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John Brubaker has been coaching football since 1988. Coach Brubaker is a native Lancaster Countian who graduated from Manheim Central High School in 1983 as a football and track all star. Coach Brubaker set high school track and football records one of which is still in place: Most Carries in a Single Season.  Brubaker was a running back completing two 1000 yard seasons, and was a Big 33 Player.  

After high school Brubaker attended and played football for Millersville University earning his degree and Masters Equivalency in Technology Education.  After college Brubaker taught and coached 28 years at Manheim Central as a football coach and 14 years as a head track coach.  While at Manheim Central, Brubaker was the head JV coach, and the varsity defensive coordinator.  At Manheim he assisted in coaching the team to 15 District III championships, 1 state title, and 2 state title runner up. Brubaker coached in the North South All Star game in 2002, 2013, and 2018.  He has been vice president and president of the Quarter Back Club, Director of Speed Training camps, youth camps, and flag football camps. Coach Brubaker has been recognized for years of service, and presented coaching classes at several different coaches conferences.  In 2012, Coach Brubaker was inducted into the Manheim Central Hall of Fame.

Coach Brubaker began at Penn Manor in 2015 as the Head Football Coach and Technology Education Teacher. He is currently retired from teaching as of 2022.  He is the 10th coach for Penn Manor High School and is working hard to connect and build the programs from the youth program to the high school program.  Since 2015, Coach Brubaker initiated a flag football program for over 250 youth, and initiated  a youth summer camp to help promote football. At the high school level coach Brubaker stresses character development, work ethic, accountability, and  shares his passion for football.

Outside of football Coach Brubaker values family, faith, and community.  John Brubaker is married to his wife Janna.  Together they have two grown children Joe and Aaron, and grandsons AJ, Peter, and Wyatt.   Besides football, Coach enjoys kayaking, snowmobiling, and riding four wheelers at his cabin in Center County.  He is a member of LCBC and attends the Manheim campus.

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Coach Baird’s joined the coaching ranks in 2019 with Penn Manor and runs the offense and his 12th season overall of coaching. Prior to joining the Comets, Lance coached at Franklin & Marshall College, J.P. McCaskey High School, Annapolis High School (Annapolis, MD) and St. Mary’s High School (Annapolis, MD). Lance played four years of football at Princeton University, where he earned all-Ivy honors in his junior and senior seasons. Before Princeton, Coach Baird played at American Heritage School (Plantation, FL) where he was an all-state and all-American offensive lineman.  Coach Baird returns to the Lancaster area with his wife, Jamie, and his three beautiful children, Harper, Lila and Reagan. When he’s not coaching football, Lance is a serial entrepreneur.

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Coach Boas is a 2003 graduate of Penn Manor High School where he played linebacker and was a Tri-County all-star for the Comets. He has a love of coaching and working with youth.  Joel has coached the A-Team  for 2 years and the Middle School team.  He joins the high school coaching staff  in 2020 as the quarter back coach.  Joel is the owner of Boas Painting and has 2 sons, JJ, Maverick and a daughter Luca.  In his free time, he likes to go on family adventures and root for the Miami Hurricanes. Coach Boas is the Offensive Coordinator.

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Coach Kreider is a graduate from Manheim Central High School.  He graduated and played football at the University of New Hampshire.  Coach Kreider then continued his career in football and played 10 years in the NFL for the Steelers (8), Rams (1), and Cardinals (1).  Coach Kreider was a member of the Big 33 Team in 1995, and the superbowl in 2006. Coach Kreider is married and has 4 kids. He is a business owner in the property management and construction fields.  He enjoys hunting and spending time with his family. Coach Kreider has been with the Penn Manor coaching staff since 2019.

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Assistant Coach Ben Schober:  Coach Schober is a 2008 graduate of Penn manor, where he was captain of the football and track teams. He was a Section I All Star at Defensive and Offensive Tackle.  He graduated from West Chester with a degree in Physical Education. Coach Schober joined the coaching staff in 2015. In addition to football, Coach Schober is the Head Coach of the High School Track team.  In his free time he enjoys staying active and harassing his student athletes about keeping their grades up. Ben is currently a volunteer coach and works at Rock Lititz.

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Volunteer Matthew Schuck:  Coach Schuck grew up in a suburb of Philadelphia where his parents and two younger brothers still live.  He went to Hatboro-Horsham High School where we was a successful football player. He played for Millersville University for 4 years as a lineman. He graduated with a degree in Elementary Education.  Coach Schuck teaches for Penn School District at the elementary levels.   Coach Schuck joined the Penn Manor coaching staff in 2017, but has stepped down in 2021.  

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Assistant Coach Mitch King:  Coach King grew up in Paradise PA where he placed football and baseball at Octorara High School.   He was part of the first Octorara Football Varsity program as a Wide Receiver and Free Safety.  He graduated from Millersville University and began working at Penn Manor as a Math teacher.  Coach King joined he coaching staff in 2018.  Coach King is married and lives in Willow Street area.

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Coach John Tercha:  Coach Tercha is a graduate of Solanco.  He graduated from Kutztown University.  Since college, he has coached football, wrestling and track since 2002. Coach Tercha joined Penn Manor in 2012.  He is the Offensive Line and Assistant Defensive Line Coach.  He is grateful for the support of his wife Kimberly, daughter Sophia, and son James throughout the entire year in season and out.  Kimberly works as a Math Teacher at Penn Manor High School.  Sophia and James are both aspiring future Comet student athletes.

Coach T retired from the full time coaching staff in 2020, but remains a volunteer and manages the equiptment.

