Australian coach John Manenti served as a Major League Rugby Head Coach during the 2025 season, in charge of the San Diego Legion.

Manenti has extensive experience in the Australia Sevens program, joining as an Assistant Coach in 2015 before his first role as Head Coach of the Women’s side headed into the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 where they finished 5th following a loss to Fiji in the Quarter-Finals. Following the Olympics, Manenti switched over to the Men’s program for the 2021/22 World Rugby Sevens series, which the Australian men won for the first time in program history for the men’s side. The Aussie men backed this up with golds in Hong Kong and London, and Manenti led them into the 2024 Olympics in France where they finished a heartbreaking 4th following losses to Fiji in the Semi-Finals and South Africa in the Bronze Medal game.

Manenti officially took over as Head Coach of the San Diego Legion on September 1st, 2024.