The Detroit News
Demetrius Calip, a member of the Michigan men’s basketball team that won the national title in 1989, has died, according to his son, Demetrius Calip II. He was 53.
Calip II shared the news on social media early Monday morning.
“Dad. 2/5/23. Love you forever,” Calip II wrote in an Instagram story. “He was the perfect example of a great dad and I can only be grateful and happy.”
Calip, a Flint native, contributed off the bench as a backup guard on the 1989 team that featured Glen Rice, Rumeal Robinson, Loy Vaught, Terry Mills and Sean Higgins.