Mario Fioretti

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Mario Fioretti
2023-10-27 ALBA Berlin gegen Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano (EuroLeague 2023-24) by Sandro Halank-096.jpg
Fioretti in 2023
Derthona Basket
PositionHead coach
League LBA
Personal information
Born (1973-09-11) 11 September 1973 (age 51)
Bergamo, Italy
NationalityItalian
Coaching career1999–present
Career history
As a coach:
1999–2000 Indiana Hoosiers (assistant)
2004–2025 Olimpia Milano (assistant)
2025–present Bertram Derthona
Career highlights
As assistant coach
  • 5× Italian League champion (2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2023)
  • 4× Italian Cup champion (2016, 2017, 2021, 2022)
  • 4× Italian Supercup champion (2016–2018, 2020)
  • 3× Torneo Castelletto Ticino winner (2009, 2018–2019)

Mario Fioretti (born 11 September 1973 ) is an Italian professional basketball coach, who is currently the head coach of Derthona Tortona, he was assistant coach for 22 years for Olimpia Milano of the LBA and the EuroLeague.

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Coaching career

After graduating, he traveled to America wherein he became an assistant coach to Bobby Knight, the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers. He stayed there for a year. After that, he went back to Italy and became an assistant coach for the Olimpia Milano in 2004 under head coach Attilio Caja. Since then, he has become a vital part of the team's coaching staff. [1]

On June 16, 2025, he signed with Derthona of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). [2]

Youth coaching career

Fioretti is also an assistant coach for several youth teams in Bergamo since 2003. [3]

Personal life

Mario Fioretti was born in Bergamo, in the Lombardy Region of Northern Italy. He graduated with a degree in Economics at University of Bergamo in 1999.

References

  1. ↑ "Olimpia Milano, presented by Ettore Messina: "I want a team to defend, pass the ball and dive on the ground from day one"". LBA. June 19, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  2. ↑ "La Bertram ha il suo nuovo head coach: Mario Fioretti in bianconero per le prossime due stagioni". derthonabasket.it (in Italian). June 16, 2025. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Milan makes basketball fun in the Dolomites". EuroLeague.net. July 13, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
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