Meet Our Coaches
James Kreider - Varsity Coach
This season marks Coach Kreider’s 35rd year of coaching high school basketball and his 15th year as head coach at Manheim Township. Previously he was an assistant coach at Lancaster Catholic for 7 years, the varsity coach at Elizabethtown High School for two years and was Pat Mowrey’s assistant for 11 years. Jim is a 1974 graduate of Gannon University and currently teaches chemistry at Manheim Township High School. Jim and his wife, Mary have been married for 32 years and have two children, Marisa, 30 and Jimmy, 26.
Matt Johns - Varsity Assistant Coach
This is Coach Johns’ 12th year as coach at Manheim Township and 10th year at the Varsity level. Previously Matt coached at Manheim Central. He is originally from Huntingdon, PA and played on a District 6 Champion basketball team. He graduated in 1997 from Susquehanna University with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Secondary Education. He is a Social Studies teacher at Manheim Township High School. Matt and his wife Noel have a son Tyson and a daughter Tori. The Johns’ family lives in Manheim Township.
