Dante Calabria
Barry Buccaneers | |
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Position | Assistant coach |
League | Sunshine State Conference |
Personal information | |
Born | Pottstown, Pennsylvania | November 8, 1973
Nationality | Italian / American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Blackhawk (Chippewa, Pennsylvania) |
College | North Carolina (1992–1996) |
NBA draft | 1996: undrafted |
Playing career | 1996–2010 |
Position | Shooting guard |
Coaching career | 2012–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: | |
2018–2019 | Auxilium Torino (assistant) |
2019–present | Barry (assistant) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Dante John Calabria (born November 8, 1973) is an Italian-American former professional basketball player and coach. He is currently an assistant coach at Barry University.
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]
In June 2018, Calabria became an assistant coach of Larry Brown for the Italian basketball club Auxilium Torino.[2]
References
- ^ "Seahawks Move Calabria To Assistant Post". UNCW Athletics. August 29, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
- ^ "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.
External links
- Serie A profile (in Italian) Retrieved 11 August 2015
- UNCW coaching bio
- 1973 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Greece
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American men's basketball players
- Aris B.C. players
- Barry Buccaneers men's basketball coaches
- Basket Livorno players
- Basketball players at the 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players at the 1995 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
- Basketball players from Pennsylvania
- Élan Béarnais players
- Fort Wayne Fury players
- Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna players
- Italian men's basketball players
- JDA Dijon Basket players
- Lega Basket Serie A players
- Liga ACB players
- North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball players
- Olimpia Milano players
- Pallacanestro Cantù players
- Pallacanestro Treviso players
- Pallacanestro Trieste players
- Shooting guards
- UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball coaches
- Valencia Basket players
- Vanoli Cremona players