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A two-sport letterman in high school, Maniscalco accepted a baseball scholarship to Jax State under first-year head coach Rudy Abbott in 1970. He lettered all fours seasons in baseball, including a sophomore campaign that saw him finished ninth nationally for sophomores with nine home runs. The centerfielder served as captain his senior season for the JSU team that finished 25-10 overall and 11-2 in conference to win the Gulf South title and earn JSU's first trip to the NCAA Division II Tournament.
Upon graduation, Maniscalco was hired by Bill Burgess to teach and help coach football, basketball and baseball at Oxford High where he served from 1973 to 1985. In 1978 he was named the head baseball coach where he led Oxford to the AHSAA state championship game in his first year. Maniscalco also served as offensive coordinator under Burgess from 1978-84, eventually following Burgess to Jax State when the Gamecocks hired the head coach in 1985. With Maniscalco directing a modified wishbone offense, the Gamecocks were national runner-ups in 1989 and 1991, before winning the Division II national championship in 1992. His Jax State tenure from 1985-96 helped guide the Gamecocks into the Division I era. In 2019, he was inducted into the Calhoun County Sports Hall of Fame after retiring from a 12-year stint as principle of Sacred Heart Catholic School.
