Ed Manning

Ed Manning
No. 35, 16, 22, 42
Power forward
Personal information
Date of birth January 2, 1944(1944-01-02)
Place of birth Summit, Mississippi
Nationality American
Date of death March 4, 2011(2011-03-04) (aged 67)
Place of death Fort Worth, Texas
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
College Jackson State
NBA Draft 1967 / Round: 8 / Pick: 80th overall
Selected by the Baltimore Bullets
Pro career 1967–1978
Career history
19671970 Baltimore Bullets
1970 Chicago Bulls
1970–1971 Portland Trail Blazers
19711974 Carolina Cougars (ABA)
1974–1975 New York Nets (ABA)
1975 Indiana Pacers (ABA)
1978 Carolina Lightning (AABA)
Career NBA and ABA statistics
Points 3,541 (5.9 ppg)
Rebounds 2,717 (4.5 rpg)
Assists 494 (0.8 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Edward (Ed) R. Manning (January 2, 1943 – March 4, 2011[1]) was an American professional basketball player and college and NBA assistant coach. He was the father of former NBA player Danny Manning.

He played college basketball for the Jackson State University Tigers from 1963–1967 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.

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 later served as a scout for the Spurs.

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