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{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1966)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Danny Manning
| image = Coach Danny Manning Wake Forest University (cropped).jpg
| image_size = 
| caption = Manning in 2015
| team = Colorado Buffaloes
| position = Assistant coach
| conference = [[Big 12 Conference]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|5|17}}
| birth_place = [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi]], U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 10
| weight_lbs = 234
| high_school = 
*{{nowrap|[[Walter Hines Page Senior High School|Page]] ([[Greensboro, North Carolina]])}}
*[[Lawrence High School (Kansas)|Lawrence]] ([[Lawrence, Kansas]])
| college = [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas]] (1984–1988)
| draft_year = 1988
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 1
| draft_team = [[Los Angeles Clippers]]
| career_start = 1988
| career_end = 2003
| career_number = 25, 5, 15, 6
| career_position = [[Power forward]] / [[center (basketball)|center]]
| coach_start = 2006
| coach_end = 
| years1 = {{nbay|1988|start}}–{{nbay|1993|end}}
| team1 = [[Los Angeles Clippers]]
| years2 = {{nbay|1993|end}}
| team2 = [[Atlanta Hawks]]
| years3 = {{nbay|1994|start}}–{{nbay|1998|end}}
| team3 = [[Phoenix Suns]]
| years4 = {{nbay|1999|full=y}}
| team4 = [[Milwaukee Bucks]]
| years5 = {{nbay|2000|full=y}}
| team5 = [[Utah Jazz]]
| years6 = {{nbay|2001|full=y}}
| team6 = [[Dallas Mavericks]]
| years7 = {{nbay|2002|end}}
| team7 = [[Detroit Pistons]]
| cyears1 = 2006–2012
| cteam1 = [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas]] (assistant)
| cyears2 = 2012–2014
| cteam2 = [[Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball|Tulsa]]
| cyears3 = 2014–2020
| cteam3 = [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball|Wake Forest]]
| cyears4 = 2021
| cteam4 = [[Maryland Terrapins men's basketball|Maryland]] (assistant)
| cyears5 = 2021–2022
| cteam5 = Maryland (interim HC)
| cyears6 = 2022–2024
| cteam6 = [[Louisville Cardinals men's basketball|Louisville]] (associate HC)
| cyears7 = 2024–present
| cteam7 = [[Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball|Colorado]] (assistant)
| highlights = '''As player:'''
* 2× [[NBA All-Star]] ([[1993 NBA All-Star Game|1993]], [[1994 NBA All-Star Game|1994]])
* [[NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award|NBA Sixth Man of the Year]] ({{nbay|1997|end}})
* [[List of NCAA Men's Division I Basketball champions|NCAA champion]] ([[1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1988]])
* [[NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player|NCAA final Four Most Outstanding Player]] (1988)
* [[List of U.S. men's college basketball national player of the year awards|National college player of the year]] ([[1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1988]])
* 2× Consensus first-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] ([[1987 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1987]], [[1988 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1988]])
* Consensus second-team All-American ([[1986 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1986]])
* 3× [[Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|Big Eight Player of the Year]] (1986–1988)
* No. 25 jersey [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball#Retired jerseys|retired by Kansas Jayhawks]]
* [[USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year]] (1987)
* First-team [[Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team|''Parade'' All-American]] (1984)
* [[McDonald's All-American Game|McDonald's All-American]] ([[1984 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|1984]])
* [[Mr. Kansas Basketball]] (1984)
'''As head coach:'''
*[[Conference USA|C-USA]] regular season champion (2014) 
*[[Conference USA men's basketball tournament|C-USA tournament]] champion ([[2014 Conference USA men's basketball tournament|2014]])
*C-USA Coach of the Year (2014)
*[[Skip Prosser Award]] (2017)
'''As assistant coach:'''
*[[List of NCAA Men's Division I Basketball champions|NCAA champion]] ([[2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2008]])
| CBBASKHOF_year = 2008
| stats_league = NBA
| stat1label = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value = 12,367 (14.0 ppg)
| stat2label = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value = 4,615 (5.2 rpg)
| stat3label = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value = 2,063 (2.3 apg)
| medal_templates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[Basketball at the 1987 Pan American Games|1987 Indianapolis]] | [[United States men's national basketball team|National team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[United States men's national basketball team|National team]]}}
{{MedalSport|Assistant coach for {{USA}}}}
{{MedalSport|United States Under-18 National Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship|FIBA U18 Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2018 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship|2018 Canada]] | [[United States men's national under-19 basketball team|Team competition]]}}
}}
'''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 Boulder|University of Colorado]]. Manning played high-school basketball at [[Walter Hines Page Senior High School|Page High School]] in Greensboro, North Carolina,<ref>{{Cite news|date=1983-09-30|title=Wanted: Coach and Son|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/30/sports/wanted-coach-and-son.html|access-date=2020-08-21|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> as well as [[Lawrence High School (Kansas)|Lawrence High School]] in [[Lawrence, Kansas]]. He played college basketball for the [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas Jayhawks]], and played in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) for 14 years.<ref name=tulsahurricane>{{cite web|title=Tulsa Agrees To Terms With Kansas' Danny Manning As New Head Basketball Coach|url=http://www.tulsahurricane.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/032912aaa.html|publisher=tulsahurrricane.com|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002065438/http://www.tulsahurricane.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/032912aaa.html |archive-date=October 2, 2013}}</ref> After retiring from professional basketball Manning became an assistant coach at his [[alma mater]], the [[University of Kansas]].<ref name="HiredUK">{{cite news |title=Former Jayhawk Manning named Kansas asst. coach |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=2806474 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |publisher=ESPN |date=March 21, 2007}}</ref> He won the national championship with the Jayhawks in 1988 as a player,<ref name="HiredUK" /> and again as an assistant in 2008.<ref name="Col">{{cite web |title=Colorado adds basketball great Danny Manning to coaching staff |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/40101521/colorado-adds-basketball-great-danny-manning-coaching-staff |website=ESPN UK |access-date=May 2, 2025}}</ref> He is the all-time leading scorer in Kansas basketball history with 2,951 points.<ref name= "Col"/> The next closest player to his point total is [[Nick Collison]], who is 854 points behind Manning.<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's Basketball – 1,000-Point Scorers|url=http://www.kuathletics.com/sports/2013/6/26/MBB_0626135308.aspx?path=mbball|website=KUAthletics.com|access-date=August 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906053426/http://kuathletics.com/sports/2013/6/26/MBB_0626135308.aspx?path=mbball|archive-date=September 6, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Early life==
Manning is the son of [[Ed Manning]], who was a longtime NBA and [[American Basketball Association|ABA]] player and professional and college coach.<ref name="Ed">{{cite news |last1=Corcoran |first1=Tully |title=Ed Manning, Danny Manning's father, dies |url=https://www.cjonline.com/story/sports/college/2011/03/04/ed-manning-danny-mannings-father-dies/16474460007/ |access-date=2 May 2025 |publisher=Topeka Capital-Journal |date=4 March 2011}}</ref>

