Danny Manning

Danny Manning
	Manning in 2015
Personal information
Born	May 17, 1966 (age 60); Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	275 lb (125 kg)
Career information
High school	Page (Greensboro, North Carolina); Lawrence (Lawrence, Kansas);
College	Kansas (1984–1988)
NBA draft	1988 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
	Selected by the Los Angeles Clippers
Playing career	1988–2003
Position	Power forward
Number	25, 5, 15, 6
Coaching career	2003–present
Career history
As player:
1988–1994	Los Angeles Clippers
1994	Atlanta Hawks
1994–1999	Phoenix Suns
1999–2000	Milwaukee Bucks
2000–2001	Utah Jazz
2001–2002	Dallas Mavericks
2003	Detroit Pistons
As coach:
2003–2006	Kansas (team manager)
2006–2012	Kansas (assistant)
2012–2014	Tulsa
2014–2020	Wake Forest
Career highlights and awards
	As player: 2× NBA All-Star (1993, 1994); NBA Sixth Man of the Year (1998); NCAA champion (1988); NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1988); Naismith College Player of the Year (1988); John R. Wooden Award (1988); NABC Player of the Year (1988); 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1987, 1988); Consensus second-team All-American (1986); 3× Big Eight Player of the Year (1986–1988); No. 25 jersey retired by Kansas Jayhawks; USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1987); First-team Parade All-American (1984); McDonalds All American (1984); As head coach: C-USA regular season champion (2014); C-USA Tournament champion (2014); C-USA Coach of the Year (2014); Skip Prosser Award (2017); As assistant coach: NCAA champion (2008);
Career NBA statistics
Points	12,367 (14.0 ppg)
Rebounds	4,615 (5.2 rpg)
Assists	2,063 (2.3 apg)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
	College Basketball Hall of Fame; Inducted in 2008
Men's basketball
Representing United States
Pan American Games
Olympic Games
Assistant coach for United States
United States Under-18 National Team
FIBA U18 Championship

Daniel Ricardo Manning (born May 17, 1966) is an American college basketball coach and retired NBA player. He is the current men's head coach at Wake Forest. Manning played high school basketball at Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Kansas, college basketball at The University of Kansas, and played in the NBA for 14 years. After he retired from professional basketball, Manning became an assistant coach at the University of Kansas. He won the national championship with the Jayhawks in 1988 as a player. He won it again as an assistant in 2008. He is the all-time leading scorer in Kansas basketball history with 2,951 points. The next closest player to his point total is Nick Collison, who is 854 points behind Manning.

Early life

Manning is the son of Ed Manning, who was a longtime NBA and ABA player and professional and college coach.

When he was a junior at Page High School in Greensboro, North Carolina, Manning averaged 18.8 points and nine rebounds per game. He led the Pirates to a 26–0 record and the state title.

When Ed Manning became an assistant coach at the University of Kansas before Manning's senior year, the family moved to Lawrence, Kansas. Manning went to Lawrence High School. While he was there as a senior, he was named Kansas Player of the Year. While in Lawrence High, Manning played along future United States federal judge Sri Srinivasan.

College coaching

Wake Forest

On April 4, 2014, Manning agreed to become the head coach at Wake Forest University.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Tulsa Golden Hurricane (Conference USA) (2012–2014)
2012–13	Tulsa	17–16	8–8	6th	CBI First Round
2013–14	Tulsa	21–13	13–3	T–1st	NCAA Division I Round of 64
Tulsa:		38–29 (.567)	21–11 (.656)
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2014–present)
2014–15	Wake Forest	13–19	5–13	12th
2015–16	Wake Forest	11–20	2–16	13th
2016–17	Wake Forest	19–14	9–9	10th	NCAA Division I First Four
2017–18	Wake Forest	11–20	4–14	14th
2018–19	Wake Forest	11–20	4–14	13th
Wake Forest:		65–93 (.411)	24–66 (.267)
Total:		103–122 (.458)
National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Conference division champion

Personal life

Manning is the son of former NBA player, Ed Manning. Manning's own son, Evan, accepted a walk-on invitation for the men's basketball team at Kansas for the 2012–13 season. His daughter, Taylor, is a member of the Kansas volleyball team.

