Dante Benedetti (May 16, 1919 – November 16, 2005) was an American restaurateur and collegiate baseball coach. He was born in

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17t ...

and remained there the rest of his life. His family owned New Pisa, a

restaurant A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services. Restaurants vary greatly in appearan ...

in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood. He loved baseball and coached at the

University of San Francisco The University of San Francisco (USF) is a private Jesuit university in San Francisco, California. The university's main campus is located on a setting between the Golden Gate Bridge and Golden Gate Park. The main campus is nicknamed "The Hil ...

for 29 years. USF's current baseball field is named after him. Benedetti, with 373 wins, was San Francisco's all-time winningest coach until Nino Giarratano surpassed him in 2012.

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Profile of Dante Benedetti

Dante Benedetti's obituary
1919 births 2005 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople Alameda Coast Guard Sea Lions football players San Francisco Dons baseball coaches San Francisco Dons football players Businesspeople from San Francisco Food and drink in the San Francisco Bay Area Players of American football from San Francisco Baseball coaches from California {{Restauranteur-bio-stub