- has 30-year professional basketball background that included the NBA, ABA and the Italian League
- became head coach of Suns in December of 2003
- served as head coach for the Denver Nuggets in the 1998-99 season and was the club’s director of player personnel in 1997-98
- was on bench as an assistant for Portland in 2000-01
- was a scout for San Antonio during the 1999-2000 campaign
- in 2001-02 he returned to the Italian League and once again coached Benetton Treviso, leading the club, which had Tyus Edney, Charlie Bell, Nikoloz Tskitishvili and Bostjan Nachbar, to the Italian League championship after a 28-8 season
- Mike D'Antoni is an Italian league coaching legend
- Mike D'Antoni coached Benetton from 1994-97 when his team won Cup of Europe and Cup of Italy in 1995 and won the league title in 1996-97 after a 22-4 regular season
- coached Philips Milan for four seasons from 1990-94 and led the club to the 1993 Korac Cup
- Mike D'Antoni is a dual citizen of the United States and Italy
- was an All-NBA Rookie Second Team choice in 1974 after the Kansas City-Omaha Kings selected him with the 20th pick in the 1973 NBA Draft
- played over two seasons for the Kings before joining the ABA’s Spirits of St. Louis and NBA’s San Antonio Spurs. D’Antoni then moved to Italy where he played 13 seasons for Milan and became the club’s all-time leading scorer
- from Mullens, West Virginia
- Mike D'Antoni played collegiately at Marshall University and graduated as the school’s career assist leader in 1973
