Dante Silverio

Edmundo "Dante" S. Silverio, Sr. (born October 17, 1937), is a Filipino former basketball coach and former champion race car driver.

Silverio rose to prominence in 1972, when he captured a rare double feat, winning the International Greenhills Grand Prix and, two months later, the Royal Rally of Champions.

Toyota (1973-1979)

Silverio became involved in basketball when he formed the Komatsu Komets/Toyota Comets (Toyota Athletic Club) in 1973 which participated in the MICAA. Along with being its team manager, he became its head coach in 1974 after coach Nilo Verona left the team. Silverio transferred the franchise to the Philippine Basketball Association in 1975 as one of its pioneer members. In the PBA, he continued as the team's manager and head coach until 1979, leading the franchise to five championships and six runner-up finishes.

In December 1979, Silverio resigned from the team after management decided to reinstate players Ramon Fernandez, Ernesto Estrada and Abe King in Game 2 of the Invitational (3rd) Conference championship finals. Silverio did not field these players in during the conference, claiming that the three deliberately “didn't play their best” in a losing finals stint against Royal Tru Orange during the 1979 Open (2nd) Conference. Toyota eventually won the title on December 15, 1979 with assistant coach Fort Acuña, beating arch-rival Crispa in four games.

Shell (1988-1989)

He returned to the PBA in 1988-1989 as head coach of Shell. He piloted the franchise to runner-up finishes in the 1988 PBA Reinforced Conference and 1989 PBA Open Conference.

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