Pace Shewan Mannion (born September 22, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and in the Italian league with the team of Cantù (which won the FIBA Korać Cup in 1991 defeating Real Madrid in the final when he scored 35 points).
He has worked as a studio analyst for the Utah Jazz television pre- and post-game shows.
Mannion played for the Rockford Lightning of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 1987 to 1989 and was selected to the All-CBA First Team in 1989.
[1] In 1983, a group of Rice University students at Wiess College started the Pace Mannion Fan Club after watching him trip over his own feet while taking a breakaway layup during the NCAA playoffs.
[2][3] On January 14, 1986, Mannion and the Utah Jazz came to play the Houston Rockets, who had a 20-game home unbeaten streak.