Keith is one of the country’s top wrestling writers with eight books for coaches. He was recently honored as the national wrestling Sportswriter of the Year for 2021 by Wrestling USA Magazine.
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Award-winning author, Keith Manos, is one of Ohio’s best wrestling writers. If you want to improve your wrestling program and start winning championships right now, then check out all Keith’s books on Amazon.com or at coacheschoice.com.
Name drop! Head Coach John Smith used Wrestling Coach’s Survival Guide in his wrestling class at Oklahoma State University.
Keith Manos’s Professional Skills
Keith has published 12 nonfiction books for coaches and teachers, along with creating marketing plans for all his books.
Keith has designed, edited, and proofread business- and school-related manuals, brochures, letters, emails, booklets, and flyers as a copywriter and document specialist.
Keith’s stories and articles have been published in nearly 100 print and online journals. In addition, he’s served as a freelance writer for civic organizations, academic groups, and private businesses, meeting all deadlines.
Keith is a regular contributor to blogs related to English, Literature, Education, and Publishing.
Keith appears regularly on WINT 1330 Radio, broadcasting wrestling news and competitions.
This quote comes from the Ancient Greek Epictetus in his Discourses
Keith’s Awards and Honors
Keith’s stories have been accepted for publication in three Chicken Soup for the Soul anthologies since 2020. His stories also appear in three other anthologies.
Lakeland Community College awarded Keith with the Distinguished Service Award in May 2021 and the Excellence in Teaching Award (i.e., Teacher of the Year) in 2022. These are the highest honors an adjunct faculty member can earn at LCC.
The first chapter of Keith’s Realistic/Mystery YA novel Looking for Dad was an award-winner in the Seven Hills Literary Contest sponsored by the Tallahassee Writers’ Association.
John Smith, head wrestling coach at Oklahoma State University and U.S. Olympic Wrestling Coach, used Keith’s first book Wrestling Coaches Survival Guide in his class at OSU.
Over 300 individuals endorsed Keith’s YA Sports Fiction novel Finding Home in Dr. Bob Rich’s book contest, earning Keith 1st place among forty other books.
The Ohio Council of Teachers of English and Language Arts named Keith Ohio’s English Teacher of the Year in 2000.
Keith’s Services 