Dante Calabria


Dante John Calabria 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.
In June 2018, Calabria became an assistant coach of Larry Brown for the Italian basketball club Auxilium Torino.