Mario Fioretti

Mario Fioretti (born 11 September 1973 ) is an Italian professional basketball coach, who is currently the head coach of Derthona Tortona, he was assistant coach for 22 years for Olimpia Milano of the LBA and the EuroLeague.

Mario Fioretti

Fioretti in 2023
Derthona Basket
Position	Head coach
League	LBA
Personal information
Born	(1973-09-11) 11 September 1973 (age 52) Bergamo, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Coaching career	1999–present
Career history
As a coach:
1999–2000	Indiana Hoosiers (assistant)
2004–2025	Olimpia Milano (assistant)
2025–present	Bertram Derthona
Career highlights
As assistant coach 5× Italian League champion (2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2023) 4× Italian Cup champion (2016, 2017, 2021, 2022) 4× Italian Supercup champion (2016–2018, 2020) 3× Torneo Castelletto Ticino winner (2009, 2018–2019)

Coaching career

After graduating, he traveled to America wherein he became an assistant coach to Bobby Knight, the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers. He stayed there for a year. After that, he went back to Italy and became an assistant coach for the Olimpia Milano in 2004 under head coach Attilio Caja. Since then, he has become a vital part of the team's coaching staff.^[1]

On June 16, 2025, he signed with Derthona of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).^[2]

Youth coaching career

Fioretti is also an assistant coach for several youth teams in Bergamo since 2003.^[3]

Personal life

Mario Fioretti was born in Bergamo, in the Lombardy Region of Northern Italy. He graduated with a degree in Economics at University of Bergamo in 1999.