Edward R. Manning (January 2, 1944March 4, 2011) was an American professional
basketball
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player and college and
National Basketball Association
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(NBA) assistant coach. He was the father of former NBA player and college coach
Danny Manning
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.
He played college basketball for the
Jackson State University
Jackson State University (Jackson State or JSU) is a public historically black research university in Jackson, Mississippi. It is one of the largest HBCUs in the United States and the fourth largest university in Mississippi in terms of studen ...
Tigers from 1963 to 1967 and scored 1,610 career points. He was a member of the
Kappa Alpha Psi
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fraternity. Manning was inducted into the Jackson State University Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.
He was drafted in the eighth round (80th overall) of the
1967 NBA draft by the
Baltimore Bullets. In four NBA seasons with the Bullets,
Chicago Bulls
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and
Portland Trail Blazers
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, Manning averaged 5.1 points and 4.5 rebounds per game. He then played five seasons in the ABA—three with the
Carolina Cougars and one each with the
New York Nets
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and
Indiana Pacers—averaging 6.6 points and 4.5 rebounds per game. He later played for several professional European teams.
In 1983, he was hired as an assistant basketball coach at the
University of Kansas
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under
Larry Brown and was on the staff of the team that won the 1988 national championship. Manning followed Brown to
San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom")
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in 1988 to serve as an assistant coach for the
Spurs, where Brown had been hired as the team's head coach.
Manning later served as a scout for the Spurs. He died from a heart condition at age 67 in
Fort Worth, Texas
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.
References
External links
NBA statsat basketballreference.com
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1943 births
2011 deaths
African-American basketball players
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Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973) draft picks
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Basketball coaches from Mississippi
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Carolina Cougars players
Chicago Bulls players
Indiana Pacers players
Jackson State Tigers basketball players
Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball coaches
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