As a junior at [[Walter Hines Page Senior High School|Page High School]] in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Tulsa Agrees to Terms with Kansas' Danny Manning as New Head Basketball Coach|url=http://www.tulsahurricane.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/032912aaa.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002065438/http://www.tulsahurricane.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/032912aaa.html|archive-date=October 2, 2013}}</ref> Manning averaged 18.8 points and nine rebounds per game, leading the Pirates to a 26–0 record and the state title.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://si.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1121385/1/index.htm |title=Kansas' Larry Brown hired an old truck driver and got a - 10.17.83 - SI Vault |access-date=April 4, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075505/http://si.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1121385/1/index.htm |archive-date=April 7, 2014}}</ref>

When Ed Manning became an assistant coach at the [[University of Kansas]] prior to Manning's senior year, the family moved to [[Lawrence, Kansas]] and Manning attended [[Lawrence High School (Kansas)|Lawrence High School]], where as a senior he was named Kansas Player of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kshof.org/inductees/2-kansas-sports-hall-of-fame/inductees/182-manning-danny.html|title=Kansas Sports Hall of Fame – Manning, Danny|website=www.kshof.org|access-date=September 24, 2018|archive-date=September 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925065121/http://www.kshof.org/inductees/2-kansas-sports-hall-of-fame/inductees/182-manning-danny.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> While in Lawrence High, Manning was in the same high school class as Alibaba's [[Joseph Tsai|Joe Tsai]]'s wife - [[Clara Wu]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Joe Tsai on His Passion for Education & Sports {{!}} American Ballers – YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyiOKjys1p0|access-date=2020-08-15|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> and played alongside future [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit|United States D.C. Circuit Judge]] [[Sri Srinivasan]].<ref>{{Cite news|first=Matthew |last=Huisman |url=http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2011/08/srinivasan-leaving-omelveny-to-become-dojs-deputy-solicitor-general.html |title=Srinivasan Leaving O'Melveny to Become Deputy Solicitor General|work=[[Legal Times|The Blog of Legal Times]]|date=August 26, 2011 |access-date=August 27, 2011}}</ref>

