Kevin McManaman is in his first season on the Roosevelt women's basketball bench in 2025-26.
He joined the Lakers after spending last season as an assistant at Lewis, where he helped the Flyers achieve a No. 14 ranking and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. McManaman has more than three decades of experience at all levels of college basketball with stops at junior college, Division I, Division II and Division III programs.
Prior to arriving at Lewis, McManaman was an assistant coach at Morton College for four seasons, helping to develop former Lakers guardÂ
Jalyssa Carrasco. Within the past 15 years, he has also spent time as an assistant at Akron, Cleveland State and Northern Illinois with a stop at Lyons Township High School mixed in.
His coaching career began in 1993 as an assistant coach at his alma mater, St. Mary's University of Minnesota, where he stayed for seven years. McManaman then moved on to Marquette for two seasons before joining the staff at UIC from 2002-2009. He spent a season at Dominican in 2009-10 followed by a two-year stop at UW-Milwaukee before heading to Dekalb for three years with the Huskies.
During his career, McManaman has coached more than 25 all-conference players in the NCAA ranks, including one conference Player of the Year and three Newcomers of the Year. While at Morton, he coached four All-Americans, four conference players of the year and 15 all-conference athletes. He was named the Assistant Coach of the Year for junior colleges in 2023 by World Exposure Report as well.
McManaman's specialty is guards and defense and his impact has been noticeable across his tenure coaching in the Midwest. Lewis made marked improvements on defense to finish second in the league last year, and Morton College was among the best in the entire country on defense during his four years. He coached the top 3-pointer shooters in the Mid-American Conference and Horizon League during his stints at Akron and Cleveland State. He was also apart of the staff that turned around Dominican's program in 2010-11, taking the Stars from worst to first during his only season there.
