# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dan-peterson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:19:04.852Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dan-peterson"
name: "Dan Peterson"
slug: "dan-peterson"
description: "Daniel Lowell Peterson 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."
tagline: "American basketball coach (born 1936)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Danpeterson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1936-01-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.464029807967899
  historical:           9.444476
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3632424/"
    handle:    "nm3632424"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "دان بيترسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دان بيترسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Νταν Πίτερσον"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dan Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Peterson"
    title: "Dan Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Peterson"
    title: "Dan Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%9F_%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "דן פיטרסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Peterson"
    title: "Dan Peterson"
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  - url: "https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Peterson"
    title: "Dan Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1054344"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/174897"
    title: "Dan Peterson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump