Biography

Danny Manning is an American college basketball coach and retired National Basketball Association player.

He was the 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 retiring 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, and again as an assistant in 2008. He is the all-time leading scorer in Kansas basketball history with 2,951 points.
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Forward for the Los Angeles Clippers (1988-1993 and 1994), Atlanta Hawks (1994), Phoenix Suns (1994-1999), Milwaukee Bucks (1999-2000), Utah Jazz (2000-2001), Dallas Mavericks (2001-2002) and Detroit Pistons (2002-2003).

Member of 1993-1994 NBA Central Division Champion Atlanta Hawks team. Member of 1994-1995 NBA Pacific Division Champion Phoenix Suns team. Member of 2002-2003 NBA Central Division Champion Detroit Pistons team.

1997-98 Sixth Man of the Year for averaging 13.5 Points, 5.6 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steal and 25.6 Minutes per Game.

Plays professional basketball in the NBA for the Dallas Mavericks (since 2001). Previously played for the Utah Jazz (2000-2001), the Milwaukee Bucks (1999-2000), the Phoenix Suns (1994-1999), the Atlanta Hawks (1994) and the Los Angeles Clippers (1988-1994).

Hired by Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC) as head coach of the men's basketball team. Manning was 38-29 in two seasons as head coach at the University of Tulsa [April 4, 2014].