Craig Callahan
Craig Callahan (born 26 May 1981 in Maquoketa, Iowa ) is an American professional basketball player who played after studying for several clubs in Europe basketball, including two seasons in the German Basketball Bundesliga for the polar bears Bremerhaven. Since 2011 he plays in the second Italian league Legadue, in the 2013/14 season at Tezenis Verona.
College
Callahan graduated from UNC Wilmington and played successfully for the high school team the Seahawks in the NCAA Division I. In his first year, the Seahawks qualified for the first time for the final round of the NCAA Championships. This should enable the Seahawks until 2001 in the following seasons Callahan, respectively. Last year as a senior, he played along with the Freshmen John Goldsberry and Beckham Wyrick, who would later change in the German BBL. After studying Callahan played briefly with his teammate Brett Blizzard, who later played in the Italian Serie A, in the Carolina Basketball League, also known as "Extreme Basketball Association " ( XBA ) known for the Wave Rockers in Wilmington.
Europe
Even in 2003, then joined Callahan to the Czech Republic. After a season in Nový Jičín where he could be with the local club runner, he moved to Prostějov and reached the finals in their first season in the Czech Cup competition. In 2006 he moved to Spain and then increased in 2007 with the Association of Manresa in Catalonia from the second league LEB Oro in the first league ACB. At the end of 2008 Erstligasaison his teammate was in the Manresa also known from the BBL Toby Bailey, who had moved from the insolvent Cologne 99ers to Spain. Evidently not quenched by Baileys experience changed Callahan for the season 2008/ 09 finally even after Germany and played his first season in Bremerhaven. This season was a big disappointment, because the former play-off participants took from the beginning of the season in the basement table again and was cut off at the end of Table. The league could ultimately only be achieved through the acquisition of a vacant license. However, Callahan played in the following season in Belgium and only returned a season later returned to Bremerhaven. This time reached the polar bears in the 2010/11 season the play-offs, where you eliminated in the first round against the defending champion and later German champion Brose Baskets in Bamberg. For the following season, Callahan moved to Brindisi in the second Italian league. With this club he won the League Cup and reached the Legadue by the victory in the play- offs a promotion place in the first division. However, for the following season, he remained in the second division and joined the Sicilian club from Barcellona. The following season he played for the successor club of Scaligera Basket in Verona in the DNA gold now called second highest Italian league.