Dan Peterson

Dan Peterson
	Peterson in 2008
Personal information
Born	January 9, 1936; Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Career information
High school	Evanston Township; (Evanston, Illinois)
College	Northwestern
Coaching career	1962–1987, 2011
Career history
Coaching
1962–1963	McKendree (assistant)
1963–1965	Michigan State (assistant)
1965–1966	Navy (assistant)
1966–1971	Delaware
1971–1973	Chilean National Team
1973–1979	Virtus Bologna
1979–1987	Olimpia Milano
2011	Olimpia Milano
Career highlights
	EuroLeague champion (1987); European Coach of the Year (1987); 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008); FIBA Korać Cup champion (1985); 5× Italian League champion (1976, 1982, 1985–1987); 3× Italian Cup winner (1974, 1986, 1987); 2× Italian Coach of the Year (1986, 1987); Italian Basketball Hall of Fame (2012); Illinois Basketball Hall of Fame (1995);

Daniel Lowell Peterson (born January 9, 1936) is an American former professional basketball head coach. He resigned from his most recent position as the head coach of Olimpia Milano in the Italian LBA after the team was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 2011 Italian league playoffs. The team then announced that he would assume another role with the club. He is nicknamed "The Coach" for his legacy in Italian basketball. Peterson was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2024.