- Ettore Messina
Ettore Messina (born
September 30 ,1959 inCatania ) is an Italianbasketball coach that currently serves as head coach of CSKA Moscow inRussia , leading them to the 2006Euroleague title in his first season there. On May 04, 2008 CSKA Moscow gained his sixth Euroleague title downing Maccabi Elite in Madrid Final Four. Ettore has his own blog on [http://www.sports.ru Sports.ru] .Before he joined CSKA in 2005, he served as head coach of Italian power Benetton Treviso, where he succeeded
Mike D'Antoni in 2002. Prior to that, he had two different stints (1989-1993 and 1997-2002) at another Italian power,Virtus Bologna . During his second stint at Virtus, he lifted Euroleague trophies in 1998 and 2001.From 1993 to 1997 he was the coach of Italy's national team, winning the silver medal at the
EuroBasket 1997 .He is regarded as one of the best coaches in
Europe and in theEuroleague , having been named in 2008 as one of the 50 Greatest Contributors in the history of the Euroleague and its predecessor, the European Cup.For many journalists and insiders, Messina might become the first non-American coach of a NBA franchise.
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