Luca Banchi (born August 1, 1965) is an Italian professional

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. He is currently the

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of the French

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and the

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Club coaching career

Italy

Banchi began working as a

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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 to 1997. He was then promoted to

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, 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

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and Aurora Basket Jesi. In 2006, he became the assistant coach of

Montepaschi Siena Mens Sana 1871 Basket is an Italian professional basketball club based in Siena. It is a section of the sports club Polisportiva Mens Sana, founded in 1871. Under the name Montepaschi Siena, derived from sponsor Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, ...

, under head coach

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. 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

to Fenerbahçe. On February 10, 2013, he won the

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, after defeating

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, by a score of 77–74 in the final game. On June 19, 2013, he also won his first Italian League championship, as a head coach. 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,

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. In his first season with the team, he won the Italian League championship, repeating the previous success of

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, as the only head coaches who won consecutive Italian League titles, with different teams. In the 2017–18 season, he was the head coach of the European-wide second-tier level EuroCup team, Auxulium Torino.

Germany

In 2018, Banchi became the

of the German club

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, of the German top-tier level

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(BBL), and the EuroLeague.

Greece

On 1 July 2018, Banchi was appointed as the

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of the Greek Basket League (GBL) and

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(BCL). On June 17, 2019 his contracted at

was terminated.

Russia

On July 5, 2019, he has signed with

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of the

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. On November 15, 2019, his contract with Kuban has been terminated.

Coaching record

EuroLeague

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References

External links

Luca Banchi
at euroleague.net
Luca Banchi
at legabasket.it {{DEFAULTSORT:Banchi, Luca 1965 births Living people Aurora Basket Jesi coaches Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino coaches Basket Livorno coaches Brose Baskets coaches Italian basketball coaches Mens Sana Basket coaches Olimpia Milano coaches Pallacanestro Trapani coaches Pallacanestro Trieste coaches Victoria Libertas Pesaro coaches