Category | Coach Date of Birth | 04.11.1924 Date of Death | 27.12.2005 Country | Italy
Clubs
Italian National Team: 1969-1979
Magnadyne/Rapident Livorno: 1980-1982
Cantù: 1982-1983
Gorizia: 1983-1984
Peroni Livorno: 1984-1985
Virtus Roma: 1987-1989
Club Highlights
Champion of the 1983 European Cup for Men's Champion Clubs (current Euroleague)
Champion of the 1982 Intercontinental Cup
National Team
10 years (1969-1979) and 238 appearances as head coach of the Italian National Team
Participated in 2 Olympic Games (Munich 1972 -Italy: 4th position- and Montreal 1976 -Italy: 5th position-), 2 World Championships (Ljubljana 1970 -Italy: 4th position- and Manila 1978 -Italy: 4th position-) and 6 European Championships (1969-1979) as head coach of the Italian National Team
2 times Bronze medalist in the European Championships: Essen 1971 and Belgrade 1975
As assistant coach of Nello Paratore in the Italian National Team: he participated in 3 Olympic Games (Rome 1960, Tokyo 1964 and Mexico 1968) and in 4 European Championships (Istanbul 1959, Wroclaw 1963, Moscow 1965 and Helsinki 1967)
As a player of the Italian National Team: he participated in the 1948 London Olympic Games and in the European Championships of 1947 in Prague and 1949 in Cairo
Individual Highlights
Member of the Technical Commission of FIBA: 1972-1978
Cavaliere della Repubblica, awarded by the President of the Italian Republic
Stella d’Oro al Merito Sportivo (Gold star to the Sports’ Merit) in 1998, awarded by the
Italian Olympic Committee
FIBA Order of Merit in 2001
Premio Reverberi-Oscar del Basket in 2003