==College career==
Manning led the Jayhawks to the 1988 NCAA title as a senior, leaving KU as its all-time leading scorer and rebounder. He was also the all-time leading scorer in [[Big Eight Conference]] history with 2,951 career points. He won the [[John R. Wooden Award|Wooden]], [[Naismith College Player of the Year|Naismith]], and [[NABC Player of the Year|NABC]] awards as the [[List of U.S. men's college basketball national player of the year awards|college player of the year]] in 1988.

In Kansas's 83–79 victory over Oklahoma in the [[1988 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game|1988 NCAA Championship Game]], Manning recorded 31 points, 18 rebounds, 5 steals, and 2 blocked shots. For his seemingly single-handed performance in propelling the underdog Jayhawks to the title, as well as KU's unremarkable record going into the NCAA tournament (21–11, most losses of any NCAA champion), the 1988 Kansas team was nicknamed "Danny and the Miracles" and Manning was honored as [[NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player|Most Outstanding Player]] in the tournament. A two-time [[All-America]]n while at KU, Manning was later named the Big Eight Player of the Decade. Kansas retired his famous #25 in February 1992. He is [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career scoring leaders|the twelfth all-time leading scorer in NCAA Basketball history]], behind [[Oscar Robertson]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Points Career Leaders and Records|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/leaders/pts-player-career.html|website=Sports-Reference|language=en|access-date=2022-03-30}}</ref>

Manning was selected to the last all-collegiate USA national basketball team in 1988, which competed at the [[1988 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] against all-professional Soviet and Yugoslavian teams in Seoul, South Korea. The team won the bronze medal but was viewed as a disappointment. Manning failed to score even a single point in that game, and afterward called it "one of the biggest disappointments of my life."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/29/sports/the-seoul-olympics-sports-of-the-times-nba-in-1992-olympics.html |title=The Seoul Olympics: Sports of the Times; N.B.A in 1992 Olympics?|first=Dave|last=Anderson|newspaper=The New York Times|date=29 September 1988|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref>

On April 2, 2020, The Sporting News deemed Manning the second-best player all-time since the NCAA bracket expanded.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ranking 68 greatest players of March Madness expanded-bracket era|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/list/ranking-68-greatest-players-of-march-madness-expanded-bracket-era/4y8yasn2xsyx1vxykm2il4mg8|access-date=2020-08-21|website=www.sportingnews.com|language=en}}</ref>

==Professional career==
Manning was drafted with the first overall pick by the [[Los Angeles Clippers]] in the [[1988 NBA draft]]. He played only 26 games as a rookie after a torn [[anterior cruciate ligament]] required him to undergo [[Arthroscopy|arthroscopic]] knee surgery, but he returned for the 1989–1990 season. His most productive NBA season was [[1992-93 NBA season|1992–1993]], when he averaged 22.8 points a game for the Clippers and was selected to play in the [[National Basketball Association All-Star Game|All-Star Game]]. He also was selected as an All-Star the following season. On February 24, 1994, Manning was traded to the Atlanta Hawks for [[Dominique Wilkins]] and a first-round draft pick. In Los Angeles, he played for head coaches Gene Shue, Don Casey, Mike Schuler, Mack Calvin, Larry Brown and Bob Weiss. In Atlanta, he played for [[Lenny Wilkens]].

He won the [[1997-98 NBA season|1997–1998]] [[NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award|Sixth Man Award]], while playing for the [[Phoenix Suns]], as the best reserve player in the NBA, averaging 13.5 points while playing about 26 minutes a game. Manning holds the distinction of being the first NBA player to have returned to play after reconstructive surgeries on both knees (a feat since duplicated by [[Kenyon Martin]], [[Amar'e Stoudemire]], [[Greg Oden]] and [[Derrick Rose]]). In Phoenix, he played for head coaches Paul Westphal, Cotton Fitzsimmons, Danny Ainge, and Scott Skiles.

