OUR ACADEMY
the Manzer Basketball Academy was founded in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina over a decade ago by former coastal carolina university mens basketball player, colin stevens.
every year hundreds of student athletes across the grand strand come to Manzer to develop their skills and compete in a challenging and positive environment.
Dave Manzer was a coach who was greatly influential in many players’ lives including the basketball career of Founder and CEO of Manzer Basketball, Colin Stevens. Dave served as a connection between Colin and his would-be college coach, even after Colin decided not to play for Dave at Messiah College. Coach Manzer embodied so many of the characteristics that our company wants to pass on to players including loving the game of basketball with a great passion, loving his family, and taking pride in being the best husband and father that he could be, and loving and serving God.
Dave passed away at the age of 50 in 2009 from heart complications. He was a selfless man full of wisdom, knowledge, and care for both people and the game. Dave let God use him to improve the lives of others that he connected with – we intend to carry on his mission at Manzer Basketball.