On Thursday, Florida State basketball announced that Terance Mann, Florida State’s men's all-time leader in games played and 48th pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, would be joining FSU head coach Luke Loucks’ front office as assistant general manager. Former college stars around the NBA, such as Steph Curry and Trae Young, are assuming roles in their alma mater’s programs.
Once a Nole, always a Nole! Pumped to welcome Terance Mann back as Assistant General Manager. Let’s get to work! pic.twitter.com/A8uVy9Xuu3
— Florida State Men’s Basketball (@FSUHoops) April 3, 2025
Mann, a current NBA player with the Atlanta Hawks, will continue playing, and the details of his role were not made clear. However, he is closer to home after being traded to ATL from the Los Angeles Clippers during last February’s trade deadline, the first time Mann moved teams to that point in his professional career. He is in the first season of a 3-year, $47 million contract.
Mann’s bio from seminoles.com
The 48th pick in the 2019 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Clippers…graduated from Florida State on May 4, 2019 as he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science…one of the top players in school history who led the Seminoles to three NCAA Tournaments and who was a member of the winningest senior class in school history with 98 victories…played in a school record 140 career games…Florida State’s captain as a senior…a two-time All-ACC Honorable Mention selection (2018 and 2019), named to the 2019 All-ACC Tournament Second Team, to the 2019 NCAA Tournament West Regional All-Region Team, the 2017 Jamaica Classic All-Tournament Team and to the 2018 AdvoCare Invitational All-Tournament Team…finished his career 20th in school history with 1,322 career points, tied for eighth in school history with 101 career starts, 14th in school history with 710 career rebounds, 15th in school history with a career-field goal shooting percentage of .552, 19th in school history with 505 career field goals made, 19th in school history with 385 career free throws attempted and 21st in school history with 258 career free throws made…helped the Seminoles to the Elite Eight of the 2018 NCAA Tournament, to the Sweet 16 of the 2019 NCAA Tournament and to the Second round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament…played in four career post season tournaments as he helped Florida State to the second round of the 2016 NIT as a freshman…played in nine career NCAA Tournament games and 11 career postseason games in his career…averaged a career-high 14.0 points and a career-high 7.7 rebounds in three games during the 2019 NCAA Tournament…became just the 37th player in school history to score 1,000 or more career points and finished his career ranked 20th in school history with 1,322 career points – he completed his career as just one of 20 players in school history to score 1,300 or more career points…finished his career with 1,322 career points, 710 career rebounds, 269 career assists and 112 career steals…one of college basketball’s ultimate “Stat Sheet Stuffers”, Mann is one of only three Seminole players in school history with at least 1,300 points, 600 rebounds, 200 assists and 100 steals…in 2018 Florida State reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament with victories over No. 8 Missouri (March 16, 2018, 67-54), No. 1 Xavier (March 18, 2018, 75-70) and No. 4 seed Gonzaga (March 22, 75-60) as the Seminoles defeated three higher seeds in the same NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history…the Seminoles fell to No. 3 seed Michigan (March 24, 2018, 58-54) to finish the season just one win shy of the second final four appearance in school history…the Seminoles were a No. 3 seed in the West Region of the 2017 NCAA Tournament and a No. 9 seed in the West Region of the 2018 NCAA Tournament…in 2019 Florida State reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament with victories over No. 14 seed Vermont (March 21, 2019, 76-69) and No. 12 seeded Murray State (March 23, 2019, 90-62)…it marked just the second time in school history Florida State had advanced to the Sweet 16 in consecutive seasons…Florida State defeated 21 nationally ranked teams during his career including a school record tying seven during the 2016-17 season…among those wins over nationally ranked teams are No. 5 Florida (Dec. 4, 2017, 83-66), No. 11 Florida (Dec. 11, 2016, 83-78), No. 7 Duke (Jan. 10, 2017; 88-72), No. 11 North Carolina (Jan. 3, 2018; 81-80) and a total of eight of the Seminoles’ 14 ACC opponents including Clemson, Duke, Louisville, Miami, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Virginia and Virginia Tech…a major factor in the Seminoles’ two victories over nationally ranked teams in the 2018 NCAA Tournament – No. 3 Xavier and No. 8 Gonzaga – in the 2018 NCAA Tournament…the Seminoles defeated six nationally ranked teams including No. 2 ranked and 2019 National Champion Virginia in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament (March 15, 2019; 69-59) to advance to the Championship Game of the ACC Tournament for just the third time in school history…finished his career ranked 15th in school history with a career field goal shooting percentage of .552…finished his career as one of only 16 players in school history to shoot .550 or better from the field during their careers…his .576 field goal percentage during his sophomore season is ranked as the 19th best for a single-season in school history…with Mann in the Seminoles’ lineup, Florida State averaged 24.5 wins in his four seasons…the Seminoles set the school record for wins in a season with 29 during his senior season (2018-19)…the Seminoles finished the 2018-19 season with a 29-8 record – a record that included a school record 13 ACC victories…Florida State was 20-14 during his freshman season…helped Florida State to a near school record 26 wins, a school record tying 12-6 record in ACC play, a school-record tying second place finish in the ACC standings and to a school-record tying No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament in his second season as a Seminole…led Florida State to 23 wins as a junior…captained the Seminoles to a 29-8 record as a senior as the Seminoles set the school record for overall wins (29) and ACC victories (13) in a single season…a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) at Florida State…earned two awards at the Seminoles’ Honors 2016 Banquet – the Mr. Hustle Award and the Best Field Goal Percentage Award…earned the Mr. Hustle Award at the Seminoles’ Honors Banquet in 2017 – the second consecutive year he won the award…presented with the Bob Sura Offensive Player of the Year Award at the Seminoles’ 2018 Basketball Honors Banquet…at the Seminoles’ 2019 Honors Banquet, Mann accepted awards for the best individual free throw percentage, the best individual 3-point field goal percentage, the Dave Cowens Chairman of the Boards award as the team’s top rebounder, while sharing the Bob Sura Outstanding Offensive Player Award with teammate Mfiondu Kabengele…Mann became a two-time winner of the Bob Sura Outstanding Offensive Player award after also winning the award during the 2018 season…a semifinalist for the 2019 John R. Wooden Citizenship Cup, a candidate for the 2019 Senior CLASS award and named as a nominee for the 2018 NABC Give Back Team which recognizes players around the country for their community service efforts…earned an ACC Top Six Award at Florida State’s Annual Golden Nole banquet in 2018…the award goes to six student-athletes from each ACC school who have gone above and beyond in serving their communities…