Manning was traded to the [[Orlando Magic]] along with [[Pat Garrity]] and a conditional first-round draft pick for [[Penny Hardaway]] in 1999, and was subsequently traded to the [[Milwaukee Bucks]] with [[Dale Ellis]] in exchange for [[Armen Gilliam]] and [[Chris Gatling]] prior to the start of the 1999–2000 season. He played for George Karl. He spent the final three years of his career with the [[Utah Jazz]], [[Dallas Mavericks]], and [[Detroit Pistons]]. In Utah, he provided valuable scoring off the bench, as the Jazz were on the lookout for veteran role players to surround stars [[John Stockton]] and [[Karl Malone]]. He would average 7.4 points per game and 2.6 rebounds during the 2001 season as the Jazz qualified for the NBA Playoffs, where they faced a young and talented Dallas Mavericks team. He would average 10.6 points in the series. In 2001, Manning headed to Dallas to play for Hall of Fame coach [[Don Nelson]]. He finished his NBA career in Detroit (2003) playing for head coach Rick Carlisle.

==Coaching career==

===Assistant at Kansas===
He announced his retirement from professional basketball in 2003 and served for four years at the [[University of Kansas]] as director of student-athlete development and team manager under KU basketball coach [[Bill Self]]. Manning was promoted to assistant coach at the end of the 2006–07 season as a replacement for [[Tim Jankovich]] who left the Kansas staff to take the position of head coach at [[Illinois State University]]. Manning became a key component of the Jayhawks coaching staff, filling vital roles in both recruiting and his work training the team's big men. In his role as KU assistant coach, Manning worked with the Jayhawk big men and earned a reputation as one of the best coaches of big men in the country. He coached 12 NBA draft picks, including eight first-round selections. Kansas bigs among those NBA draft picks during his tenure included [[Darrell Arthur]], [[Darnell Jackson]], [[Sasha Kaun]], [[Cole Aldrich]], twins [[Marcus Morris (basketball)|Marcus Morris]] and [[Markieff Morris]], [[Thomas Robinson (basketball)|Thomas Robinson]] and [[Jeff Withey]]. Manning recruited two McDonald's High School All-Americans, including the 2010 NBA first-round draft pick and Oklahoman [[Xavier Henry]]. He also coached two Academic All-Americans – Cole Aldrich and Tyrel Reed. Aldrich was selected as the 2010 Academic All-America of the Year for men's basketball. He spent a total of nine years on the staff at Kansas and was part of one NCAA national title, two Final Fours, five NCAA Elite Eight appearances, eight Big 12 regular-season conference titles, five Big 12 tournament championships, and 269 career victories.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7749070|title=Sources: Manning agrees to be coach at Tulsa|date=March 28, 2012|website=ESPN.com|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Danny Manning - Men's Basketball Coach|url=https://godeacs.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/danny-manning/526|access-date=2020-08-21|website=Wake Forest University Athletics|language=en}}</ref>

===Tulsa===
On April 4, 2012, Manning was officially announced as Tulsa's head coach.<ref name=tulsahurricane/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7751342|title=Kansas' Manning takes coaching job at Tulsa|date=March 29, 2012|website=ESPN.com|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> In his first year, the Golden Hurricane posted a 17–16 overall record and an 8–8 mark in Conference USA play, finishing fifth in the league's regular season. With the fifth-least-experienced team in the nation in 2012–13 and battling injuries all season, TU advanced to the semifinals of the Conference USA Championship and played in the CBI postseason tournament. Two Hurricane players, [[James Woodard]] and D'Andre Wright, were selected to the C-USA All-Freshman Team. Tulsa improved their record to 21–13 in Manning's 2nd year, while going 13 – 3 in Conference play. Tulsa subsequently emerged as the C-USA regular-season leader and won the Conference tournament to advance onto an NCAA tournament berth for the first time since 2003. The Golden Hurricane lost in the second round to the UCLA Bruins 76–59. Manning was named the 2014 Conference USA Coach of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 12, 2014|first=Chad |last=Middleton|title=Really? Tulsa Coach Danny Manning Is Named Conference USA Coach Of The Year|url=https://krod.com/really-tulsa-coach-danny-manning-is-named-conference-usa-coach-of-the-year/|access-date=2020-08-21|website=600 ESPN El Paso|language=en}}</ref> He was also a finalist for two national Coach of the Year awards including the Jim Phelan Award and the Ben Jobe Award.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Staff Reports|title=TU coach Danny Manning finalist for national coach of the year|url=https://tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/tu/tu-coach-danny-manning-finalist-for-national-coach-of-the-year/article_2fa232a8-b5f4-11e3-9ce2-001a4bcf6878.html|access-date=2020-08-21|website=Tulsa World|language=en}}</ref> Seven players moved on to play professional basketball once their careers concluded at Tulsa.

