Sergio Scariolo

Sergio Scariolo

300px Sergio Scariolo at EuroBasket 2011
Spain
Position	Head coach
Personal information
Born	(1961-04-01) April 1, 1961 Brescia, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Coaching career	1989–present
Career history
As coach:
1989–1991	Vuelle Pesaro
1991–1993	Aurora Desio
1993–1997	Fortitudo Bologna
1997–1999	TAU Cerámica
1999–2002	Real Madrid
2003–2008	Unicaja
2008–2010	Khimki Moscow Region
2009–2012	Spain
2011–2013	EA7 Milano
2013–2014	Laboral Kutxa
2015–present	Spain
Career highlights and awards
As head coach: Italian League champion (1990) Italian Coach of the Year (1994) 2x Spanish Cup champion (1999, 2005) 2x Spanish League Champion (2000, 2006) AEEB Coach of the Year (2000) 3x EuroBasket  Gold (EuroBasket 2009, EuroBasket 2011, EuroBasket 2015)

Sergio Scariolo (born April 1, 1961) is an Italian professional basketball head coach. He is the current head coach of the Spanish national team.

Coaching career

Professional clubs

He started his career in the early 1980s as vice-coach of Brescia and then Pesaro, after which he worked for the Italian Basketball Federation. In 1990, after returning to Pesaro, Scariolo won the national title, aged 29. In the following year he moved to Serie A2 with Desio. In 1993 he was again in Serie A1, as coach of Fortitudo Bologna, where he remained until 1997. In that year he moved to Spain, at TAU Vitoria, winning the Copa del Rey and reaching the final of the national championship. In 1999 Scariolo was hired by Real Madrid, which he led immediately to win the national title. After tho consecutive national finals, both lost, he was fired in 2002.

From 2003 to 2007, Scariolo was the head coach of the Spanish club Unicaja, in five seasons he was able to win the Spanish League, the Copa del Rey, and to play in the Euroleague Final Four.

From 2008 to 2010, Scariolo was the head coach of the Russian club Khimki Moscow Region. Starting with the 2011-12 season, he became the head coach of the Italian League club EA7 Milan. In June, he became head coach of Laboral Kutxa, 14 years after his first experience in the team of Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Sacked after ending 2013–14 season, Scariolo became again the coach of the Spanish national team in May 2015.

National teams

While the head coach of the Spanish national team, Scariolo won the gold medal at the EuroBasket 2009, EuroBasket 2011 and EuroBasket 2015.

External links

• Euroleague Coaching Profile
• Italian League Profile (Italian)
• Spanish League Profile (Spanish)

Sporting positions
Preceded by David Blatt	FIBA EuroBasket Winning Coach 2009 2011	Succeeded by Vincent Collet