Ed Manning

{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (1944–2011)}}

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{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Ed Manning

| image = Ed Manning.png

| width = 200px

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 7

| weight_lb = 210

| birth_date = {{birth date|1943|01|02}}

| birth_place = Summit, Mississippi, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|03|04|1944|01|02}}

| death_place = Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.

| high_school =

| college = Jackson State (1963–1967)

| draft_year = 1967

| draft_round = 8

| draft_pick = 80

| draft_team = Baltimore Bullets

| career_start = 1967

| career_end = 1978

| career_number = 35, 16, 22, 42

| career_position = Power forward

| years1 = {{nbay|1967|start}}–{{nbay|1969|end}}

| team1 = Baltimore Bullets

| years2 = {{nbay|1969|end}}

| team2 = Chicago Bulls

| years3 = {{nbay|1970|full=y}}

| team3 = Portland Trail Blazers

| years4 = 1971–1974

| team4 = Carolina Cougars

| years5 = 1974–1975

| team5 = New York Nets

| years6 = 1975

| team6 = Indiana Pacers

| years7 = 1978

| team7 = Carolina Lightning

| highlights =

| stats_league = NBA and ABA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 3,541 (5.9 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 2,717 (4.5 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 494 (0.8 apg)

| bbr = mannied01

}}

Edward R. Manning (January 2, 1944{{spaced ndash}}March 4, 2011{{Cite web |url=http://www.kansascity.com/2011/03/04/2699952/ed-manning-father-of-danny-and.html |title=Ed Manning, father of Danny and ex-KU assistant, dead at 68 |access-date=2011-03-05 |archive-date=2011-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308184132/http://www.kansascity.com/2011/03/04/2699952/ed-manning-father-of-danny-and.html |url-status=dead }}) was an American professional basketball player and college and National Basketball Association (NBA) assistant coach. He was the father of former NBA player and college coach Danny Manning.

He played college basketball for the Jackson State University Tigers from 1963 to 1967 and scored 1,610 career points. He was a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. Manning was inducted into the Jackson State University Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.{{Cite web|url=http://www2.kusports.com/news/2011/mar/04/ed-manning-father-danny-manning-dies/|title = Danny Manning's father, ed, passes away at 68|date = 4 March 2011}}

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 and Portland Trail Blazers, 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 and Indiana Pacers—averaging 6.6 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mannied01.html|title = Ed Manning NBA/ABA Stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=12 June 2024}} He later played for several professional European teams.{{Cite web |url=http://si.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1121385/1/index.htm |title=Kansas' Larry Brown hired an old truck driver and got a - 10.17.83 - SI Vault |access-date=2014-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075505/http://si.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1121385/1/index.htm |archive-date=2014-04-07 |url-status=dead }}

In 1983, he was hired as an assistant basketball coach at the University of Kansas under Larry Brown and was on the staff of the team that won the 1988 national championship.{{Cite web|url=http://cjonline.com/sports/2011-03-04/ed-manning-danny-mannings-father-dies|title=Ed Manning, Danny Manning's father, dies}} Manning followed Brown to San Antonio 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www2.kusports.com/news/2011/mar/04/ed-manning-father-danny-manning-dies/|title = Danny Manning's father, ed, passes away at 68|date = 4 March 2011}} He died from a heart condition at age 67 in Fort Worth, Texas.{{Cite web|url=http://www2.kusports.com/news/2011/mar/04/ed-manning-father-danny-manning-dies/|title = Danny Manning's father, ed, passes away at 68|date = 4 March 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://blogs.kansas.com/jayhawk/2011/03/04/former-ku-assistant-ed-manning-dies/ |title=Former KU assistant ed Manning dies | Jayhawk Dispatch | Wichita Eagle Blogs |access-date=2014-04-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407073048/http://blogs.kansas.com/jayhawk/2011/03/04/former-ku-assistant-ed-manning-dies/ |archive-date=2014-04-07 }}