Danny Manning

Look Ahead — 2022 Coach of the Year: Steve Forbes has Deacons pointed in right direction

December 29, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Steve Forbes couldn’t help but chuckle as he listened to the hyperbole of players Isaiah Mucius and Alondes Williams during their postgame press conference following Wake Forest’s win against Charlotte last week. Mucius, who had […]

Year 1, Take 2: Steve Forbes reboots with Deacons

November 10, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Officially, Steve Forbes is entering his second season as Wake Forest’s basketball coach. But if you ask him, he’ll tell you that he’s still an ACC rookie. Given the obstacles he and his Deacons were […]

Maryland hires ex-Wake coach Danny Manning as assistant

April 26, 2021 The Associated Press

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Maryland hired former Wake Forest coach Danny Manning as an assistant on Mark Turgeon’s staff on Monday, reuniting a couple of old college teammates. Manning, who played with Turgeon at Kansas […]

With a hazy future, college basketball practice gets underway

October 21, 2020 Shawn Krest

College basketball begins its new season the way the last one ended — under a cloud of uncertainty. The COVID-19 outbreak went quickly to DEFCON-1 during conference tournaments last season, going from full arenas to […]

Forbes’ first duty with Deacons? Get Wake’s players to come back

May 6, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Wake Forest has a new basketball coach. Now all it needs is enough players on its roster for that coach, Steve Forbes, to field a team. Forbes was hired last Thursday, less than a week […]

Steve Forbes named new Wake Forest basketball coach

April 30, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Wake Forest wasted little time hiring its new basketball coach. Despite the coronavirus crisis and social distancing rules that made in-person interviews impossible, it took less than a week for Deacons athletic director John Currie […]

Manning’s out — who’s next for Wake?

April 29, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Wake Forest didn’t have to work hard to win the press conference after the debacle of the Jeff Bzdelik era. But it pulled out all the stops anyway. Not only did it hire a recognizable […]

Danny Manning out as Wake Forest coach

April 25, 2020 Cory Lavalette

Danny Manning, who had just one winning season in his six years as coach of the Wake Forest men’s basketball team, will not be back for a seventh season with the Demon Deacons. Wake Forest […]

Brandon Childress’ Wake Forest career ends with a whimper, not a bang

March 10, 2020 Brett Friedlander

GREENSBORO — Brandon Childress didn’t choose to play basketball for Wake Forest because of his father, Randolph. He did because, as he said Tuesday, black and gold is in his blood. Still, the comparisons are […]

Manning’s future in doubt as Deacons finish another losing season