:Dante Calabria

{{Short description|Italian-American basketball player and coach}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Dante Calabria

| image =

| league = LBA

| team = Pistoia Basket 2000

| position = Head coach

| height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5

| weight_lbs = 175

| nationality = Italian / American

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|11|8}}

| birth_place = Pottstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| high_school = Blackhawk
(Chippewa, Pennsylvania)

| college = North Carolina (1992–1996)

| draft_year = 1996

| career_start = 1996

| career_end = 2010

| career_number =

| career_position = Shooting guard

| coach_start = 2012

| coach_end =

| years1 = 1996–1997 | team1 = Bini Viaggi Livorno

| years2 = 1997–1998 | team2 = Fort Wayne Fury

| years3 = 1998–1999 | team3 = JDA Dijon

| years4 = 1999 | team4 = Pau Orthez

| years5 = 2000 | team5 = Aris B.C.

| years6 = 2000–2001 | team6 = Telit Trieste

| years7 = 2001–2002 | team7 = Pamesa Valencia

| years8 = 2002–2003 | team8 = Benetton Treviso

| years9 = 2003–2004 | team9 = Oregon Scientific Cantú

| years10 = 2004–2007 | team10 = Armani Jeans Milano

| years11 = 2007–2008 | team11 = Upim Bologna

| years12 = 2008–2009 | team12 = Triboldi Soresina

| years13 = 2010 | team13 = Igea Sant'Antimo

| cyears1 = 2011–2013 | cteam1 = UNC Wilmington (assistant)

| cyears2 = 2014–2015 | cteam2 = Montverde Academy

| cyears3 = 2015 | cteam3 = Basket Taranto

| cyears4 = 2016–2017 | cteam4 = Keiser University (assistant)

| cyears5 = 2017–2018 | cteam5 = Keiser University

| cyears6 = 2018–2019 | cteam6 = Auxilium Torino (assistant)

| cyears7 = 2019–2021 | cteam7 = Barry (assistant)

| cyears8 = 2022–2024 | cteam8 = Bethel Park HS

| cyears9 = 2024–present | cteam9 = Pistoia Basket 2000

| highlights =

NCAA champion (1993)
Third-team All-ACC (1996)

}}

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).

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.{{cite web| title = Seahawks Move Calabria To Assistant Post | publisher = UNCW Athletics| date = August 29, 2012 | url =http://www.uncwsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=92931&SPID=11332&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205671329&DB_OEM_ID=19800| accessdate = August 30, 2012}} 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.{{Cite web |title=West Xtra: Blackhawk grad is quite the 'playwright' |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/college/2016/01/29/West-Xtra-17/stories/201601290045 |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |language=en}} After Massimino's death, Calabria was named Keiser's Interim Head Coach in September 2017,{{Cite web |title=Calabria Named Interim Head Men's Basketball Coach |url=https://kuseahawks.com/news/2017/9/15/calabria-named-interim-head-mens-basketball-coach.aspx?path=mbball |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=Keiser University Athletics |language=en}} with the Interim tag being removed in January 2018.{{Cite web |date=2018-01-25 |title=Keiser University Removes Interim Tag from Dante Calabria; Officially Names former UNC Standout as Second Head Coach in Program History |url=https://hoopdirt.com/keiser-university-removes-interim-tag-dante-calabria-officially-names-former-unc-standout-second-head-coach-program-history/ |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=HoopDirt |language=en-US}}

In June 2018, Calabria became an assistant coach of Larry Brown for the Italian basketball club Auxilium Torino.{{cite web| title = Larry Brown è a Torino: il momento della firma sul contratto con la Fiat | publisher = Sportando.basketball| date = June 17, 2018 | url =https://sportando.basketball/it/italia/serie-a/277497/larry-brown-e-a-torino-il-momento-della-firma-sul-contratto-con-la-fiat.html |language=Italian |trans-title=Larry Brown is in Turin: the moment of the sign on the contract with Fiat}} Calabria spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Barry University in Florida. He resigned in September 2021.{{Cite web |title=Calabria Resigns As Assistant Men's Basketball Coach |url=https://gobarrybucs.com/news/2021/9/22/mens-basketball-calabria-resigns-as-assistant-mens-basketball-coach.aspx |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=Barry University Athletics |language=en}} On May 25, 2022, he was named the head basketball coach of Bethel Park High School in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.{{Cite web |title=Dante Calabria Named Bethel Park High School Head Basketball Coach |url=https://247sports.com/college/north-carolina/Article/Dante-Calabria-Named-Bethel-Park-High-School-Head-Basketball-Coach-187969689/ |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=InsideCarolina.com |language=en-US}}

On July 17, 2024, he signed with Pistoia Basket 2000 of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).{{Cite web|url=https://www.pistoiabasket2000.com/home/estra-pistoia-basket-accordo-triennale-con-coach-dante-calabria/|title=Estra Pistoia Basket, accordo triennale con coach Dante Calabria|last=|first=|date=August 1, 2024|website=pistoiabasket2000.com|publisher=|language=it|access-date=August 17, 2024}}

References

External links

[http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=CAL-DAN-73 Serie A profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061041/http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=CAL-DAN-73 |date=2016-03-04 }} {{in lang|it}} Retrieved 11 August 2015
[https://archive.today/20130205032139/http://www.uncwsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=92924&SPID=11332&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=19800&ATCLID=205372319&Q_SEASON=2012 UNCW coaching bio]

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