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Tomball West High School is proud to welcome Coach Carlos Manrique as the inaugural Head Boys Soccer Coach, joining the Tiger Family! Coach Manrique brings eight years of head coaching experience to Tomball West, highlighted by a successful tenure at Sam Rayburn High School where he built a competitive disciplined program and led his teams to consistent growth and excellence, including back-to-back state playoff appearances for the first time in nearly two decades. He orchestrated the most successful season opening in program history during the 2023-24 season with an undefeated 8-0 record, delivering one of the most triumphant seasons in school history securing the 2024 Cy-Fair RAM Cup Tournament Championship. His leadership was also recognized in 2022 when he was named Coach of the Year. Before coaching the Sam Rayburn Texans, he was the Head Coach at Lone Star College - North Harris Men's Soccer. In his first season, he achieved an undefeated 2018 HCSC Championship season guiding the North Harris Hurricanes to the 2018 NIRSA Regional Championships. In his second season, he captured the 2019 Lone Star Sport Club CSL Championship with a dominant 7-1-2 record before moving to the High School soccer level. 

A former collegiate player at the University of St. Thomas Men’s Soccer program, he was part of the NAIA Red River Conference Championship team in 2013 that qualified to the National Championship Tournament. He also earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from the Cameron School of Business, equipping him with a strong foundation in leadership and program management.

Born in Iowa and raised in Spain, Coach Manrique’s passion for the game was shaped internationally early on playing for A.D. Collado Villalba Fútbol Sala in Madrid, Spain, before moving to Houston, Texas, where he was selected to play for the South Texas ODP State Team and gained top tier developmental experience playing for the Houston Dynamo Youth Academy— bringing an elite-level playing background to his coaching philosophy.