===Wake Forest===
On April 4, 2014, Manning agreed to become the head coach at [[Wake Forest University]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goodman |first1=Jeff |title=Wake Forest hires Danny Manning |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10726791/wake-forest-agrees-tulsa-danny-manning |website=ESPN.com |access-date=April 27, 2020 |date=April 4, 2014}}</ref> He guided 14 players who went on to play professionally, including NBA players John Collins and Jaylen Hoard.<ref name=":0" /> Manning's work in player development was evident with Collins being the named the 2017 ACC Most Improved Player while Doral Moore in 2018 and Olivier Sarr in 2020 were runner-ups in the voting for the award. In the third season at WF, the team went 19–14 and reached the NCAA First Four, its first postseason appearance in seven seasons. Wake Forest ranked in the top 10 nationally in offensive efficiency, averaged 82.8 points per game, and set school records with 268 3-pointers and 77.8 percent from the free-throw line.<ref name=":0" /> The Deacs were led by All-American John Collins, who was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the No. 19 overall selection of the NBA draft.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Goldberg|first=Rob|title=John Collins Picked No. 19 Overall by Hawks After Atlanta Trades Dwight Howard|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2704168-john-collins-picked-no-19-overall-by-hawks-after-atlanta-trades-dwight-howard|access-date=2020-08-21|website=Bleacher Report|language=en}}</ref> Following the season, Manning received the Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award. His first season at the helm in 2014–15, a young Demon Deacon squad that had three freshmen among its top five scorers developed throughout the season despite a 13–19 record. Five of their wins came against teams that competed in the postseason, including a victory over eventual NCAA Sweet 16 squad NC State, while three of their losses were by single digits to teams ranked in the top-five nationally. The Demon Deacons went 11–20 during Manning's second season, highlighted by a third-place finish at the Maui Invitational. In 2017–18, the Deacs posted a pair of wins over Sweet 16 teams, downing Syracuse and Florida State and last year posted a win over a nationally ranked NC State squad. In 2019–20, the Demon Deacons posted wins over nationally ranked Xavier and Duke. 16 players made the dean's list and 29 players made 3.0 at some point during their career at WF.<ref name=":0" /> After going 78–111 in six seasons—only 1 winning record and never finishing better than 10th in the ACC—Manning was [[dismissal (employment)|dismissed]] on April 25, 2020, from Wake Forest.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wake Forest Announces Head Men's Basketball Coach Transition |url=https://godeacs.com/news/2020/4/25/general-wake-forest-announces-head-mens-basketball-coach-transition.aspx |website=godeacs.com |access-date=April 27, 2020 |date=April 25, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Tait|first=Matt|date=2020-04-25|title=Danny Manning dismissed by Wake Forest|url=https://www2.kusports.com/news/2020/apr/25/danny-manning-dismissed-wake-forest/|access-date=2020-08-21|website=KUsports.com|language=en}}</ref>

=== USA Basketball ===
In 2014, Manning served as a court coach at the 2014 USA Men's U18 National Team training camp with coaches Billy Donovan (Oklahoma City Thunder), Ed Cooley (Providence College) and Sean Miller (University of Arizona). The 2014 team won the gold medal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Manning Returns to USA Basketball Roots|url=https://www.usab.com:443/news-events/news/2014/06/danny-manning-returns-to-his-basketball-roots.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718052940/http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2014/06/danny-manning-returns-to-his-basketball-roots.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 18, 2014|access-date=2020-08-21|website=www.usab.com|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2017, he served with coaches John Calipari (Kentucky) and Tad Boyle (Colorado). The 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup was held in Cairo, Egypt, winning a bronze medal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Calipari, Boyle And Manning To Lead USA Men's U19 World Cup Team|url=https://www.usab.com:443/news-events/news/2017/03/mu19-coaches.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308172852/https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2017/03/mu19-coaches.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 8, 2017|access-date=2020-08-21|website=www.usab.com|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2018, he served with Kansas head coach Bill Self, Dayton head coach Anthony Grant, won the U18 team, Gold Medal, competing in the 2018 FIBA Americas U18 Championship in St. Catharines, Ontario.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Self, Grant and Manning to Lead USA Basketball Men's U18 National Team|url=https://www.usab.com:443/news-events/news/2018/03/mu18-coaches.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922204421/https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2018/03/mu18-coaches.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 22, 2020|access-date=2020-08-21|website=www.usab.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Maryland===
In 2021, Manning joined the coaching staff of his former Kansas teammate [[Mark Turgeon]] at [[Maryland Terrapins men's basketball|Maryland]]. After Turgeon stepped down as head coach on December 2, 2021, Manning was named Interim Head Coach.<ref>{{cite web |title=Maryland Terrapins men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon steps down after 10-plus seasons |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/32779473/maryland-terrapins-men-basketball-coach-mark-turgeon-steps-10-plus-seasons |website=ESPN.com|date=December 3, 2021 }}</ref> Maryland finished the season 15–17 with seven quad 1 & 2 wins, four top 25 wins after playing 18 games vs teams in the 2022 NCAA Tournament. Maryland finished first in the Big Ten in both free throws made (456) and free throw percentage (.760), while ranking third in free throws attempted (600). The Terrapins were 13–1 when leading with 5:00 minutes to play, with its one loss of the season coming at No. 3 Purdue. They were also 10–4 when out-rebounding their opponent on the season.

