Ricky Manning Jr. enters his first season as the corners coach for the Raiders in 2024. A six-year NFL veteran as a player, Manning Jr. brings with him 12 years of coaching experience, including five seasons coaching in the NFL ranks.
Prior to joining the Silver and Black, Manning Jr. served as the New York Jets defensive assistant from 2021-22 before being promoted to defensive backs/nickels in 2023.
Last season, Manning helped the Jets finish fifth in the NFL in fewest passing yards allowed per game (168.3), second in passes defensed (88), tied for eighth in interceptions (17), and third in opponent completion percentage (60%). During the 2022 season, Manning helped contribute to the success of the team's cornerbacks, including D.J. Reed and rookie Sauce Gardner, a duo that ranked top 10 in the NFL in yards per reception, reception percentage, yards after catch, passer rating allowed, and total yards allowed. Gardner earned Defensive Rookie of the Year and first-team All-Pro honors, in addition to being selected to the 2022 Pro Bowl, after leading the League in passes defensed (20). While Reed finished with a career-high 12 passes defensed and 80 tackles, the seventh-best rank among all cornerbacks in the NFL that season. Manning also helped develop CB Michael Carter II into one of the top-performing nickels in the league, where he set single-season highs in tackles, interceptions, and passes defensed, against the run, he recorded a 5.0% stop percentage, the fifth best among all corners with at least 200 snaps against the run. Additionally, he posted the same strong numbers against the pass, ranking fifth in stop percentage (3.7%), among all cornerbacks with at least 400 snaps against the pass. Only five corners ranked in the top 10 in both run and pass stop percentage in 2022, while his average rankings (fifth and fifth) were the second-best among the top five.
Manning Jr. got his first NFL coaching job with the Seattle Seahawks, where he spent two seasons (2016-17) as the assistant defensive backs coach, helping the Seahawks defense rank in the top 10 in opponent completion percentage and passer rating allowed, while finishing in the top five in passing defense. Under Manning's guidance, both CB Richard Sherman (2016) and S Earl Thomas (2017) were Pro Bowl selections, while rookie CB Shaquill Griffin (2017) registered a career-high 15 passes defensed.
Manning Jr. coached at Fresno State (2015) and Fresno City College (2013-14), after beginning his coaching career as the head coach at his alma mater, Edison (CA) HS (2012). Before joining the Jets staff, he served as a defensive back coach (2018-19) before being promoted to the defensive coordinator (2020) at Clovis North (CA) HS.
PERSONAL: Starting 45 consecutive games for UCLA, the second-longest streak in school history, Manning Jr. was a three-time first-team All-Pac 10 selection, finishing his career with 13 interceptions, a top 10 total in Bruins history… An NFL veteran for six seasons, Manning, Jr. played in 84 games (38 starts) with the Carolina Panthers (2003-05), Chicago Bears (2006-07) and Rams (2008)…Appeared in two Super Bowls…Registered 14 interceptions in the regular season – adding another five in the postseason – scoring three defensive touchdowns (two INT returns and one fumble return)…Following his NFL career, he played in the UFL for the Florida/Virginia franchise…Manning and his wife, Tosha, have four sons, Ricky III, Kingsley, Brayley, and Brody.
