Danny Manning a Third-Place Finish at the Maui Invitational
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wake forest basketball DEACON COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH DANNY 5th Year MANNING Kansas ‘91 One of the most accomplished players in the during Manning’s second season, highlighted by history of college basketball, Danny Manning a third-place finish at the Maui Invitational. Last is now developing a reputation as one of top year, the Deacs posted a pair of wins over Sweet coaches in the game. As he enters his fifth 16 teams, downing Syracuse and Florida State. season at Wake Forest, a man who once starred Manning came to Wake Forest after spending in the NCAA Tournament and was a first round two seasons as the head coach at the University NBA draft pick is now mentoring and developing of Tulsa. He was named the 2013-14 Conference players who are accomplishing those feats. USA Coach of the Year after leading the Golden As a player, Manning’s resume is unrivaled. His Hurricane to the conference championship and list of accomplishments are what young players a berth in the round of 64 of the NCAA Tourna- dream of achieving: NCAA Champion, consensus ment, Tulsa’s first appearance since 2003. Man- National Player of the Year, All-American, No. 1 ning was also a finalist for two national Coach of overall NBA Draft Pick, NBA All-Star and College the Year awards in 2013-14, including the Jim Basketball Hall of Famer. After winning a national Phelan Award, given to the nation’s top coach, title as an assistant coach at Kansas, Manning’s and the Ben Jobe Award, given to the nation’s first five years as a head coach have included top minority coach. taking two different schools to the NCAA Tourna- Manning posted a 38-29 (.567) overall record ment, winning a conference regular season and and a 21-11 (.656) record in Conference USA tournament title and developing a NBA first round during his two seasons at Tulsa. selection. With his undeniable track record of Prior to taking the reins at Tulsa, Manning success, the future of Demon Deacon basketball spent nine seasons on the staff at Kansas, his looks bright under his leadership. alma mater. After retiring from professional Manning was tasked to lead Wake Forest basketball in 2003, he began his coaching career basketball in April, 2014 and return the program as a member of Bill Self’s first staff at Kansas. to national prominence. In 2016-17, the third For four seasons, he served as Director of year of that process, Manning’s mark on the Student-Athlete Development/Team Manager. Demon Deacons was evident. The team went In that role, he was the team travel coordinator, 19-14 and reached the NCAA First Four, its first oversaw equipment ordering and distribution and postseason appearance in seven seasons. Wake organized and assisted in the youth holiday clinic Forest ranked in the top 10 nationally in offen- and summer camp program. sive efficiency, averaged 82.8 points per game Manning was elevated to assistant coach in and set school records with 268 3-pointers and March 2007 and helped the Jayhawks win the 77.8 percent from the free throw line.The Deacs 2008 national title in his first season in his new were led by All-American John Collins, who was position. He also helped Kansas advance to the selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the No. 19 overall selection of the NBA Draft. Following the season, Manning received the Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award, given annually to a coach who had success on the court and shows moral integrity off of it. Manning began shaping his vision for the future of Wake Forest basketball during 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 The Mannings: Taylor, Danny, Julie and Evan 26 #GoDeacs wake forest basketball National Team training camps. One of the reasons for Manning’s success on THE DANNY MANNING FILE the sidelines has been his experience playing for BACKGROUND and coaching next to some of the legends of the • Born — May 17, 1966 in Hattiesburg, Miss. sport. During his playing career, Manning played • Raised in Greensboro, N.C. before moving to for seven head coaches now enshrined in Spring- Lawrence, Kan. prior to senior year of H.S. field: Larry Brown (Kansas, Los Angeles Clippers), FAMILY Denny Crum (1987 Pan American Games), Don • Wife — Julie Nelson (Dallas Mavericks), Lute Olson (1984 USA • Children — daughter Taylor, son