Dante Swanson (born January 23, 1981) is an American former professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player.
He played college basketball for
Tulsa
Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with ...
from 1999 till 2003. With Tulsa, he was a
NIT champion in 2001. In 2001 and 2002, he was named to the WAC All-Defensive Team.
In 2003, Swanson started his professional career. In 2007, he signed with
AZS Koszalin, where he would stay three straight seasons. In 2009, he won the
Polish Basketball Cup
The Polish Basketball Cup ( pl, Puchar Polski w koszykówce mężczyzn) is the annual top-tier level national domestic basketball cup competition for clubs in Poland. It is managed and organised by the Polish Basketball League (PLK). The competitio ...
with Koszalin, and was named the competition's
Most Valuable Player. In 2018 Swanson was elected to the
Wagoner High School Athletics Hall of Fame.
Honours
College
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National Invitation Tournament:
2001
;Individual
*All-
WAC Second Team: 2002
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WAC All-Defensive Team (2): 2001, 2002
Professional
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Polish Cup
The Polish Cup in football ( pl, Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej ) is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. ...
: 2010
;Individual
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Polish Cup
The Polish Cup in football ( pl, Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej ) is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. ...
MVP
In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...
: 2010
Coaching career
Swanson was named the head coach of his alma mater Wagoner High School in March of 2021. He went 12-13 in his first season leading the Bulldogs.
References
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1981 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Poland
American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
American expatriate basketball people in Ukraine
American men's basketball players
Astoria Bydgoszcz players
AZS Koszalin players
Basketball players from Oklahoma
BC Cherkaski Mavpy players
BC Hoverla players
Best Balıkesir B.K. players
KK Włocławek players
Point guards
Śląsk Wrocław basketball players
Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball players