Ettore Messina
Manager
Italy
Age
66
Country
Catania, Italy
_Free Agent Basketball
Career
2019–2025
Olimpia Milano
2019–2025
Olimpia Milano
2015–2017
Italy Basketball
2014–2019
San Antonio Spurs
2012–2014
PBC CSKA Moscow
2012–2014
PBC CSKA Moscow
2011–2012
Los Angeles Lakers
2009–2011
Real Madrid Baloncesto
2009–2011
Real Madrid Baloncesto
2005–2009
PBC CSKA Moscow
2005–2009
PBC CSKA Moscow
2002–2005
Pallacanestro Treviso
1997–2002
Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
1997–2002
Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
1992–1997
Italy Basketball
1989–1993
Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
1989–1993
Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
1983–1989
Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
Trofėjai
Coppa Italiana di Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano
2021-2022
Coppa Italiana di Pallacanestro Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
1989-1990
Coppa Italiana di Pallacanestro Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
1998-1999
Coppa Italiana di Pallacanestro Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
2000-2001
Coppa Italiana di Pallacanestro Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
2001-2002
Coppa Italiana di Pallacanestro Pallacanestro Treviso
2002-2003
Coppa Italiana di Pallacanestro Pallacanestro Treviso
2004-2005
Coppa Italiana di Pallacanestro Pallacanestro Treviso
2003-2004
Coppa Italiana di Pallacanestro Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
1983-1984
EuroLeague Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
1997-1998
EuroLeague Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
2000-2001
EuroLeague PBC CSKA Moscow
2005-2006
EuroLeague PBC CSKA Moscow
2007-2008
EuroLeague Coach of the Year PBC CSKA Moscow
2005-2006
EuroLeague Coach of the Year PBC CSKA Moscow
2007-2008
FIBA Hall of Fame Olimpia Milano
2021
FIBA Saporta Cup Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
1989-1990
Lega Basket Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
1992-1993
Lega Basket Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
1997-1998
Lega Basket Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
2001-2002
Lega Basket Pallacanestro Treviso
2002-2003
Lega Basket Olimpia Milano
2021-2022
Lega Basket Olimpia Milano
2022-2023
Lega Basket Olimpia Milano
2023-2024
Lega Basket Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
1983-1984
Supercoppa Italiana di Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano
2024
Supercoppa Italiana di Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano
2020
Supercoppa Italiana di Pallacanestro Pallacanestro Treviso
2002
Supercoppa Italiana di Pallacanestro Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
1988-1989
Supercoppa Italiana di Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano
2025
VTB United League PBC CSKA Moscow
2008
VTB United League PBC CSKA Moscow
2012-2013
VTB United League PBC CSKA Moscow
2013-2014
Biography
Ettore Messina (born 30 September 1959) is an Italian professional basketball executive and former coach who last coached Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He has won four EuroLeague championships as a head coach. Messina is regarded as one of the best European basketball coaches of all time, having been named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors in 2008.
He was named the Italian League's Best Coach three times, in the years 1998, 2001, and 2005. Furthermore, he has been named EuroLeague's Coach of the Year twice, in 2006 and 2008. He was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008, and into the Russian VTB United League Hall of Fame, in 2019. Messina also previously worked with the San Antonio Spurs, as an assistant coach for Gregg Popovich, from 2014 to 2019.
He was named the Italian League's Best Coach three times, in the years 1998, 2001, and 2005. Furthermore, he has been named EuroLeague's Coach of the Year twice, in 2006 and 2008. He was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008, and into the Russian VTB United League Hall of Fame, in 2019. Messina also previously worked with the San Antonio Spurs, as an assistant coach for Gregg Popovich, from 2014 to 2019.
In English