Evan R. William Jones Cup), Jerry Sloan (Utah Jazz), EDUCATION John Thompson (1988 Olympics) and Lenny • University of Kansas — 1991, B.A. in Communication Wilkens (Atlanta Hawks). As a coach, he has • High School: Lawrence (Kan.) HS — 1984 been mentored by Hall of Famers Bill Self at Kan- PLAYING CAREER sas and John Calipari with the USA U19 National • Kansas’ all-time leading scorer (2,951 pts) and Team. rebounder (1,187 rebs) At 6-10 and one of the top big men to ever • 10th all-time leading scorer in NCAA history Coach Manning with forward Ikenna Smart • Consensus first-team All-American (1987, 1988) play college basketball, Manning has earned a • Consensus College Player of the Year (1988) 2012 national title game in his final season in reputation as one of the best coaches of big men • Three-time Big Eight Conference Player of the Year Lawrence. in the country. The latest example of his expertise (1986, 1987, 1988) During his time on staff at Kansas, Manning with post players was John Collins, who in two • 1988 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player was a part of one NCAA national title, two Final • The overall No. 1 pick in the 1988 NBA Draft by the seasons with the Demon Deacons went from L.A. Clippers Fours, five NCAA Elite Eight appearances, eight ranked outside the top 100 in his high school • Played 15 seasons in the NBA for seven different Big 12 regular season conference titles, five Big class in 2015 to the No. 19 selection in the 2017 teams (Clippers, Hawks, Suns, Bucks, Jazz, Mavericks, 12 tournament championships and 269 career Pistons) NBA Draft. • Two-time NBA All-Star (1993, 1994) victories. During his five-year tenure as an assis- Manning has coached 15 NBA draft picks, in- • NBA Sixth Man of the Year (1998) tant coach, Kansas went 164-24 (.872) overall. cluding 10 first-round selections and nine current • Won a bronze medal as a member of the 1988 USA When he arrived in Winston-Salem, Manning NBA players. NBA draft picks during his tenure Olympic Team in Seoul, South Korea was the first coaching hire in ACC basketball include big men Wayne Simien, Julian Wright, COACHING CAREER history to come into the job with NCAA champi- Darrell Arthur, Darnell Jackson, Sasha Kaun, • Assistant Coach with Kansas when the Jayhawks won onships as a player and as a coach to his name. Cole Aldrich, twins Marcus and Markieff Morris, the 2008 NCAA Championship In addition to coaching at the collegiate level, • The Jayhawks won eight straight Big 12 regular season Jeff Withey and Thomas Robinson at Kansas, in titles with Manning on staff Manning has been involved on the international addition to John Collins at Wake Forest. • Coached 15 NBA draft picks as an assistant or head level with USA Basketball. In 2017, he spent the Manning recruited two McDonald’s High coach, including 10 first-round picks summer as an assistant coach on John Calipari’s School All-Americans, including 2010 NBA first- • 2014 Conference USA Coach of the Year at Tulsa, staff of the U19 National Team. In 2018, he as- leading the Golden Hurricane to the league title and the round draft pick Xavier Henry. He also coached NCAA Tournament sisted Self with the U18 National Team. He also two Academic All-Americans in Cole Aldrich and • Led Wake Forest to the 2017 NCAA Tournament previously served as a court coach during U18 Tyrel Reed. • 2016-17 Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award recipient Manning was the MOP of the 1988 Final Four. David Stern greets Manning at the 1988 NBA Draft. Manning played 15 NBA seasons, scoring over 12,000 points. Manning won a NCAA title as an assistant coach at Kansas. Manning led Tulsa to the 2014 NCAA Tournament. Manning guided Wake Forest to the 2017 NCAA Tournament. @WakeMBB 27 wake forest basketball DEACON COACHING STAFF MANNING AS A PLAYER... MANNING AS A COACH... IN COLLEGE ASSISTANT COACH Year Team GP-GS MPG FG-A FG% 3FG-A 3FG% FT-A FT% REB/Avg AST BLK STL PTS/Avg Year School Position Overall Record Conference Highlights 1984-85 KU 34-33 32.9 209-369 .566 - - 78-102 .765 258/7.6 108 34 58 496/14.6 2003-04 Kansas Dir. of Student-Athlete Dev./Team Manager 24-9 12-4 (T-2nd) NCAA Elite Eight 1985-86 KU 39-39 32.2 279-465 .600 - - 95-127 .748 245/6.3 93 46 80 653/16.7 2004-05 Kansas Dir. of Student-Athlete Dev./Team Manager 23-7 12-4 (T-1st) NCAA 1st Round 1986-87 KU 36-36 34.7 347-562 .617 1-3 .333 165-226 .730 342/9.5 64 47 42 860/23.9 2005-06 Kansas Dir.