Editing Danny Manning (section)

==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}}</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>