===Louisville===
Manning was hired as Associate Head Basketball Coach at the [[University of Louisville]] on April 15, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hall of Famer Danny Manning Joins Payne's Coaching Staff |url=https://gocards.com/news/2022/4/15/mens-basketball-hall-of-famer-danny-manning-joins-paynes-coaching-staff.aspx |website=GoCards.com}}</ref> The team finished with only four wins and the worst season in modern history of Louisville men's basketball.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cardchronicle.com/2023/3/7/23629770/louisville-ends-worst-season-in-program-history-with-80-62-loss-to-boston-college|title=Louisville ends worst season in program history with 80-62 loss to Boston College|first=Mike|last=Rutherford|date=March 7, 2023|website=Card Chronicle}}</ref>

===Colorado===
On May 7, 2024, Manning was hired as an assistant coach at the [[University of Colorado Boulder|University of Colorado]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Andre |first1=Troy |title=Buffaloes Add Danny Manning As An Assistant Coach |url=https://cubuffs.com/news/2024/5/7/mens-basketball-buffaloes-add-danny-manning-as-an-assistant-coach |publisher=University of Colorado Athletics |date=May 7, 2024}}</ref>

==Other work==
Manning served as a color commentator for [[Westwood One]]'s radio coverage of the [[2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2021 NCAA tournament]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.westwoodone.com/2021/03/16/westwood-one-presents-exclusive-multiplatform-audio-coverage-of-the-2021-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament/|title=Westwood One Presents Exclusive Multiplatform Audio Coverage of the 2021 Ncaa® men's basketball tournament|date=16 March 2021|access-date=March 20, 2021|archive-date=March 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321003114/https://www.westwoodone.com/2021/03/16/westwood-one-presents-exclusive-multiplatform-audio-coverage-of-the-2021-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball|Tulsa Golden Hurricane]]
| conference = [[Conference USA]]
| startyear = 2012
| endyear = 2014
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2012–13]] 
| name = [[2012–13 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team|Tulsa]]
| overall = 17–16
| conference = 8–8
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason = [[2013 College Basketball Invitational|CBI First Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = [[2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2013–14]] 
| name = [[2013–14 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team|Tulsa]]
| overall = 21–13
| conference = 13–3
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = [[2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I Round of 64]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Tulsa
| overall = {{winpct|38|29|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|21|11|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead 
| name = [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball|Wake Forest Demon Deacons]]
| conference = [[Atlantic Coast Conference]]
| startyear = 2014
| endyear = 2020
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = 
| season = [[2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2014–15]] 
| name = [[2014–15 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team|Wake Forest]]
| overall = 13–19
| conference = 5–13
| confstanding = 12th
| postseason = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = 
| season = [[2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2015–16]] 
| name = [[2015–16 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team|Wake Forest]]
| overall = 11–20
| conference = 2–16
| confstanding = 13th
| postseason = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = 
| season = [[2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2016–17]] 
| name = [[2016–17 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team|Wake Forest]]
| overall = 19–14
| conference = 9–9
| confstanding = 10th
| postseason = [[2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Division I First Four]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = 
| season = [[2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2017–18]] 
| name = [[2017–18 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team|Wake Forest]]
| overall = 11–20
| conference = 4–14
| confstanding = 14th
| postseason = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = 
| season = [[2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2018–19]] 
| name = [[2018–19 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team|Wake Forest]]
| overall = 11–20
| conference = 4–14
| confstanding = 13th
| postseason = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = 
| season = [[2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2019–20]] 
| name = [[2019–20 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team|Wake Forest]]
| overall = 13–18
| conference = 6–14
| confstanding = T–13th
| postseason = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Wake Forest
| overall = {{winpct|78|111|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|30|80|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Maryland Terrapins men's basketball|Maryland Terrapins]]
 | conference = [[Big Ten Conference]]
 | startyear  = 2021
 | endyear    = 2022
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2021–22]]*
 | name         = [[2021–22 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team|Maryland]]
 | overall      = 10–14
 | conference   = 7–13
 | confstanding = T–10th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Maryland
 | overall    = {{winpct|10|14|record=y}}
 | confrecord = {{winpct|7|13|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{winpct|126|154|record=y}}
}}

