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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 = 275 | 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]] (1984β1988) | 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]] | coach_start = 2006 | coach_end = | years1 = {{nbay|1988|start}}β{{nbay|1993|end}} | team1 = [[Los Angeles Clippers]] | years2 = {{nbay|1993|end}} | team2 = [[Atlanta Hawks]] | years3 = {{nbay|1994|start}}β{{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 = 2006β2012 | cteam1 = [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas]] (assistant) | cyears2 = 2012β2014 | cteam2 = [[Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball|Tulsa]] | cyears3 = 2014β2020 | cteam3 = [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball|Wake Forest]] | cyears4 = 2021 | cteam4 = [[Maryland Terrapins men's basketball|Maryland]] (assistant) | cyears5 = 2021β2022 | cteam5 = Maryland (interim HC) | cyears6 = 2022β2024 | cteam6 = [[Louisville Cardinals men's basketball|Louisville]] (associate HC) | cyears7 = 2024βpresent | cteam7 = [[Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball|Colorado]] (assistant) | highlights = '''As player:''' * 2Γ [[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]] ([[1987β88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1988]]) * 2Γ 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]]) * 3Γ [[Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|Big Eight Player of the Year]] (1986β1988) * 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) * [[McDonalds 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 β 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>
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