Saturday, April 23, 2011

Ed Manning, American basketball player (Baltimore Bullets) and coach (San Antonio Spurs), died from a heart condition he was , 68.

Edward (Ed) R. Manning was an American professional basketball player and college and NBA assistant coach. He was the father of former NBA player Danny Manning died from a heart condition he was , 68..
He played college basketball for the Jackson State University Tigers from 1963–1967 scored 1,610 career points.

(January 2, 1943 – March 4, 2011)

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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