Dante Calabria

Dante Calabria
Auxilium Torino
Position Assistant coach
League LBA
EuroCup
Personal information
Born (1973-11-08) November 8, 1973
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
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 2018–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–present Auxilium Torino (assistant)
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 at Keiser University.

College career

Calabria played college basketball at North Carolina under coach Dean Smith from 1992 to 1996.

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]

Since June 2018, Calabria is assistant coach of Larry Brown for the Italian basketball club Auxilium Torino.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Seahawks Move Calabria To Assistant Post". UNCW Athletics. August 29, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
  2. ↑ "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.
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