Cesare Pancotto

Cesare Pancotto

Personal information
Born	(1955-01-08) January 8, 1955 (age 69) Porto San Giorgio, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Position	Assistant coach
Coaching career	1982–present
Career history
As coach:
1982–1986	U.S. Sangiorgese
1986–1987	Pallacanestro Reggiana
1987–1989	Fulgor Libertas Forlì
1989–1990	Dinamo Sassari
1990–1993	Olimpia Pistoia
1993–1997	Mens Sana Siena
1997–1999	Pallacanestro Trieste
1999–2000	Virtus Roma
2001–2004	Pallacanestro Trieste
2004–2005	Teramo Basket
2005–2008	Pallalcesto Udine
2008–2009	Fortitudo Bologna
2009–2010	Scandone Avellino
2010–2012	Basket Barcellona
2012–2013	Scandone Avellino
2013–2016	Vanoli Cremona
2018–2019	Montegranaro
2019–2021	Pallacanestro Cantù
2022–2024	Napoli Basket (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As coach: 3x Italian Second Division Champion (1992, 1994, 1999) 2x Italian League Best Coach (2006, 2016)

Cesare Pancotto (born January 8, 1955) is an Italian professional basketball coach.

Coaching career

After a good career spent playing point guard in his native Porto San Giorgio, Pancotto began coaching in 1982 at the age of 27, taking the bench of his hometown team, U.S. Sangiorgese, at only three matches from the end of the season, gaining promotion to Serie B. In 1984 Sangiorgese, always guided by Pancotto, was promoted to A2, the Italian Second Division. The coach remained in Porto San Giorgio until 1986, coaching two seasons in A2 avoiding in both cases the relegation.

In the 1986-1987 season he arrived in Reggio Emilia. Then, he coached for two years Forlì, for a year Dinamo Sassari and for three years Olimpia Pistoia: in Tuscany he obtained the first of three promotion to A1, the top Italian League. He also led Pistoia to the A1 playoffs.

In the 1993-1994 season he arrived in Siena: he will coach the local Mens Sana for the following four years. In his first season, he gained promotion to A1, while in the later years he led the team to the A1 playoffs twice and achieved qualification for the Korac Cup.

In 1997 he coached the Pallacanestro Triestina, an historical club based in Trieste. In this season, he obtained his third promotion to the top Italian League. After two years spent there, he passed to Virtus Roma. In February 2001 he went back to Trieste and remained there until 2004. In the 2001-02 season got 7th place, in the following season the 10th place while in the 2003-04 season he could not avoid the relegation of the team with a corporate failure of the Pallacanestro Triestina.

In the 2004-2005 season he got a 9th place in Serie A with Teramo Basket. Then, he spent three years coaching Snaidero Udine: the first year he got an excellent 5th place while in the others he got two salvation, adding a good participation in the ULEB Cup, the second European club competition.

In the 2008-09 season, he took the place of Dragan Šakota after 10 matches on the bench of the glorious team Fortitudo Bologna but, despite a promising final rush, he was unable to avoid relegation. The season finished with a lot of controversies and bitterness because of a malfunctioning of the "Stop-Lamp" and "Precision Time" during the last match, which condemned the team to relegation. ^{[1] [2]}

In summer 2009 he was hired by Air Avellino, ^[3] with the possibility of forming the roster following his directions with an eye on the budget, reduced from the disappointing previous season. On May 29, 2010 by mutual agreement with the company terminates the contract with Air Avellino, ^[4] ending the adventure in Irpinia having obtained salvation and the Italian Cup semi-final.

Less than a month later, he signed with Basket Barcellona, a Sicilian team just promoted in Legadue. ^[5] After a season and a half, he resigned from Barcellona in February 2012. ^[6] On January 17, 2013 replaced the outgoing Gianluca Tucci at the helm of Scandone Avellino ^[7] and remained there until the end of the season. On December 10 of the same year, he becomes the new coach of Vanoli Cremona. ^[8]

On June 14, 2019, he has signed 1+1 year contract with Pallacanestro Cantù of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). ^[9] The 2020–21 season was not a successful year for Pancotto and his team: after 16 games in the 14th position out of 15 team he was sacked from Cantù. ^[10]

On June 6, 2022, he signed with Napoli Basket to become the assistant coach of the team. ^[11] On January 3, 2023, after the dismissal of coach Maurizio Buscaglia, he became the head coach of the team. ^[12]

References

1. "Fortitudo Bologna recurs to the Federal Court". Lega Basket Serie A. 12 May 2009. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
2. "The Federal Court dismissed the appeal of Fortitudo Bologna". Lega Basket Serie A. 14 May 2009. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
3. "Avellino, Pancotto is the new coach". Sportando. 12 June 2009.
4. "Air Avellino and Pancotto part ways". Sportando. 29 May 2010.
5. "Cesare Pancotto hired by Barcellona". Sportando. 23 June 2010.
6. "Barcellona restarts from Stefano Vanoncini". realbasketsicilia.it. 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013.
7. "Scandone Avellino, Cesare Pancotto is the new head coach". Sportando. 17 January 2013.
8. "Vanoli Cremona names Cesare Pancotto head coach". Sportando. 10 December 2013.
9. "Cesare Pancotto named Cantù head coach". Sportando. June 14, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
10. "COMUNICATO STAMPA: CESARE PANCOTTO" (in Italian). pallacanestrocantu.com. 25 January 2021.
11. Pecci, Enrico. "Napoli, ufficiale: Cesare Pancotto è il nuovo primo assistente". Tuttobasket (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-11-27.
12. "Gevi Napoli Basket, esonerato Coach Buscaglia. Guida tecnica affidata a Coach Cesare Pancotto". napolibasket.it (in Italian). January 3, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2023.

External links

• Eurobasket.com Coaching Profile
• Italian League Coaching Profile (in Italian)