Education
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.
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Career
Born in Mullens, West Virginia, D'Antoni played college basketball at Marshall University from 1966-1970. He was the Thundering Herd's starting point guard from 1968-70. 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. After failing to make the Baltimore Bullets, he became the head basketball coach at Socastee High School in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in 1975. D'Antoni coached 30 years at Socastee, 1975–2005, and accumulated over 500 wins and founded the Beach Ball Classic, one of the most prestigious high school basketball tournaments in the country during his tenure.
In 2016 he was elected into the South Carolina Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame. In the summer of 2005, he became an assistant with the Phoenix Suns under younger brother Mike. Shortly after Mike accepted the head coaching position with the New York Knicks, D'Antoni was hired as an assistant with the Knicks.
On March 15, 2012, D'Antoni and fellow assistant coach Phil Webber stepped down after Mike resigned as Knicks head coach. In addition to being an assistant coach, D’Antoni also served as the head coach of the Knicks’ and Lakers’ NBA Summer League teams. On April 24, 2014, D'Antoni was announced as the new head coach of Marshall University Thundering Herd men's basketball program, 43 years after he was an assistant with the Herd.
