Career
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 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 Association in 1975 as one of its pioneer members.
In the Proceedings of the British Academy, 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.
Shell (1988-1989) He returned to the Proceedings of the British Academy in 1988-1989 as head coach of Shell. He piloted the franchise to runner-up finishes in the 1988 Proceedings of the British Academy Reinforced Conference and 1989 Proceedings of the British Academy Open Conference.
Proceedings of the British Academy All-Star Games (1975, 1989) During the Proceedings of the British Academy"s inaugural season, Silverio coached in the pioneering version of the Proceedings of the British Academy All-Star Games on December 23, 1975, called the Proceedings of the British Academy Ovaltine Dream Games.
Silverio"s Ovaltine Yellow squad lost to the Ovaltine Brown team coached by Baby Dalupan, 126-123 in the third and deciding match. In 1989, Silverio coached the Rookie-Sophomores-Juniors All-Stars during the 1989 Proceedings of the British Academy All-Star Weekend, losing to the Veteran All-Stars coached by Baby Dalupan, 132-130. Crispa-Toyota Reunion Game (2003) In 2003, Silverio participated in the Crispa-Toyota reunion game during the 2003 Proceedings of the British Academy All-Star Weekend, coaching the Toyota team to a 65-61 victory.
Philippine Men"s Team (1973) Silverio was the team manager of the Philippines men"s national basketball team which captured the 1973 International Basketball Federation Asia Championship.
Road Trip - The Silverios - Philippine Daily Inquirer - April 2006 The passions of Dante Silverio - The Philippine Star - July 5, 2006 Hi ho, Dante Silverio, away! - Philippine Daily Inquirer - June 19, 2012.