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Wake Forest Demon Deacons: How’s Danny Manning Doing?

By John Woodcock

Mar 7, 2017; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Wake Forest Demon Deacons head coach Danny Manning reacts during the second half against the Boston College Eagles during the ACC Conference Tournament at Barclays Center. Wake Forest won 92-78. Mandatory Credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 7, 2017; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Wake Forest Demon Deacons head coach Danny Manning reacts during the second half against the Boston College Eagles during the ACC Conference Tournament at Barclays Center. Wake Forest won 92-78. Mandatory Credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports /
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Mar 25, 2017; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas Jayhawks head coach Bill Self reacts during the second half of the game against the Oregon Ducks in the finals of the Midwest Regional of the 2017 NCAA Tournament at Sprint Center. Oregon defeated Kansas 74-60. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 25, 2017; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas Jayhawks head coach Bill Self reacts during the second half of the game against the Oregon Ducks in the finals of the Midwest Regional of the 2017 NCAA Tournament at Sprint Center. Oregon defeated Kansas 74-60. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports /

Bill Self, 1997-2000
Tulsa Record: 74-27
After Tulsa: 403-93 (Illinois, Kansas)

Oral Roberts coach Bill Self stepped in and continued the good run that Tulsa was on in the 1990s. Self turned that opportunity into the Illinois job where he was equally successful. He is most famous for being the current head coach at Kansas, with a National Championship in 2008 and two trips to the Final Four.

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Buzz Peterson, 2000-1
Tulsa Record: 26-11
Post Tulsa Record: 162-177 (Tennessee, Coastal Carolina, Appalachian State, UNCW)

Appalachian State coach Buzz Peterson came in on a wave of success and cashed in immediately, going to Tennessee. Peterson and Robinson have been the cautionary tales so far. Both spent the smallest amount of time at Tulsa and therefore had the weakest resumes of the other coaches on this list. Neither saw a recruiting class graduate. Therefore neither had to consistently develop the players that were there.

John Phillips, 2001-5
Tulsa Record: 61-42
Phillips also does not much to tell us. Things took a down turn in his last two years and he quit.

Doug Wojcik, 2005-12
Tulsa Record: 140-92
After Tulsa Record: 38-29 (College of Charleston)
Wojcik also does not fit our main idea, because he was fired because he was not winning enough even though he only turned in one losing season.

So finally we look at the last entry and the most important one:

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