Andrea Trinchieri (born August 6, 1968) is an Italian professional basketball coach who is the head coach for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroLeague.

Andrea Trinchieri
Trinchieri in 2022
Žalgiris Kaunas
PositionHead coach
LeagueLKL
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1968-08-06) August 6, 1968 (age 56)
Milan, Italy
Coaching career1998–present
Career history
As coach:
1998–2004Olimpia Milano (assistant)
2004–2007Triboldi
2007Juvecaserta
2008–2009Veroli
2009–2013Cantù
2013–2014UNICS
2014–2018Brose Bamberg
2018–2020Partizan
2020–2023Bayern Munich
2023–presentŽalgiris Kaunas
Career highlights and awards

Coaching career

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Clubs

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Trinchieri was the assistant head coach with the Italian League club Olimpia Milano from 1998 to 2004. He then became the head coach of the Italian club Vanoli Basket from 2004 to 2007, and helped Vanoli get promoted from the Italian Third Division to the Italian Second Division. After that, he was the head coach of the Italian club Juvecaserta Basket, which was also in the Italian Second Division at that time.

His next head coaching job was also in the Italian Second Division, with Veroli Basket, during the 2008–09 season. With Veroli Basket, he won the Italian Second Division Cup title, and he was named the Italian Second Division's Coach of the Year in 2009.[1]

After that, he became the head coach of the Italian team Cantù.[2] As the head coach of Cantù, he was named the Italian League Coach of the Year in both 2010 and 2011. He also won the Italian Supercup with Cantù, in the 2012–13 season. In 2013, he became the head coach of the Russian VTB United League club UNICS Kazan.[3] With UNICS, he was the EuroCup's Coach of the Year in the 2013–14 season.

In July 2014, it was announced that Trinchieri would be the new head coach of the German club Brose Bamberg.[4] On October 4, 2015, he extended his contract with the club, until the end of the 2016–17 season.[5] With Brose, he won the German national league championship, the Basketball Bundesliga, in the 2014–15, 2015–16, and 2016–17 seasons. On February 19, 2018, Trinchieri was released from his head coaching position with Brose, after the team lost 12 of their last 15 games.[6]

On November 1, 2018, Trinchieri was named head coach of the Serbian club Partizan, signing a three-year deal.[7][8] On July 2, 2020, Trinchieri parted ways with Partizan,[9] with whom he won the 2018–19 and 2019–20 Radivoj Korać Cups, and 2019 ABA League Supercup.

On July 15, 2020, Trinchieri was appointed as the head coach of the German EuroLeague club Bayern Munich.[10] On June 22, 2021, he extended his contract until 2023.[11] The club parted ways with Trinchieri after his contract ended.[12]

On December 30, 2023, the Italian coach was named head coach of the Lithuanian club Žalgiris Kaunas, signing until 2025.[13][14] He replaced Kazys Maksvytis, who left the club after an unsuccessful first half of the season.

Greece national team

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It was announced on January 2, 2013, by the Hellenic Basketball Federation, that Trinchieri would coach the Greece men's national basketball team for the next two years.[15][16] In June 2014, he was replaced as Greece's head coach by Fotis Katsikaris, even though Trinchieri still had a valid contract as national team's head coach.[17]

Coaching record

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Legend
G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win-loss %

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague

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Team Year G W L W–L% Result
Cantù 2011–12 16 8 8 .500 Eliminated in Top 16 stage
Cantù 2012–13 10 3 7 .300 Eliminated in group stage
Bamberg 2015–16 24 13 11 .542 Eliminated in Top 16 stage
Bamberg 2016–17 30 10 20 .333 Eliminated in regular season
Bamberg 2017–18 22 8 14 .364 Sacked
Bayern 2020–21 39 23 16 .590 Eliminated in quarterfinals
Bayern 2021–22 36 16 20 .444 Eliminated in quarterfinals
Bayern 2022–23 34 11 23 .324 Eliminated in regular season
Žalgiris 2023–24 17 9 8 .529 Eliminated in regular season
Career 228 101 127 .443

Personal life

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Trinchieri's family is international. His mother is from Croatia and his grandmother is from Montenegro. His father, Paolo Trinchieri, is from the United States and Panama,[18] and his grandfather, Alfredo Trinchieri, was a diplomat[19] from Italy.[20]

Awards and accomplishments

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Sportando.net Andrea Trinchieri is Coach of the Year.
  2. ^ Sportando.net Andrea Trinchieri to coach Cantù.
  3. ^ EurocupBasketball.com UNICS KAZAN hires Trinchieri as head coach. Archived October 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Neuer Trainer: Bamberg verpflichtet Italiener Trinchieri (German)
  5. ^ "TRINCHIERI VERLÄNGERT VORZEITIG". brosebaskets.de (in German). 4 October 2015. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Andrea Trinchieri nicht mehr Head Coach von Brose Bamberg" (in German). Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  7. ^ "Trinkjeri tri godine na klupi Partizana!". novosti.rs. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  8. ^ "Andrea Trinchieri signs as Partizan's first foreign head coach". aba-liga.com. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  9. ^ "Grazie Andrea". kkpartizan.rs (in Serbian). July 2, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  10. ^ "FCBB hires dream coach Andrea Trinchieri". Bayern Munich. July 15, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  11. ^ "Coach Andrea Trinchieri extends for two years until 2023". Bayern Munich. June 22, 2021. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  12. ^ "Bayern officially part ways with head coach Andrea Trinchieri". basketnews.com. June 4, 2023. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
  13. ^ "Trinchieri replaces Maksvytis as Zalgiris head coach". Žalgiris Kaunas. December 30, 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  14. ^ "Andrea Trinchieri replaces Kazys Maksvytis as Zalgiris head coach". basketnews.com. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  15. ^ Basket.gr Ο Τρινκέρι στην Εθνική Ανδρών για δύο χρόνια (in Greek). Archived 2013-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ Eurobasket2013.org Greece Trust Trinchieri At The Helm. Archived December 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ "Fotis announced, dead end with Andrea | Eurohoops". Archived from the original on June 14, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
  18. ^ [Family documents in possession of Paolo Trinchieri's sister.]
  19. ^ [See obituary of Franca Trinchieri Camiz| https://issuu.com/tcdigitalrepository/docs/1999winterspring/90]
  20. ^ MVP.rs Andrea Trinkijeri za MVP: Vujošević je genijalac (in Serbian).
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