NBA career statistics

SEASON	TEAM	GP	MPG	SPG	BPG	RPG	APG	PPG	Hi	40+	50+	TD	DD
1988–89	LA Clippers	26	36.5	1.7	1.0	6.6	3.1	16.7	29	0	0	0	4
1989–90	LA Clippers	71	32.0	1.3	0.5	5.9	2.6	16.3	39	0	0	0	4
1990–91	LA Clippers	73	30.1	1.6	0.8	5.8	2.7	15.9	31	0	0	0	6
1991–92	LA Clippers	82	35.4	1.6	1.5	6.9	3.5	19.3	34	0	0	0	13
1992–93	LA Clippers	79	34.9	1.4	1.3	6.6	2.6	22.8	36	0	0	0	16
1993–94	LA Clippers/ Atlanta	42 26	38.0 35.6	1.3 1.8	1.4 1.0	7.0 6.5	4.2 3.3	23.7 15.7	43 24	1 0	0 0	1 0	9 5
1994–95	Phoenix	46	32.8	0.9	1.2	6.0	3.3	17.9	33	0	0	0	7
1995–96	Phoenix	33	24.7	1.2	0.7	4.3	2.0	13.4	32	0	0	0	0
1996–97	Phoenix	77	27.7	1.1	1.0	6.1	2.2	13.5	26	0	0	0	12
1997–98	Phoenix	70	25.6	1.0	0.7	5.6	2.0	13.5	35	0	0	0	6
1998–99	Phoenix	50	23.7	0.7	0.8	4.4	2.3	9.1	19	0	0	0	1
1999–00	Milwaukee	72	16.9	0.9	0.4	2.9	1.0	4.6	19	0	0	0	0
2000–01	Utah	82	15.9	0.6	0.4	2.6	1.1	7.4	25	0	0	0	0
2001–02	Dallas	41	13.5	0.5	0.5	2.6	0.7	4.0	13	0	0	0	0
2002–03	Detroit	13	6.8	0.7	0.2	1.4	0.5	2.6	18	0	0	0	0
Career	7 teams	883	27.4	1.1	0.9	5.2	2.3	14.0	43	1	0	1	83

References

↑ "Tulsa Agrees To Terms With Kansas' Danny Manning As New Head Basketball Coach". tulsahurrricane.com. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013.
↑ "Men's Basketball – 1,000-Point Scorers". KUAthletics.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
↑ "Tulsa Agrees to Terms with Kansas' Danny Manning as New Head Basketball Coach". Archived from the original on October 2, 2013.
↑ "Kansas' LarryBrown hired an old truck driver and got a - 10.17.83 - SI Vault". Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
↑ "Kansas Sports Hall of Fame – Manning, Danny". www.kshof.org. Archived from the original on September 25, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
↑ Huisman, Matthew (August 26, 2011). "Srinivasan Leaving O'Melveny to Become Deputy Solicitor General". The Blog of Legal Times. Archived from the original on 2020-10-08. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
↑ app Wake Forest hires Danny Manning – ESPN
↑ Bedore, Gary. Evan Manning to join KU as walk-on, Lawrence Journal-World, April 6, 2012
↑ Manning's son will walk on to KU hoops team | Campus Corner Archived April 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Taylor Manning". KUAthletics.com. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012.

Other websites

Wake Forest profile Archived 2018-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
"Tulsa profile". Archived from the original on 2012-08-13.

[tulsahurricane-1] "Tulsa Agrees To Terms With Kansas' Danny Manning As New Head Basketball Coach". tulsahurrricane.com. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013.

[2] "Men's Basketball – 1,000-Point Scorers". KUAthletics.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2019-10-01.

[3] "Tulsa Agrees to Terms with Kansas' Danny Manning as New Head Basketball Coach". Archived from the original on October 2, 2013.

[4] "Kansas' LarryBrown hired an old truck driver and got a - 10.17.83 - SI Vault". Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2014.

[5] "Kansas Sports Hall of Fame – Manning, Danny". www.kshof.org. Archived from the original on September 25, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.

[6] Huisman, Matthew (August 26, 2011). "Srinivasan Leaving O'Melveny to Become Deputy Solicitor General". The Blog of Legal Times. Archived from the original on 2020-10-08. Retrieved August 27, 2011.

[7] Wake Forest hires Danny Manning – ESPN

[8] Bedore, Gary. Evan Manning to join KU as walk-on, Lawrence Journal-World, April 6, 2012

[9] Manning's son will walk on to KU hoops team | Campus Corner Archived April 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[10] "Taylor Manning". KUAthletics.com. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012.