Joe Callero

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|8|27}}

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| alma_mater = Central Washington

| coach_years1 = 1989–1992

| coach_team1 = Highline CC

| coach_years2 = 1992–1995

| coach_team2 = Sumner HS

| coach_years3 = 1995–1998

| coach_team3 = Highline CC

| coach_years4 = 1998–1999

| coach_team4 = USC (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 1999–2001

| coach_team5 = Puget Sound

| coach_years6 = 2001–2009

| coach_team6 = Seattle

| coach_years7 = 2009–2019

| coach_team7 = Cal Poly

| overall_record = 259–291

| coach_team8 = Rogers HS

| coach_years8 = 2021-2022

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| championships = Great Northwest regular season (2007)
Big West tournament (2014)

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Joseph Dominic Callero (born August 26, 1962){{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careercoach|title = NCAA® Career Statistics}} is an American college basketball coach, most recently the head men's basketball coach at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly).{{Cite web|url=https://www.coachesdatabase.com/joe-callero-fired-cal-poly/|title=Joe Callero will not return as Cal Poly head coach|first=Coaches|last=Database|date=March 7, 2019|website=Coaches Database}} He replaced outgoing coach Kevin Bromley in 2009.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=4038382|title=Cal Poly taps Seattle U's Callero as hoops coach|date=April 3, 2009|website=ESPN.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com|title=The Seattle Times | Local news, sports, business, politics, entertainment, travel, restaurants and opinion for Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.|website=www.seattletimes.com}}

Prior to accepting the job at Cal Poly, Callero spent eight seasons as the head coach at Seattle University.

Callero grew up with his Italian Catholic family in Enumclaw, Washington, and is one of 16 children.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/columns/story?columnist=katz_andy&id=4223825|title=Katz: Callero has been fighting since Day 1|date=June 2, 2009|website=ESPN.com}} He is married to his wife of 25 years, Erika and has a 21-year-old daughter.

Head coaching record

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|name=Puget Sound Loggers

|startyear=1999

|conference=Northwest Conference{{Cite web |title=Northwest Conference Men's Basketball History |url=http://static.psbin.com/2/u/y596idmx9h6co5/NorthwestConferenceHistory.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120070035/http://static.psbin.com/2/u/y596idmx9h6co5/NorthwestConferenceHistory.pdf |archive-date=January 20, 2018}}

|endyear=2001

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| season = 1999–00

| name = Puget Sound

| overall = 8–15

| conference = 6–10

| confstanding = 7th

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| season = 2000–01

| name = Puget Sound

| overall = 14–10

| conference = 8–8

| confstanding = 4th

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| name = Puget Sound

| overall = 22–25

| confrecord = 14–18

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

|name=Seattle Redhawks

|startyear=2001

|conference=Great Northwest Athletic Conference

|endyear=2008

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| season = 2001–02

| name = Seattle

| overall = 6–23

| conference = 4–14

| confstanding = 9th

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| season = 2002–03

| name = Seattle

| overall = 16–11

| conference = 9–9

| confstanding = 7th

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| season = 2003–04

| name = Seattle

| overall = 9–18

| conference = 5–13

| confstanding = T–8th

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| season = 2004–05

| name = Seattle

| overall = 11–16

| conference = 6–12

| confstanding = 8th

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| season = 2005–06

| name = Seattle

| overall = 16–11

| conference = 9–9

| confstanding = 7th

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| season = 2006–07

| name = Seattle

| overall = 20–9

| conference = 11–5

| confstanding = T–1st

| postseason = NCAA Division II Second Round

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| season = 2007–08

| name = Seattle

| overall = 18–9

| conference = 11–7

| confstanding = 8th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

|name=Seattle Redhawks

|startyear=2008

|conference=NCAA Division I independent

|endyear=2009

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2008–09

| name = Seattle

| overall = 21–8{{Cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/conferences/standings/_/id/43/year/2009/independents-conference|title=Division I Independents Standings - College Basketball - ESPN|date=December 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225074022/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/conferences/standings/_/id/43/year/2009/independents-conference |archive-date=25 December 2010 }}

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Seattle

| overall = 117–105 ({{Winning percentage|117|105}})

| confrecord = 55–69 ({{Winning percentage|55|69}})

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|name=Cal Poly Mustangs

|startyear=2009

|conference=Big West Conference

|endyear=2019

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2009–10

| name = Cal Poly

| overall = 12–19{{Cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/conferences/standings/_/id/9/year/2010/big-west-conference|title=Big West Conference Standings - College Basketball - ESPN|date=November 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124010145/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/conferences/standings/_/id/9/year/2010/big-west-conference |archive-date=24 November 2010 }}

| conference = 7–9

| confstanding = 6th

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| season = 2010–11

| name = Cal Poly

| overall = 15–15{{Cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/conferences/standings/_/id/9/year/2011/big-west-conference|title=Big West Conference Standings - College Basketball - ESPN|date=July 8, 2012|website=archive.ph|access-date=July 15, 2024|archive-date=July 8, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708091400/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/conferences/standings/_/id/9/year/2011/big-west-conference|url-status=bot: unknown}}

| conference = 10–6

| confstanding = 2nd

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| season = 2011–12

| name = Cal Poly

| overall = 18–15{{Cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/conferences/standings/_/id/9/year/2012/big-west-conference|title=Big West Conference Standings - College Basketball - ESPN|date=November 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117064818/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/conferences/standings/_/id/9/year/2012/big-west-conference |archive-date=17 November 2011 }}

| conference = 8–8

| confstanding = 4th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2012–13

| name = Cal Poly

| overall = 18–14

| conference = 12–6

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason = CIT First Round

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| championship = conference tournament

| season = 2013–14

| name = Cal Poly

| overall = 14–20

| conference = 6–10

| confstanding = T–6th

| postseason = NCAA Second Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2014–15

| name = Cal Poly

| overall = 13–16

| conference = 6–10

| confstanding = 7th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2015–16

| name = Cal Poly

| overall = 10–20

| conference = 4–12

| confstanding = 8th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2016–17

| name = Cal Poly

| overall = 11–20

| conference = 6–10

| confstanding = 7th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2017–18

| name = Cal Poly

| overall = 9–22

| conference = 4–12

| confstanding = T–7th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 2018–19

| name = Cal Poly

| overall = 6–23

| conference = 2–14

| confstanding = 9th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Cal Poly

| overall = 126–184 ({{Winning percentage|126|184}})

| confrecord = 65–91 ({{Winning percentage|65|91}})

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{{CBB Yearly Record End

|overall= 259–293 ({{Winning percentage|259|293}})

|poll=no

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References

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