Danny Manning

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.app Wake Forest hires Danny Manning – ESPN

Head coaching record

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.Bedore, Gary. Evan Manning to join KU as walk-on, Lawrence Journal-World, April 6, 2012Manning's son will walk on to KU hoops team | Campus Corner  His daughter, Taylor, is a member of the Kansas volleyball team.

NBA career statistics 
SEASONTEAMGPMPGSPGBPGRPGAPGPPGHi40+50+TDDD1988–89LA Clippers2636.51.71.06.63.116.72900041989–90LA Clippers7132.01.30.55.92.616.33900041990–91LA Clippers7330.11.60.85.82.715.93100061991–92LA Clippers8235.41.61.56.93.519.334000131992–93LA Clippers7934.91.41.36.62.622.836000161993–94LA Clippers/Atlanta42  2638.0  35.61.3  1.81.4  1.07.0  6.54.2  3.323.7  15.743  241  00  01  09  51994–95Phoenix4632.80.91.26.03.317.93300071995–96Phoenix3324.71.20.74.32.013.43200001996–97Phoenix7727.71.11.06.12.213.526000121997–98Phoenix7025.61.00.75.62.013.53500061998–99Phoenix5023.70.70.84.42.39.11900011999–00Milwaukee7216.90.90.42.91.04.61900002000–01Utah8215.90.60.42.61.17.42500002001–02Dallas4113.50.50.52.60.74.01300002002–03Detroit136.80.70.21.40.52.6180000Career7 teams88327.41.10.95.22.314.04310183

References

Other websites

 Wake Forest profile 


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