Editing Danny Manning (section)

==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=http://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=http://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=http://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>