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Coach Ewing’s joined the coaching staff at Penn Manor High School n 2019. Coach Ewing works with the lineman. Previously, Coach Ewing was the assistant head coach at Wheatland Middle School (Lancaster, PA) focusing on the offensive and defensive line while running the special teams. Codie is a local product being raised in Lancaster where he graduated from both J.P. McCaskey and Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. Codie played football all four years while attending J.P.  McCaskey where he was a part of an LL playoff birth his senior year. Codie currently resides in Lancaster. Codie is an avid bowler and you can often find him at the local basketball courts when not coaching.

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Mathew Bransby is a graduate of Manheim Central who played wide receiver and defensive back.  Matt is also a graduate from Indiana University of PA with a degree in communications.  He then lived in Los Angeles 11 years and Seattle for a year where he worked in the television/film production and the fitness industry. Matt spent a majority of those years with UFC gyms.  Currently he is back in school at Lancaster Bible College to receive his Health and Physical Education Certification with a focus in middle school education. Matt is newly married. 

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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.

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Assistant Coach Steven Weidner: Coach Weidner is the head coach of the middle school JV team which is typically the 7th and 8th graders.  Coach Weidner graduated from Western Maryland with a Health and Physical Education Degree in 1993.  Have taught and coached at Penn Manor for 20+ years (varsity and Junior High).  Coach Weidner is married to wife Abbie and has 3 children (Jacob, Samantha, and Logan).  Coach Weidner enjoys spending time with family and traveling to different regions of the world.  

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Retired Coach Barry Groff: Coach Groff has been coaching since 1997, and has been with Penn Manor since 2007. Coach Groff graduated from Manheim Central in 1987 where he was a 3-year letterman, Co-Captain, and all-league offense and defensive Tackle. Groff continued his education at Millersville University and played four more years of collegiate football.  Groff's coaching experience started at Manheim Central. Then made stops at Broadway High School in Virginia, and Solanco. While at Broadway HS he helped coach the 1998 team to a state championship. Coach Groff is currently teaching Applied Engineering & Technology at Penn Manor High School. He resides in Millersville with his wife Kim, and has two children Cortney and Kyle.

Coach Groff retired from the full time coaching staff in 2020, but remains a volunteer.

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Assistant Coach Jon Boxleitner:  Jon Boxleitner played high school football at Lampeter-Strasburg (Class of ‘83) under former Penn Manor superintendent Don Stewart, and college ball at Millersville (Class of ‘92) under College Football Hall of Fame coach Gene Carpenter. He also served in the U.S. Marine Corps under commander-in-chief Ronald Reagan. He also holds a master’s degree from Virginia Tech (Class of ‘08). His roll with the Comets is at the junior high level coaching the running backs, linebackers and special teams. He has been a social studies teacher at Penn Manor since 1996. He is also the Mock Trial team advisor and the public address announcer for the Penn Manor baseball “boys of spring.”  Coach Box took over as head 9th grade coach in 2024.

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Assistant Coach Pat Weaver: Pat is entering his 10th year with the Penn Manor Jr. High programs. Coach Weaver is a graduate from Lancaster Catholic High School and Mount Joy Vo-Tech School Graphic Arts. He is also very proud to be celebrating 45 years of coaching football. Pat started coaching in the midget programs, then Manheim Township, and then did 21 years with Manheim Central high school. It has been a wonderful opportunity working with young people all these years. Some things never change--pride, ambition, desire and wanting to learn the great game of football.  Coach Weaver also coaches winter and spring track at Manheim Twp. High School, where he had been the varsity throws coach since 2003. Pat is retired and he and his wife Nanette live in Manor Twp. They have 3 children--Janine, Sharon and Philip along with 4 grandchildren. Pat also loves working at his church, Grace Church in Lancaster, where he is a greeter and he and his wife are deacons.

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Coach Hite works hard with the team and is providing the team with great leadership and consistency in the weight room. Coach Hite is a graduate of Altoona Area High School, where he was a 3X state medalist in Track and Field. He is also a graduate of Lock Haven University with degrees in Health and Phy Ed, Sports Administration, and a minor in Aquatics and Coaching. As a college student he continued to see success in Track and Field as a member of several championship teams. Tim has coached Track and Field at Altoona High School, Hempfield High School, and at Kutztown University working with several championship teams. Coach Hite began working as a weightlifting coach in 2012. In 2015 he competed as a 77kg weightlifter and qualified for USAW American Open and competed at the USAW Nationals. Coach Hite has earned a Level 1 Sports Performance Certification with USA Weightlifting, and has as a Technical Certification with US Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Association. Coach Hite joins our team with knowledge in coaching and lifting. He is married and has two young children. We are glad to have Coach Hite and his experience.

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Athletic Director Stephen Kramer:  Kramer is a 2000 graduate from Lampeter- Strasburg where he played ice hockey and tennis. He graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in physical education/athletic training. Out of college he  was an athletic trainer in the New York Yankees minor league system for four years where he was the athletic trainer for the Gulf Coast League Yankees and the Staten Island Yankees. After working in professional baseball Kramer returned back to Lancaster in 2009 and was the athletic trainer at Penn Manor for the past ten years. He is currently completing his Masters Degree in Sports Management and is excited to begin his first year as athletic director here at Penn Manor.  Kramer lives in Elizabethtown with his wife BJ and two sons, Declan and Tucker.

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Athletic Trainer Kelly NcNeal camp to Penn Manor in 2019.  She is a previous graduate of Penn Manor.  She attended West Chester University for her undergraduate degree in Athletic Training.  Before coming to Penn Manor, Kelly worked at Concord University in West Virginia with their men's soccer and softball teams.  She finished her Master's degree in Health Promotion from Concord University. Trainer Kelly is married to her husband, Brandon and they have one dog, Leo. When she isn't working, she enjoys being outdoors traveling, hiking, fishing, and boating.