Editing Danny Manning (section)

===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>