Dan Peterson
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
January 9, 1936 Evanston, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Evanston Township (Evanston, Illinois) |
| College | Northwestern |
| Coaching career | 1962–2011 |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1962–1963 | McKendree College (assistant) |
| 1963–1965 | Michigan State (assistant) |
| 1965–1966 | Navy (assistant) |
| 1966–1972 | Delaware |
| 1972–1973 | Chilean National Team |
| 1973–1979 | Virtus Bologna |
| 1979–1988 | Olimpia Milano |
| 2011–2012 | Olimpia Milano |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Daniel Lowell "Dan" Peterson (born January 9, 1936) is a former American professional basketball head coach. He resigned his most recent position as the head coach of Olimpia Milano in the Italian Serie A1 after the team was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 2011 Italian league playoffs. The team then announced that he would assume another role with the club. He is nicknamed "The Coach" for his legacy in Italian basketball.
Peterson went to Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Illinois He received his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University in Evanston and a master's degree from the University of Michigan.
He served as assistant coach for NAIA school McKendree College from 1962 to 1963. From 1963 to 1964 he served as freshmen coach at Michigan State. After MSU, for one season, he was plebe coach at the United States Naval Academy. The next year, at the age of 30, he became head coach at the University of Delaware. In five years there, he assembled a record of 69 wins and 49 losses.
In 1971, he went abroad, acting as head coach of the Chilean national team until 1973. Peterson took his Chilean team on a grueling tour of the United States in 1972. From 1973–1978, he coached Virtus Bologna in the Italian Serie A1, winning the 1974 "Coppa Italia" and, in 1976, the Italian league title. In 1978, he was hired as head coach of Olimpia Milano where he won four Italian titles (1982, 1985, 1986, 1987), two more "Coppa Italia" awards (1986, 1987), a Korać Cup (1985) and one European Champions Cup (Euroleague), the highest title in Europe for basketball.
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