Ettore Messina
Italian professional basketball coach (born 1959) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ettore Messina (born 30 September 1959) is an Italian professional basketball coach who is the head coach of Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He has won four EuroLeague championships as a head coach. Messina is regarded as one of the best European basketball coaches of all time, having been named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors in 2008.
Olimpia Milano | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Head coach | ||||||||||||||||||||
League | LBA EuroLeague | ||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1959-09-30) 30 September 1959 (age 64) Catania, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 1976–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
As coach: | |||||||||||||||||||||
1976–1980 | Reyer Venezia (youth) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1980–1982 | Basket Mestre (youth) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1982–1983 | A.P.U. Udine (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1983–1989 | Virtus Bologna (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1993 | Virtus Bologna | ||||||||||||||||||||
1992–1997 | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
1997–2002 | Virtus Bologna | ||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2005 | Benetton Treviso | ||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2009 | CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Real Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Los Angeles Lakers (consultant) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2019 | San Antonio Spurs (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019–present | Olimpia Milano | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||||||||
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As assistant coach:
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FIBA Hall of Fame as coach | |||||||||||||||||||||
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He was named the Italian League's Best Coach three times, in the years 1998, 2001, and 2005. Furthermore, he has been named EuroLeague's Coach of the Year twice, in 2006 and 2008. He was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008, and into the Russian VTB United League Hall of Fame, in 2019. Messina also previously worked with the San Antonio Spurs, as an assistant coach for Gregg Popovich, from 2014 to 2019.