1. Daniel Ricardo Manning was born on May 17,1966 and is an American college basketball coach and former professional player who is an assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Colorado.
35 Facts About Danny Manning
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Danny Manning played high-school basketball at Walter Hines Page High School in Greensboro, North Carolina, as well as Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Kansas.
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Danny Manning played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks, and played in the National Basketball Association for 14 years.
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Danny Manning won the national championship with the Jayhawks in 1988 as a player, and again as an assistant in 2008.
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Danny Manning is the all-time leading scorer in Kansas basketball history with 2,951 points.
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Danny Manning is the son of Ed Danny Manning, who was a longtime NBA and ABA player and professional and college coach.
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Danny Manning led the Jayhawks to the 1988 NCAA title as a senior, leaving KU as its all-time leading scorer and rebounder.
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Danny Manning was the all-time leading scorer in Big Eight Conference history with 2,951 career points.
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Danny Manning won the Wooden, Naismith, and NABC awards as the college player of the year in 1988.
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Danny Manning is the twelfth all-time leading scorer in NCAA Basketball history, behind Oscar Robertson.
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Danny Manning was selected to the last all-collegiate USA national basketball team in 1988, which competed at the Summer Olympics against all-professional Soviet and Yugoslavian teams in Seoul, South Korea.
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Danny Manning was drafted with the first overall pick by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 1988 NBA draft.
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Danny Manning was selected as an All-Star the following season.
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On February 24,1994, Danny Manning was traded to the Atlanta Hawks for Dominique Wilkins and a first-round draft pick.
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Danny Manning holds the distinction of being the first NBA player to have returned to play after reconstructive surgeries on both knees.
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Danny Manning spent the final three years of his career with the Utah Jazz, Dallas Mavericks, and Detroit Pistons.
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In 2001, Danny Manning headed to Dallas to play for Hall of Fame coach Don Nelson.
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Danny Manning finished his NBA career in Detroit playing for head coach Rick Carlisle.
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Danny Manning 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.
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Danny 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.
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Danny Manning coached 12 NBA draft picks, including eight first-round selections.
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Danny Manning recruited two McDonald's High School All-Americans, including the 2010 NBA first-round draft pick and Oklahoman Xavier Henry.
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Danny Manning 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.
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Danny Manning was named the 2014 Conference USA Coach of the Year.
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Danny Manning was a finalist for two national Coach of the Year awards including the Jim Phelan Award and the Ben Jobe Award.
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Danny Manning guided 14 players who went on to play professionally, including NBA players John Collins and Jaylen Hoard.
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In 2014, Danny Manning served as a court coach at the 2014 USA Men's U18 National Team training camp with coaches Billy Donovan, Ed Cooley and Sean Miller.
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In 2021, Danny Manning joined the coaching staff of his former Kansas teammate Mark Turgeon at Maryland.
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Danny Manning was hired as Associate Head Basketball Coach at the University of Louisville on April 15,2022.
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On May 7,2024, Danny Manning was hired as an assistant coach at the University of Colorado.
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Danny Manning served as a color commentator for Westwood One's radio coverage of the 2021 NCAA tournament.
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Danny Manning is the son of former NBA player, Ed Danny Manning.
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Danny Manning's own son, Evan, was a walk-on for the men's basketball team at Kansas where he played for four seasons and is a graduate assistant at Gonzaga, later an assistant coach at Army West Point, and currently Director of Basketball Operations at the University of Arizona, while his daughter, Taylor, was a member of the Kansas volleyball team.
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Danny Manning was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame on November 23,2008.
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Danny Manning is a member of the Lawrence High School Hall of Fame.