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 | |
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 Division I Men's Final Four
- Basketball players at the 1995 NCAA Division I Men's 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