Dante Calabria

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Dante Calabria
Pistoia Basket 2000
Position Head coach
League LBA
Personal information
Born (1973-11-08) November 8, 1973 (age 51)
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
NationalityItalian / American
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school Blackhawk
(Chippewa, Pennsylvania)
College North Carolina (1992–1996)
NBA draft 1996: undrafted
Playing career1996–2010
Position Shooting guard
Coaching career2012–present
Career history
As player:
1996–1997 Bini Viaggi Livorno
1997–1998 Fort Wayne Fury
1998–1999 JDA Dijon
1999 Pau Orthez
2000 Aris B.C.
2000–2001 Telit Trieste
2001–2002 Pamesa Valencia
2002–2003 Benetton Treviso
2003–2004 Oregon Scientific Cantú
2004–2007 Armani Jeans Milano
2007–2008 Upim Bologna
2008–2009 Triboldi Soresina
2010 Igea Sant'Antimo
As coach:
2011–2013 UNC Wilmington (assistant)
2014–2015 Montverde Academy
2015Basket Taranto
2016–2017 Keiser University (assistant)
2017–2018 Keiser University
2018–2019 Auxilium Torino (assistant)
2019–2021 Barry (assistant)
2022–2024 Bethel Park HS
2024–present Pistoia Basket 2000
Career highlights and awards

Dante John Calabria (born November 8, 1973) is an Italian-American former professional basketball player and coach. He is currently the head coach of Pistoia Basket 2000 of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

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College career

Calabria played college basketball at North Carolina under coach Dean Smith from 1992 to 1996. He was a member of the Tar Heels’ 1993 national championship team.

Professional career

He moved to Europe for his professional career, spending a good part of it in the Italian Serie A.

International career

A dual national of United States and Italy, he played for the Italy national basketball team.

Coaching career

In 2011, Calabria was named director of basketball operations at UNC Wilmington under coach Buzz Peterson. In 2012, he was moved to a full assistant role with the departure of Brooks Lee. [1] Calabria then had coaching stints at Montverde Academy in Florida and at Basket Taranto in Italy, before joining NAIA school Keiser University as an assistant coach under Rollie Massimino. [2] After Massimino's death, Calabria was named Keiser's Interim Head Coach in September 2017, [3] with the Interim tag being removed in January 2018. [4]

In June 2018, Calabria became an assistant coach of Larry Brown for the Italian basketball club Auxilium Torino. [5] Calabria spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Barry University in Florida. He resigned in September 2021. [6] On May 25, 2022, he was named the head basketball coach of Bethel Park High School in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. [7]

On July 17, 2024, he signed with Pistoia Basket 2000 of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Seahawks Move Calabria To Assistant Post". UNCW Athletics. August 29, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
  2. ↑ "West Xtra: Blackhawk grad is quite the 'playwright'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  3. ↑ "Calabria Named Interim Head Men's Basketball Coach". Keiser University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  4. ↑ "Keiser University Removes Interim Tag from Dante Calabria; Officially Names former UNC Standout as Second Head Coach in Program History". HoopDirt. 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  5. ↑ "Larry Brown è a Torino: il momento della firma sul contratto con la Fiat" [Larry Brown is in Turin: the moment of the sign on the contract with Fiat] (in Italian). Sportando.basketball. June 17, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Calabria Resigns As Assistant Men's Basketball Coach". Barry University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  7. ↑ "Dante Calabria Named Bethel Park High School Head Basketball Coach". InsideCarolina.com. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  8. ↑ "Estra Pistoia Basket, accordo triennale con coach Dante Calabria". pistoiabasket2000.com (in Italian). August 1, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
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