Meo Sacchetti

Romeo "Meo" Sacchetti (born August 20, 1953) is an Italian professional basketball coach and former player, who is recently the head coach for Pallacanestro Cantù of the Serie A2.

Meo Sacchetti

Sacchetti, as head coach of Dinamo Sassari.
Personal information
Born	(1953-08-20) August 20, 1953 (age 72) Altamura, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Listed height	6 ft 6.5 in (1.99 m)
Listed weight	247 lb (112 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1973–1992
Position	Power forward
Number	14
Coaching career	1993–present
Career history
As a player:
1973–1974	Libertas Asti
1974–1975	Auxilium Torino
1975–1976	Libertas Asti
1976–1979	Sporting Club Gira Bologna
1979–1984	Auxilium Torino
1984–1992	Varese
As a coach:
1993–1996	Auxilium Torino (assistant)
1996–1998	Auxilium Torino
1998–2001	Libertas Asti
2001–2002	Celana Bergamo
2002–2005	Castelletto Ticino
2005–2006	Fabriano Basket
2006–2007	Castelletto Ticino
2007–2008	Orlandina Basket
2008–2009	Pallacanestro Udine
2009–2015	Dinamo Sassari
2016–2017	Enel Brindisi
2017–2020	Vanoli Basket
2020	Fortitudo Bologna
2022–2023	Pallacanestro Cantù
2024	VL Pesaro
Career highlights
As player: Italian 2nd Division champion (1977) Italian Basketball Hall of Fame (2016) As head coach: Italian League champion (2015) 3× Italian Cup winner (2014, 2015, 2019) Italian Supercup winner (2014) 2× Italian League Coach of the Year (2012, 2019) Italian 3rd Division champion (2004)
Medals Representing  Italy Men's Basketball Summer Olympic Games 1980 Moscow FIBA EuroBasket 1983 France West Germany 1985 Mediterranean Games 1983 Casablanca

Standing at a height of 1.99 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in), he played at the power forward, during his playing career. As a player, he won the silver medal with the Italian national team, at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games, in Moscow.

Playing career

Club playing career

At the pro club level, Sacchetti played with several Italian teams, and he competed in Italy's top-tier level, the Lega Basket Serie A (Italian First Division). He played with Saclà Asti, during the 1973–74 season. He them moved to Saclà Torino, where he spent the 1974–75 season. He then played with Fernet Tonic Bologna (also known as Amaro Harrys Bologna), from 1976 to 1979. In his first season with Bologna, the 1976–77 season, Sacchetti played in the Italian Second Division competition, the Serie A2.

After that, Sacchetti again played with Torino (also known as Grimaldi Torino and Berloni Torino), from 1979 to 1984. He finished his playing career with Ciao Crem Varese (also known as Divarese Varese and Ranger Varese), where he played from 1984 to 1992.^[1]

National team career

Sacchetti was a member of the senior men's Italian national team. With Italy's senior national team, he won a silver medal at the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics. He also won a gold medal at the 1983 FIBA EuroBasket, and a bronze medal at the 1985 FIBA EuroBasket.

Sachetti also represented Italy at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, and at the 1986 FIBA World Championship.

Coaching career

Clubs

Sacchetti began his basketball coaching career in 1993. While he was the head coach of Dinamo Sassari, he was named the Italian League Coach of the Year, in 2012. He won the Italian Cup title in 2014 and 2015. He also won the Italian Supercup title in 2014, and the Italian League championship in 2015.

Italian senior national team

In 2017, Sacchetti was named the head coach of the senior men's Italian national team,^[2] replacing Ettore Messina in that role. In 2022, he was replaced in the role by Gianmarco Pozzecco.

Personal life

Sacchetti's son, Brian Sacchetti, is a professional basketball player. Sacchetti coached his son Brian, while Brian was a player of the Italian League club Dinamo Sassari.