BIOGRAPHY:

Danny Manning, one of the greatest players in Kansas basketball history, is in his second season on the KU men's basketball staff and his first as Director of Basketball Operations. Last year Manning was the Director of Student-Athlete Development/Team Manager at KU.

A Jayhawk legend, Manning is Kansas' all-time leading scorer and rebounder, racking up 2,951 points and 1,187 boards in his illustrious four-year career. Manning, the eighth all-time leading scorer in NCAA history, was named a consensus first-team All-America selection in 1987 and 1988, the consensus College Player of the Year in 1988 and he was a three-time Big Eight Conference Player of the Year (1986, 1987 and 1988).

Manning was named the 1988 NCAA Final Four Most Valuable Player en route to leading the Jayhawks to an 83-79 victory over Oklahoma for the 1988 national championship -- KU's most recent title. He was also named the MVP of the NCAA Midwest Regional in 1986 and 1987.

The No. 1 overall pick in the 1988 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Clippers, Manning played for seven different teams -- the Clippers, Hawks, Suns, Bucks, Jazz, Mavericks and Pistons. He boasts career averages of 14.0 points and 5.2 rebounds per game over his NBA career, spanning 883 total games. Manning was a two-time NBA All-Star (1993 and 1994), and won the league's Sixth Man Award in 1998.

The 38-year old Manning and his wife, Julie, reside in Lawrence with their daughter, Taylor, and their son, Evan.

— Courtesy of KU Athletic Corp.