Dan D'Antoni

Dan D'Antoni
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Assistant coach
Biographical details
Born	July 9, 1947 (1947-07-09) (age 64)
Place of birth	Mullens, West Virginia
Playing career
1966-1970	Marshall
Position(s)	Point Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1970-1971 1975-2005 2005-2008 2008-present	Marshall (asst.) Socastee HS Phoenix Suns (asst.) New York Knicks (asst.)

Dan D'Antoni (born July 9, 1947 in Mullens, West Virginia) is an Italian-American former basketball player and is currently an assistant coach under his younger brother, Mike D'Antoni, with the NBA's New York Knicks.^[1] D'Antoni previously served as an assistant coach under his brother with the Phoenix Suns.

Playing career

D'Antoni played college basketball at Marshall University from 1966-1970. He was the Thundering Herd's starting point guard from 68-70. He led the Herd with a 17.5 scoring average in 1968-69. In 1990, he was inducted into the Marshall University Athletics Hall of Fame.^[2]

Coaching career

After D'Antoni graduated from Marshall University, he joined the Herd's coaching staff as the head coach of the freshman basketball team coaching his brother Mike, before becoming an assistant coach of the varsity squad.^[3] After failing to make the Baltimore Bullets, he decided to become to be the head basketball coach at Socastee High School in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in 1975. After coaching 30 years at Socastee, 1975–2005, D'Antoni accumulated over 500 wins and founded the Beach Ball Classic, one of the most prestigious high school basketball tournaments in the country, before taking becoming an assisted with the Phoenix Suns.^[4]

Shortly after younger brother Mike D'Antoni accepted the head coaching position with the New York Knicks, Dan was hired as an assistant with the Knicks.^[1]

Personal life

D'Antoni graduated from Marshall in 1970 with a degree in Speech and Physical Education, and also earned a Master’s degree in Principles of Guidance from Marshall in 1972.

In addition to brother Mike, father Lewis is a legendary high school basketball coach in West Virginia and Ohio, and was inducted into West Virginia’s Sports Hall of Fame in May 2004.

Dan is the father of three sons, all of whom played collegiate basketball: Matt played at Brown; Andrew attended Army and later served 3½ years in Iraq, rising to the rank of captain in the U.S. Army; and Nick attended William & Mary, where he was captain of the basketball team. Dan and wife Vanessa are also parents of daughter Morgan. The D’Antoni family resides in Mount Kisco, New York.^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Dan D'Antoni joins brother on Knicks staff". The Herald-Dispatch. June 21, 2008. http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x988042542/Dan-DAntoni-joins-brother-on-Knicks-staff. Retrieved December 26, 2008. 
2. ^ Marshall University Hall of Fame
3. ^ One-on-One with Dan D’Antoni
4. ^ "Suns Add Dan D’Antoni to Coaching Staff". National Basketball Association. June 29, 2005. http://www.nba.com/suns/news/dan_dantoni_050629.html. Retrieved December 26, 2008. 
5. ^ "Coaches: Dan D'Antoni". National Basketball Association. http://www.nba.com/coachfile/dan_dantoni/. Retrieved 2011-01-28. 

External links

• NBA.com bio

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Name	Dantoni, Dan
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Date of birth	July 9, 1947
Place of birth	Mullens, West Virginia
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