Dave Leitao has previously been the head coach of the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League, DePaul University, the University of Virginia, and his alma mater; Northeastern University.
20 Facts About Dave Leitao
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Dave Leitao resigned as the Virginia basketball coach on March 18,2009.
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Dave Leitao was the first coach of African descent to coach any varsity sport in University of Virginia history.
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From 1978 to 1982 Leitao played at Northeastern, where he averaged 6.0 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.
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Dave Leitao is a brother of the Omicron chapter of Iota Phi Theta fraternity.
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Dave Leitao was recruited by Calhoun to join his staff at Northeastern University in 1984, and followed him to the University of Connecticut as an assistant from 1986 to 1994.
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Dave Leitao returned to serve as head coach at his alma mater, Northeastern University, from 1994 to 1996.
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Dave Leitao returned to Calhoun's staff for six seasons, including the Huskies national championship in 1999.
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Dave Leitao secured the head coaching position at DePaul University on April 16,2002, six weeks after his predecessor Pat Kennedy had resigned from the position on March 5.
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Dave Leitao replaced Pete Gillen when the University of Virginia bought out the final five years of Dave Leitao's contract with DePaul on April 15,2005.
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Dave Leitao became the first person of African descent to coach any varsity sport in Virginia Cavaliers history.
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Dave Leitao was hired by Virginia's Craig Littlepage, the first African-American athletics director in ACC history.
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Dave Leitao started his second year with the opening of the new John Paul Jones arena and an upset win over Arizona.
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On March 6,2007, Dave Leitao was voted as the 2007 ACC Coach of the Year by the Associated Press in conjunction with the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association.
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Dave Leitao was paid $2.1 million in a contract buyout by the University of Virginia.
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On July 21,2011, Dave Leitao was named head coach of the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League.
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Dave Leitao left the Red Claws after one season to become an assistant coach at the University of Missouri under Frank Haith.
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Dave Leitao made his season debut at Iowa following assistant Tim Anderson coaching the Blue Demons to three straight wins.
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Dave Leitao won nine of his first ten games of the season including an upset at Iowa and an exciting overtime win against Texas Tech at home.
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On May 6,2021, Dave Leitao was hired as the head coach of Team Elite of the prep basketball league Overtime Elite.