Jason Mensing, a state-championship-winning coach from Michigan, recently completed his second season as the varsity football coach at Lemon Bay High School in Englewood, Florida. The Manta Rays finished 4-6. Mensing brought more than 20 years of head coaching experience to Florida in 2023 when he became head coach of the Lemon Bay Manta Rays, located on Florida’s Gulf coast. He came to Florida after two years as head coach at Westland John Glenn in metro Detroit and following 25 years in education in his home state of Michigan. In 24 seasons as a head coach, Mensing has gone 146-96. He has led five different teams into the state playoffs. In Michigan, he was twice named the Associated Press State Coach of the Year and won 9 regional Coach of the Year awards. He took four different programs with losing records before he arrived and led them into the playoffs in the first or second year. 

His most successful tenure was at Whiteford, in Ottawa Lake, Michigan, where he led the Bobcats to the playoffs a school-record 10 consecutive seasons and to two state championship games, winning the Division 8 state championship in 2017. That season, the Bobcats scored 737 points, the second most in state history.

Mensing, 47, is a native of Tecumseh, Mich. He played college football at Adrian College, where he obtained his bachelor’s degree. In addition to coaching football at the high school and college level, he has coached varsity wrestling and track, served on the Michigan High School Athletic Association Representative Council, and held various teaching positions. He’s also been a strength and conditioning director, athletic director, and director of student development. 

Here is how to contact Coach Mensing:

Twitter/X: @mensingjasonEmail: j.mensing63@gmail.comPhone: (517) 862-9511

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