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==Philanthropy==
Manning has been involved with and served with the Special Olympics, NBA Retired Players Association, Advocates for Athletic Equity (AAE) (formerly Black Coaches Association), National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Boys & Girls Club, Kansas Governors Council on Fitness, Lawrence Community Shelter, NBA Read to Achieve Program, Sunflower State Games/Grand Canyon State Games, Grand Canyon State Games as well as numerous youth camps across the country.

==Personal life==
Manning is the son of former NBA player, [[Ed Manning]]. Manning's own son, Evan, was a walk-on for the men's basketball team at Kansas where he played for four seasons and was a graduate assistant at [[Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball|Gonzaga]], later an assistant coach at Army West Point, and is currently Director of Basketball Operations at the University of Arizona,<ref>Bedore, Gary. [https://www2.kusports.com/news/2012/apr/06/evan-manning-join-ku-walk-/ Evan Manning to join KU as walk-on], [[Lawrence Journal-World]], April 6, 2012</ref><ref>[http://campuscorner.kansascity.com/node/2537 Manning's son will walk on to KU hoops team | Campus Corner] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410010040/http://campuscorner.kansascity.com/node/2537 |date=April 10, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-29 |title=Evan Manning Named Director of Basketball Operations |url=https://arizonawildcats.com/news/2023/8/29/mens-basketball-evan-manning-named-director-of-basketball-operations.aspx |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=University of Arizona Athletics |language=en}}</ref> while his daughter, Taylor, was a member of the Kansas volleyball team. Manning was inducted into [[National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame|NCAA Basketball Hall of Fame]] on November 23, 2008. In addition to his NCAA basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement, in June 2008 Manning was enshrined in the Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame for his early high school career at [[Walter Hines Page Senior High School|Page High School]] in North Carolina. He is also a member of the [[Lawrence High School (Kansas)|Lawrence High School Hall of Fame]].

