Danny Manning

Danny Manning
	Manning in 2015
Colorado Buffaloes
Position	Assistant coach
Conference	Big 12
Personal information
Born	May 17, 1966 (age 58); Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S.
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: 1st round, 1st overall pick
	Selected by the Los Angeles Clippers
Playing career	1988–2003
Position	Power forward
Number	25, 5, 15, 6
Coaching career	2006–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:
2006–2012	Kansas (assistant)
2012–2014	Tulsa
2014–2020	Wake Forest
2021	Maryland (assistant)
2021–2022	Maryland (interim HC)
2022–2024	Louisville (associate HC)
2024–present	Colorado (assistant)
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); National college 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); Mr. Kansas Basketball (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 NBA.com
	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 former professional player who is an assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Colorado. Manning played high-school basketball at Walter Hines Page High School in Greensboro, North Carolina,^[1] as well as Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Kansas. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks, and played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 14 years.^[2] After retiring from professional basketball Manning became an assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Kansas. He won the national championship with the Jayhawks in 1988 as a player, and 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.^[3]

^ "Wanted: Coach and Son". The New York Times. September 30, 1983. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
^ "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 September 6, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2016.

[1] "Wanted: Coach and Son". The New York Times. September 30, 1983. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 21, 2020.

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

[3] "Men's Basketball – 1,000-Point Scorers". KUAthletics.com. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2016.

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