Education
McManus, who attended Saint Ambrose Academy (now Assumption High School) and Saint Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, coached his high school alma mater from 1950 to 1958.
McManus, who attended Saint Ambrose Academy (now Assumption High School) and Saint Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, coached his high school alma mater from 1950 to 1958.
After a year as an assistant at Iowa, McManus was named head coach and athletic director at Creighton in Omaha, Nebraska. He led the Bluejays to a 138–118 record from 1959 to 1969 and took the program to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament appearances in 1962 and 1964. McManus died on July 23, 2013 under hospice care in Omaha.
He was 88.
