Ed Manning

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Edward (Ed) R. Manning (born January 2, 1943, in Summit, Mississippi) is a retired American professional basketball player and college and NBA assistant coach. He is the father of former NBA player Danny Manning.

Manning's career as a player took him to several NBA and ABA teams including the Baltimore Bullets where his jersey number was 35, as well as various European franchises. In 1985, he was hired as an assistant basketball coach at the University of Kansas under Larry Brown.

Manning followed Brown in 1988 to San Antonio to serve as an assistant coach for the Spurs, where Brown had been hired as the team's head coach.

Manning would later serve as a scout for the Spurs.

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