Francesco "Frank" Vitucci (born 5 April 1963) is an Italian basketball head coach, currently managing Universo Treviso in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

Coaching career

Vitucci began his career as a basketball coach with the Reyer Venezia's youth team, and at the same time he was the assistant coach for seven years on the senior team of

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. He later became the head coach of the team and achieved the promotion to Serie A in 1996. After the bankruptcy of the club he went to

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. He took part of the Korać Cup and the

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. In 2003 he became assistant coach of Benetton Treviso, and stayed for seven years. In 2010

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offered him the bench as head coach for the next two seasons in Serie A in place of

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. On 7 June 2012 Vitucci became the head coach of

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signing a contract for two seasons. Varese won the 2012–13 regular season with 46 points (23 victories and 7 defeats), but in the playoffs they were eliminated by

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(4–3 in the series) at the semifinals. In July he left Pallacanestro Varese and returned to Scandone Avellino for two more seasons. In December 2015 he became the head coach of

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. On 14 December 2017 Vitucci became head coach of

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. On June 2, 2023, he signed with Universo Treviso of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

Honours and titles

Head coach * Lega Basket Serie A: 1 :Pallacanestro Varese: 2000

References

External links

Vitucci Profile at Legabasket.it
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vitucci, Francesco 1963 births Living people Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino coaches Italian basketball coaches New Basket Brindisi coaches Pallacanestro Reggiana coaches Pallacanestro Treviso coaches Pallacanestro Varese coaches Reyer Venezia coaches Sportspeople from Venice