University of Missouri Athletics

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Made 12 postseason appearances in 17seasons as an assistant coach, including 10 in his last 11 campaigns and two at Mizzou. 
• Reached the NCAA Tournament 10times, helping steer five of the six programs he's coached in his career to the Big Dance.
• Won conference titles at four different schools, including three regular season championships (2003 at Central Michigan, 2004 at Western Michigan and 2017 at Oakland) and four conference tournament championships (2003 at Central Michigan, 2004 at Western Michigan, 2014 at Iowa State and 2015 at Iowa State).
• Won the 2010 NIT Championship at Dayton
• Reached the Sweet 16 at Iowa State in 2014.
• Won an NCAA Tournament game at three different institutions, including Central Michigan, Dayton and Iowa State.

PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

• Helped recruit, mentor and develop eight NBA draftees from four different programs in his career.
  • Mizzou: Michael Porter, Jr.
  • Iowa State: Monte Morris, Abdel Nader, Georges Niang, Royce White
  • Dayton: Chris Johnson, Chris Wright
  • Central Michigan: Chris Kaman
• Coached six All-Americans (Monte Morris, two-time winner Georges Niang, Royce White, Melvin Ejim and DeAndre Kane)
• Lead recruiter for Miami Heat star Kendrick Nunn at Oakland.
• Recruited, coached and developed Western Michigan's David Kool, the all-time leading scorer in Mid-American Conference history.

BIOGRAPHY

Cornell Mann was brought on to Cuonzo Martin’s coaching staff as an assistant coach in April 2017, traveling to Columbia, Missouri, with a wealth of championship basketball experience. He enters his third season at Mizzou. Previously at Iowa State from 2011-15, Mann was on staff at Oakland for the 2016-17 campaign. Mann brings NCAA Tournament coaching experience from five different schools to Martin’s staff, including a run of four consecutive NCAA berths with the Cyclones.

In first his first season at Mizzou, the Tigers qualified for their first NCAA Tournament since 2013, and recorded their first 20-win season in four years. Mann was the lead recruiter for First Team All-SEC guard Kassius Robertson, who led Mizzou in scoring in 2017-18. Mizzou battled to the 15-win mark in 2018-19 during an injury-riddled campaign, suffering just four losses to non-NCAA Tournament teams and two losses to teams who didn't reach a postseason. The Tigers are set to return 64 percent of their scoring production in 2019-20.

Mann helped steer Mizzou to an impressive 2020-21 season, in which the Tigers went 16-10 and secured an NCAA Tournament berth for the second time in four seasons. In 2020-21, Mizzou spent 11 consecutive weeks in the AP Top 25, reaching as high as No. 10 nationally for the first time since Jan. 7, 2013. With Mann and company, the squad went undefeated in nonconference play, and finished the season with three wins over Top 10 teams (No. 6 Illinois, No. 6 Tennessee and No. 10 Alabama) in the same campaign for the first time since 2011-12. The Tigers finished the regular season as one of 13 teams nationally with seven Quad 1 victories, and totaled a 9-4 record against the 2021 NCAA Tournament field, beating six conference champions along the way.

In his time at Iowa State, Mann recruited and tutored one of the top point guards in college basketball in Flint, Michigan, native Monte Morris, who finished his Iowa State career with the best assist-to-turnover ratio in NCAA history (4.65-1). Morris remains the Cyclones' all-time assists leader. 

Mann was on staff at Dayton (2008-11) for three-straight postseason berths. In his first season with the Flyers, Mann helped coach Dayton to the second-most wins in school history (27) and a second round NCAA Tournament appearance.

Prior to Dayton, Mann served stints on coaching staffs at Western Michigan (2003-08) and Central Michigan (2001-03), with the Broncos making a Big Dance appearance in 2004 and the Chippewas advancing to the tournament in 2003, respectively.

A native of Royal Oak Township, Michigan, Mann earned a degree in family development from Akron in 1995, playing his final three seasons of eligibility for the Zips after starting his collegiate career at Colorado. He then earned his master's degree at Iowa State in 2014. Mann has two children, a daughter, Cyncere, and a son, Maliq, and is engaged to his fiancee Justina Phillips.