Βy Yiannis Bouranis/ info@eurohoops.net
Carlo Recalcati has now made 900 appearances as a head coach in the Italian League. The 900th match of his coaching career was the opening game against Bologna, as Venezia’s coach has claimed 532 victories!
The 70-year-old coach wants to fight for this year’s title, which will be his fourth with four different teams (Bologna, Varese and Siena the other three). “It will be a dream,” he said.
He was the coach of the Italian national basketball team from 2001 to 2009, and led them to the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, and the bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2003.
As a player on the club level, Recalcati played for Pallacanestro Cantu (1962–1979, winning the Italian Championship in 1968 and 1975), and Pallacanestro Parma (1979–1981). He also played for the Italian national team from 1967 to 1975 (winning the bronze at EuroBasket 1971 and EuroBasket 1975).
As a coach, Recalcati coached Pallacanestro Parma (1980–81), Alpe Bergamo (1982–84), Pallacanestro Cantu (1984–90, reached the final in the Korac Cup in the 1988-89 season), Viola Reggio Calabria (1990–95), Teorematour Milano (1995), Pallacanestro Varese (1997–1999, won the Italian Championship in the 1998-99 season, 2010-12), Fortitudo Bologna (1999-01, won the Italian Championship in the 1999-00 season), Montepaschi Siena (2003–06, won the Italian Championship in the 2003-04 season and the Italian Supercup in the 2004-05 season), Montegranaro (2012-14) and of course Reyer Venezia.
Milestone: Carlo #Recalcati reached 900 benches in #SerieA as Head Coach (532 W)! Congratulations coach! pic.twitter.com/rCyWY1CYzI
— Reyer Venezia (@REYER1872) October 5, 2015