Maurizio Buscaglia (born 9 April 1969) is an Italian professional basketball coach. He was most recently the head coach of Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).
 Buscaglia in 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 April 1969 Bari, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Position | Head coach |
| Coaching career | 1986–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1994–1995 | Anzola Bologna |
| 1995–1996 | Salus Bologna |
| 1996–2000 | Piove di Sacco |
| 2000–2002 | Mestre (assistant) |
| 2002–2003 | Mestre |
| 2003–2007 | Aquila Trento |
| 2007–2008 | Mestre |
| 2009–2010 | Perugia |
| 2010–2019 | Aquila Trento |
| 2019–2020 | Reggio Emilia |
| 2019–2022 | Netherlands |
| 2020–2021 | Brescia |
| 2021–2022 | Hapoel Holon |
| 2022–2023 | Napoli |
| 2023 | Hapoel Eilat |
| 2023–2024 | Victoria Libertas Pesaro |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As coach:
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Coaching career
editAfter spending years coaching the youth teams of two clubs in Perugia, and two more in Bologna, Buscaglia was offered the head coach role for the 1996–97 season, with Piove di Sacco. For the 2001–02 season, he began as the assistant coach of Bears Mestre in the Serie B (Italian 3rd Division), and later he was named the head coach of the team.
In 2003, he was signed by Aquila Trento, of Serie C1 (Italian 4th Division), where he stayed until 2007, and achieved a league promotion to Serie B in 2005.
He later went back to Mestre, and then Perugia Basket, achieving many league promotions.
In 2010, he again became the head coach of Aquila Trento. In that following season, he achieved the league promotion to the Serie A2 (Italian 2nd Division). In the 2013–14 season, he won the Italian LNP Cup (2nd tier Italian Cup) and, in the same year, he achieved a league promotion to the Italian top-tier level LBA for the first time.
At the end of the 2014–15 Serie A season, his team finished the regular season in fourth place, and he was named the Italian League's Coach of the Year.[1]
The 2015–16 EuroCup season was the first season of European-wide competition for him and his team, and at the end of the competition, he was named the EuroCup Coach of The Year.[2]
On 22 July 2019, Buscaglia signed a contract to become the head coach of the Netherlands national basketball team, ending in the summer of 2021.[3]
At the end of the 2019–20 season Reggio Emilia decided to replace him with Antimo Martino, but still kept Buscaglia under contract until on 1 December 2020, when Pallacanestro Brescia hired him to replace Vincenzo Esposito.[4][5]
On 1 July 2021 he signed with Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Premier League.[6]
On 16 March 2022 he signed with Napoli Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A.[7]
After a disappointing EuroBasket 2022, in which the Netherlands went winless, Buscaglia was sacked and replaced by Radenko Varagić.[8][9]
On January 15, 2023, he signed with Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[10]
On June 22, 2023, he signed with Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[11]
References
edit- ^ "LegaBasket Awards: premiati Trainotti, Buscaglia e Mitchell" [Lega Basket Serie A Awards to Trainotti, Buscaglia and Mitchell]. ladigetto.it (in Italian). Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ^ "Eurocup Coach of the Year: Maurizio Buscaglia, Dolomiti Energia Trento". eurocupbasketball.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ^ "Italiaan Buscaglia nieuwe basketballcoach Nederlands mannenteam". Oranje Basketball. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Risolto il contratto di Maurizio Buscaglia" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 1 December 2020.
- ^ "Benvenuto coach Maurizio Buscaglia! "Contento e onorato di essere a Brescia"" (in Italian). pallacanestrobrescia.it. 1 December 2020.
- ^ "Hapoel Holon officially name Maurizio Buscaglia head coach". Sportando. July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ "Basket, Serie A - Ufficiale: Maurizio Buscaglia è il nuovo coach della GeVi Napoli Basket". Eurosport (in Italian). 2022-03-16. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
- ^ "Buscaglia na teleurstellend EK ontslagen als bondscoach van basketballers". nu.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ "Radenko Varagic aangesteld als interim-bondscoach van de Nederlandse basketballers". basketball.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "Hapoel Eilat signs Maurizio Buscaglia". Sportando. January 15, 2023. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
- ^ "Nuovo Coach Per La Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro: Maurizio Buscaglia!". victorialibertas.it (in Italian). June 22, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.