December 1st, 2002
Dan Peterson is a native of Evanston, Ill., born there seventy-one years ago. He is a graduate of Northwestern University and has a master’s degree from the University of Michigan. He coached the national basketball team in Chile for two years, 1971-73, taking fourth in the South American championships and seventh in the Worlds. He then coached in Italy for fourteen years, winning five Italian titles, two European titles, and three Italy Cups. He was Italian Coach of the Year in 1979 and 1987 and European Coach of the Year in 1987. His Black Lamb column is called Sleepless in Milan.
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