Edward R. Manning (January 2, 1944March 4, 2011) was an American professional

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player and college and

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(NBA) assistant coach. He was the father of former NBA player and college coach

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. He played college basketball for the

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Tigers from 1963 to 1967 and scored 1,610 career points. He was a member of the

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fraternity. Manning was inducted into the Jackson State University Sports Hall of Fame in 2003. He was drafted in the eighth round (80th overall) of the

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by the Baltimore Bullets. In four NBA seasons with the Bullets,

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and

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, Manning averaged 5.1 points and 4.5 rebounds per game. He then played five seasons in the ABA—three with the

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and one each with the

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and

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—averaging 6.6 points and 4.5 rebounds per game. He later played for several professional European teams. In 1983, he was hired as an assistant basketball coach at the

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under Larry Brown and was on the staff of the team that won the 1988 national championship. Manning followed Brown to

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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. He died from a heart condition at age 67 in

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NBA stats
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