Tony DiLeo

Tony DiLeo enters his 20th season with the 76ers basketball operations department. After spending four seasons as the Sixers director of player personal (1999-03), DiLeo was promoted to senior vice president/assistant general manager in September 2003.

This past season, DiLeo stepped in as head coach following the Sixers 9-14 start and compiled a 32-27 mark the rest of the way. Of the eight teams which changed coaches during last season, the Sixers were the only one to make the playoffs.

DiLeo assists President & General Manager Ed Stefanski with player procurement through his evaluation of amateur and professional talent, and supervises the team’s draft effort and college and professional scouting systems.

During his tenure, DiLeo has been involved in every aspect of the team's basketball operations, including coaching, scouting and management. Formerly the team’s director of scouting and assistant coach, DiLeo has extensive experience in international basketball, both as a player and coach. He played and coached in West Germany for 10 seasons before joining the Sixers staff for the 1990-91 season. He coached the West German men’s and women’s teams from 1979-90, winning nine national titles in the country’s top division. DiLeo was selected as the West German federation National Coach (1981-85) and the country’s coach of the year in 1987.

In 1984, DiLeo wrote and published the European Basketball Handbook, a guide to accommodate American players overseas. He also has written a manual on rule differences among international basketball, the NBA and the NCAA.

A star at Cinnaminson (N.J.) High School, DiLeo went on to play at Tennessee Tech and LaSalle University. As a junior at La Salle, he was a first team Academic All-American and graduated maxima cum laude from the School of Business.

He and his wife, Anna, and sons, T.J. and Max, live in South Jersey.