Luca Banchi
Luca Banchi (born August 1, 1965) is an Italian professional basketball coach. He was lastly head coach at Lokomotiv Kuban of the VTB United League.
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| Born | August 1, 1965 Grosseto, Italy | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||
| Position | Head coach | |||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1985–present | |||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||
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| 1985–1986 | F. A. Vigna di Valle (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Affirco Firenze (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 1987–1997 | Livorno (youth teams) | |||||||||||||
| 1995 | Italy Under-19 National Team (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | Italy Under-18 National Team (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | Livorno | |||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Pall Trieste | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | Italy Under-20 National Team | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | Italy Second National Team | |||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Livorno | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | Italy National Military Team | |||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Trapani | |||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Aurora Basket Jesi | |||||||||||||
| 2006–2012 | Montepaschi Siena (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | Italy (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Montepaschi Siena | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Emporio Armani Milano | |||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Auxulium Torino | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | Brose Bamberg | |||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | AEK Athens | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | Lokomotiv Kuban | |||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||||
As head coach:
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Club coaching career
Italy
Banchi began working as a basketball coach in the youth teams of Basketball Grosseto, after which he was an assistant coach for the Armed Forces Vigna di Valle, and Affrico Firenze. Between 1987 and 1999, he coached the junior teams of Livorno, winning three consecutive youth national titles in the period, from 1995–1997.
He was then promoted to head coach of Basket Livorno, in the Italian second-tier level Serie A2. In 1999, he made his debut on the bench of Pall Trieste, where he coached for two years, before returning to Livorno, that had meanwhile been promoted to the Italian top-tier level LBA. He followed that up with two stops in the Italian 2nd Division, in Trapani and Aurora Basket Jesi.
In 2006, he became the assistant coach of Montepaschi Siena, under head coach Simone Pianigiani. As an assistant with Montepaschi, he won six 6 Italian League championships in a row (2007–2012), five Italian Super Cups (2007–2011), and four Italian Cups (2009–2012). In June 2012, he took over the role of head coach of Montepaschi Siena, following the departure of Simone Pianigiani to Fenerbahçe. On February 10, 2013, he won the Italian Cup, after defeating Pallacanestro Varese, by a score of 77–74 in the final game.[1] On June 19, 2013, he also won his first Italian League championship, as a head coach.[2]
On July 1, 2013, he signed a two-year deal to become the head coach of the Italian European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague club, Emporio Armani Milano.[3] In his first season with the team, he won the Italian League championship, repeating the previous success of Carlo Recalcati, as the only head coaches who won consecutive Italian League titles, with different teams.[4]
In the 2017–18 season, he was the head coach of the European-wide second-tier level EuroCup team, Auxulium Torino.[5]
Germany
In 2018, Banchi became the head coach of the German club Brose Bamberg, of the German top-tier level Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), and the EuroLeague.[6]
Greece
On 1 July, 2018, Banchi was appointed as the head coach of AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League (GBL) and FIBA Champions League (BCL).[7] In June 17, 2019 his contracted at AEK Athens was terminated.[8]
Russia
On July 5, 2019, he has signed with Lokomotiv Kuban of the VTB United League. [9] On November 15, 2019, his contract with Kuban has been terminated. [10]
Coaching record
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Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
References
- "Coppa Italia final, February 10, 2013". euroleague.net. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- "Italian League finals, Game 5: June 19, 2013". euroleague.net. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- D'Avanzo, Antonio. "Basket, Serie A; Luca Banchi nuovo allenatore dell'Olimpia Milano". outdoorblog.it. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- "Italian League, Finals Playoffs, Game 7: June 27, 2014". euroleague.net. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- "Luca Banchi and Fiat Torino officially part ways". sportando.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- Brose Bamberg names Banchi new head coach.
- "AEK Athens ink coach Luca Banchi". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- "Arrivederci amico". aekbc.gr. Online. Archived from the original on June 17, 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- "Luca Banchi is Lokomotiv Kuban new head coach". Sportando. July 5, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
- "Lokomotiv Kuban, Luca Banchi part ways". Sportando. November 15, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.