Piero Bucchi (born 5 March 1958) is an Italian basketball coach. He is the current head coach of Valtur Brindisi of the Serie A2.

Coaching 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

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. At the beginning of the 1999–2000 Serie A season, he became the head coach of Benetton Treviso. With him they won two

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and one Supercup. Then he went to

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and later to

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where he remained for two and a half seasons, until his exemption during the 2004–05 Serie A season. Piero returned to

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and won another Cup. With the end of his contract with Napoli on 17 June 2008, he was engaged by the

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's staff, the new owner of

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for the

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. After reaching two playoffs finals with

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, on 3 January 2011, Piero Bucchi was sacked due to a series of major defeats. He was replaced by

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. At the end of May 2011, Bucchi signed a two years contract with Enel Brindisi in Serie A2. On 4 May of the 2011–12 Serie A2 season, won the Serie A2 Cup and achieved the promotion to

, after beating Pistoia Basket 88-86. At the 2012–13 season,

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obtained the first qualification to the

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. On 4 May 2016 Piero Bucchi left Enel Brindisi after five years. On 1 June that year he signed a two-years contract with Consultinvest Pesaro. On 16 November 2021 Bucchi signed with

Dinamo Sassari Polisportiva Dinamo, commonly known as Dinamo Sassari and currently known as Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Sassari, Sardinia. They are the 2018–19 European ...

to replace Demis Cavina. On May 16, 2024, he signed with Valtur Brindisi of the Serie A2.

Honours and titles

Head coach * Legadue Cup: 1 :

New Basket Brindisi New Basket Brindisi, for sponsorship reasons named Valtur Brindisi or shortly Brindisi, is a professional Italian basketball based in Brindisi, Apulia. They compete in Serie A2 (basketball), Serie A2, second level of Italian basketball system. F ...

(2012) *

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: 1 :

Pallacanestro Treviso Pallacanestro Treviso, named Benetton Basket due to a long running sponsorship by the Benetton Group and widely referred to as Benetton Treviso, is an Italian youth basketball club based in Treviso, Veneto. The club was previously a successful p ...

(2000) *

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: 2 :

(1999–2000) :

(2006) * Italian Basketball Supercup: 1 :

(2001)

References

External links

Bucchi Profile at Legabasket.it

Profile at Eurocup
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bucchi, Piero 1958 births Living people Basket Rimini Crabs coaches Dinamo Sassari coaches Italian basketball coaches New Basket Brindisi coaches Olimpia Milano coaches Pallacanestro Treviso coaches Pallacanestro Virtus Roma coaches S.S. Basket Napoli coaches Sportspeople from Bologna Victoria Libertas Pesaro coaches