Piero Bucchi
| Victoria Libertas Pesaro | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | Lega Basket Serie A |
| Personal information | |
| Born | March 5, 1958 Bologna, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Coaching career | 1996–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1996–1999 | Basket Rimini Crabs |
| 1999–2001 | Pallacanestro Treviso |
| 2001 | Śląsk Wrocław (Polonia) |
| 2001–2002 | Basket Napoli |
| 2002–2005 | Virtus Roma |
| 2005–2008 | Basket Napoli |
| 2008–2011 | Olimpia Milano |
| 2011–2016[1] | New Basket Brindisi |
| 2016–present | Victoria Libertas Pesaro |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Piero Bucchi (born March 5, 1958) is an Italian basketball head coach, currently managing Victoria Libertas Pesaro in the Lega Basket Serie A.[2]
Career
Piero Bucchi started his coach-career with Basket Rimini Crabs in 1992. He became the head coach of that team in March 1996. At the end of the 1996–97 season he achieved the promotion to Serie A. At the beginning of the 1999–2000 Serie A season, he became the head coach of Benetton Treviso. With him they won two Cups and one Supercup.
Then he went to Basket Napoli and later to Lottomatica Roma where he will remain for two seasons and half, until his exemption in during the 2004–05 Serie A season.
Piero returned to Napoli and won another Cup.
With the end of his contract with Napoli on June 17, 2008, he was engaged by the Giorgio Armani's staff, the new owner of Olimpia Milano for the 2008–09 Lega Basket Serie A. After reaching two playoffs finals with Milano, on Jenuary 3rd 2011, Piero Bucchi was sacked due to a series of major defeats. He was replaced by Dan Peterson.[3]
At the end of May 2011, Bucchi signed a two years contract with Enel Brindisi in Serie A2. On May 4 of the 2011–12 Serie A2 season, won the Serie A2 Cup and achieved the promotion to Serie A, after beating Pistoia Basket 88-86.
At the 2012–13 season, Brindisi obtained the first qualification to the Italian Cup.
On May 4, 2016, Piero Bucchi left Enel Brindisi after five years.[4]
On June 1 of the same year, he signed a two-years contract with Consultinvest Pesaro.[5]
Honours and titles
Head Coach
- Legadue Cup: 1
- New Basket Brindisi (2012)
- Pallacanestro Treviso (2000)
- Pallacanestro Treviso (1999–2000)
- Basket Napoli (2006)
- Pallacanestro Treviso (2001)
References
- ^ "Piero Bucchi conferma che lascerà Brindisi a fine stagione" [Piero Bucchi confirm he is going to leave Brindisi at the end of the season]. sportando.com (in Italian). Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "VL Pesaro: ufficiale l'arrivo in panchina di Piero Bucchi" [VL Pesaro: Piero Bucchi is officially the new head coach]. sportando.com (in Italian). Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "Dan Peterson torna a Milano, Coach al posto di Bucchi" [Dan Peterson returns to Milano, Coach will replace Bucchi]. gazzetta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ^ "Bucchi: 'E' il commiato, grazie a tutti'" [Bucchi: 'It's a goodbye, thanks to all']. sportando.com (in Italian). Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ "Piero Bucchi è il nuovo allenatore della VL" [Piero Bucchi is the new head coach of VL]. victorialibertas.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 July 2016.