff, and was eventually hired as a history teacher at Manor Middle School.  In addition to his baseball duties with Penn Manor in the springtime, Coach Shearer also serves as the defensive coordinator for the Lancaster Catholic football team where he helped the Crusaders to a 10-0 regular season record in 2018.  

Biography:

"Coach Feger graduated from Plymouth North High School in Plymouth Massachusetts where he played football, baseball, and basketball. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 2012 and then moved down to Pennsylvania. He began teaching at Penn Manor High School in the math department in 2014 and started coaching the JV baseball team in the Spring of 2015.

In his spare time, Coach Feger likes to go golfing, going to baseball games, and reading. Being from New England, Coach Feger is thrilled over the recent Red Sox and Patriot championship victories. Coach Feger is married and his wife, Lindsay, is an English teacher at Penn Manor as well. "

Biography:

Jeremy Miller is in his 2nd year as a volunteer assistant with the JV baseball team.  Coach Miller is currently a junior at Millersville University after graduating from Penn Manor in 2016.  As a pitcher for the Comets he had a career record of 7-1 with a 1.2 ERA, and is hoping to help current Comet players duplicate the success that he had here.  

Biography:

T.J. Bechtel is in his second year assisting with the baseball team as both an assistant coach as well as team scorekeeper and statistician.  Coach Bechtel was a three-year starter on the baseball team at Middletown High School where he also played soccer.  

While attending Millersville University he was assigned to Penn Manor for his student teaching and soon after was offered a full-time teaching position in the history department.  Coach Bechtel is currently single and enjoys going to sporting events and concerts.