Updated: March 29, 2012, 7:03 PM ET

NEW ORLEANS -- Danny Manning's last game as a player at Kansas ended with a national title. He hopes his last game as an assistant coach for the Jayhawks does, too.

Manning has agreed to become the head coach of Tulsa, joining Barry Hinson as the second assistant from coach Bill Self's staff to announce their departure during the week of the Final Four. Both coaches will assume their new duties after Kansas is done in New Orleans.

Danny Manning has shaped Kansas into one of the nation's best programs at developing post players. He's proved he's more than ready for his next challenge at Tulsa, writes Jason King. Story

The Jayhawks play Ohio State in the national semifinals Saturday night.

"Right now my focus is on Kansas and its participation in the Final Four," Manning said in a statement released by Tulsa on Thursday. "We've worked extremely hard to get to this point, and we want to keep it going for another few days."

Tulsa officials are planning an introductory news conference next week, and the notoriously media shy Manning managed to slip away from practice Thursday unnoticed.

His move comes after Hinson, the Jayhawks' director of basketball operations, accepted the job at Southern Illinois. He was introduced Wednesday before rejoining Kansas in New Orleans.

Jamie Squire/Getty ImagesDanny Manning, right, has earned a reputation as one of the elite coaches of big men. He helped mold Thomas Robinson into one of the nation's top players and a lottery pick.

"We've been fortunate. We had two guys get jobs yesterday, and I don't know how much that happens," Self said Thursday afternoon at the Superdome. "The big thing for me is when I told those respective schools, I said, 'I'm fine, but let's do it now. I don't want the rumors and to have to lie and say you haven't taken a job. Hey, let's get it out of the way now.'"

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