==NBA career statistics==
{{NBA player statistics legend|leader=y}}

===Regular season===
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1988}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1988–89 Los Angeles Clippers season|L.A. Clippers]]
| 26 || 18 || 36.5 || .494 || .200 || .767 || 6.6 || 3.1 || 1.7 || 1.0 || 16.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1989}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1989–90 Los Angeles Clippers season|L.A. Clippers]]
| 71 || 42 || 32.0 || .533 || .000 || .741 || 5.9 || 2.6 || 1.3 || 0.5 || 16.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1990}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1990–91 Los Angeles Clippers season|L.A. Clippers]]
| 73 || 47 || 30.1 || .519 || .000 || .716 || 5.8 || 2.7 || 1.6 || 0.8 || 15.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1991}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1991–92 Los Angeles Clippers season|L.A. Clippers]]
| '''82''' || '''82''' || 35.4 || .542 || .000 || .725 || 6.9 || 3.5 || 1.6 || '''1.5''' || 19.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1992}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1992–93 Los Angeles Clippers season|L.A. Clippers]]
| 79 || 77 || 34.9 || .509 || .267 || .802 || 6.6 || 2.6 || 1.4 || 1.3 || 22.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1993}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1993–94 Los Angeles Clippers season|L.A. Clippers]]
| 42 || 41 || '''38.0''' || .493 || .143 || .674 || '''7.0''' || '''4.2''' || 1.3 || 1.4 || '''23.7'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1993|nolink=y}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1993–94 Atlanta Hawks season|Atlanta]]
| 26 || 25 || 35.6 || .476 || .333 || .651 || 6.5 || 3.3 || '''1.8''' || 1.0 || 15.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1994}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1994–95 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| 46 || 19 || 32.8 || '''.547''' || .286 || .673 || 6.0 || 3.3 || 0.9 || 1.2 || 17.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1995}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1995–96 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| 33 || 4 || 24.7 || .459 || .214 || .752 || 4.3 || 2.0 || 1.2 || 0.7 || 13.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1996}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1996–97 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| 77 || 17 || 27.7 || .536 || .194 || .721 || 6.1 || 2.2 || 1.1 || 1.0 || 13.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1997}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1997–98 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| 70 || 11 || 25.6 || .516 || .000 || .739 || 5.6 || 2.0 || 1.0 || 0.7 || 13.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1998}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1998–99 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| style="background:#cfecec;"| 50* || 5 || 23.7 || .484 || .111 || .696 || 4.4 || 2.3 || 0.7 || 0.8 || 9.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1999|trunc=y}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1999–2000 Milwaukee Bucks season|Milwaukee]]
| 72 || 0 || 16.9 || .440 || .250 || .654 || 2.9 || 1.0 || .9 || 0.4 || 4.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|2000}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2000–01 Utah Jazz season|Utah]]
| '''82''' || 0 || 15.9 || .494 || .250 || .729 || 2.6 || 1.1 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 7.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|2001}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2001–02 Dallas Mavericks season|Dallas]]
| 41 || 10 || 13.5 || .477 || .143 || .667 || 2.6 || .7 || .5 || 0.5 || 4.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|2002}}
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2002–03 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit]]
| 13 || 0 || 6.8 || .406 || '''.375''' || '''.833''' || 1.4 || .5 || 0.7 || 0.2 || 2.6
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 883 || 398 || 27.4 || .511 || .206 || .729 || 5.2 || 2.3 || 1.1 || 0.9 || 14.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|All-Star
| 2 || 0 || 17.5 || .750 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 4.0 || 1.5 || .0 || .5 || 9.0
{{s-end}}

===Playoffs===
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1992 NBA playoffs|1992]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1991–92 Los Angeles Clippers season|L.A. Clippers]]
| 5 || 5 || '''38.8''' || .568 || .333 || .645 || 5.6 || 2.8 || 1.0 || .8 || '''22.6'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1993 NBA playoffs|1993]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1992–93 Los Angeles Clippers season|L.A. Clippers]]
| 5 || 5 || 34.2 || .412 || .000 || .808 || '''7.2''' || 1.6 || '''1.4''' || 1.0 || 18.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1994 NBA playoffs|1994]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1993–94 Atlanta Hawks season|Atlanta]]
| '''11''' || '''11''' || 38.7 || .488 || {{sort|-|—}} || .788 || 7.0 || '''3.4''' || '''1.4''' || .8 || 20.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1996 NBA playoffs|1996]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1995–96 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| 4 || 0 || 22.5 || .458 || .000 || .625 || 2.8 || 1.3 || 1.0 || .3 || 12.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1997 NBA playoffs|1997]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1996–97 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| 5 || 0 || 23.2 || .578 || .000 || '''.933''' || 6.0 || 1.4 || .8 || '''1.4''' || 13.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1999 NBA playoffs|1999]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1998–99 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| 3 || 1 || 26.3 || '''.583''' || {{sort|-|—}} || .769 || 1.7 || 2.0 || 1.3 || .0 || 12.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2000 NBA playoffs|2000]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1999–2000 Milwaukee Bucks season|Milwaukee]]
| 1 || 0 || 5.0 || .000 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2001 NBA playoffs|2001]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2000–01 Utah Jazz season|Utah]]
| 5 || 0 || 19.2 || .559 || '''1.000''' || .750 || 2.2 || .6 || .6 || .8 || 9.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2003 NBA playoffs|2003]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2002–03 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit]]
| 4 || 0 || 3.5 || .333 || .000 || {{sort|-|—}} || .8 || .0 || .0 || .3 || .5
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 43 || 22 || 27.7 || .501 || .250 || .766 || 4.7 || 1.9 || 1.0 || .7 || 14.6
{{s-end}}

==See also==
* [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 2000 points and 1000 rebounds]]
* [[List of second-generation National Basketball Association players]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120813220111/http://www.tulsahurricane.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/manning_danny00.html Tulsa profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200227171927/https://godeacs.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/danny-manning/526 Wake Forest profile]

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