Mario_Fioretti
Mario Fioretti
American basketball player and coach
Mario Fioretti (born 11 September 1973 ) is an Italian professional basketball coach, who is currently an assistant coach of Olimpia Milano of the LBA and the EuroLeague.
Fioretti in 2023 | |
| Olimpia Milano | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | LBA EuroLeague |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1973-09-11) 11 September 1973 (age 50) Bergamo, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Coaching career | 1999–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1999–2000 | Indiana Hoosiers (assistant) |
| 2004–Present | Olimpia Milano (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As assistant coach
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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]
Youth coaching career
Fioretti is also an assistant coach for several youth teams in Bergamo since 2003.[2]
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.
- "Olimpia Milano, presented by Ettore Messina: "I want a team to defend, pass the ball and dive on the ground from day one"". LBA. June 19, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
- "Milan makes basketball fun in the Dolomites". EuroLeague.net. July 13, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2020.