Massimiliano Menetti Explained

Massimiliano Menetti
Position:Assistant coach
League:LKL
EuroLeague
Team:Žalgiris Kaunas
Nationality:Italian
Birth Date:1973 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Palmanova, Friuli, Italy
Coach Start:1997
Cyears1:1997–1998
Cteam1:Pallacanestro Reggiana (assistant)
Cyears2:1998–2003
Cteam2:Juvenilia Reggio Emilia
Cyears3:2003–2006
Cteam3:Reggiana (assistant)
Cyears4:2006–2007
Cteam4:Reggiana
Cyears5:2007–2008
Cteam5:Reggiana (assistant)
Cyears6:2009–2010
Cteam6:Sutor Montegranaro (assistant)
Cyears7:2010–2011
Cteam7:Reggiana (assistant)
Cyears8:2011–2018
Cteam8:Reggiana
Cyears9:2018–2022
Cteam9:Universo Treviso
Cyears10:2022
Cteam10:Reggiana
Cyears11:2023–2024
Cteam11:Hapoel Eilat
Cyears12:2024–present
Cteam12:Žalgiris Kaunas (assistant)
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Massimiliano "Max" Menetti (born 27 January 1973) is an Italian professional basketball coach, who is currently an assistant coach of Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroLeague.

Career

After spending years coaching the youth teams of Pallacanestro Reggiana and serving as assistant coach, Menetti was offered the head coach role for the 2006–07 season though he returned to the assistant role at the end of the season.After a stint at Sutor Montegranaro in 2009–10 (again as an assistant), he returned to Reggio Emilia.One year later he would be named head coach again, a position he would make his for the subsequent seasons.In 2014 he led Pallacanestro Reggiana to the EuroChallenge title.

On 1 July 2015, his contract was extended until 2017.[1] On 16 May 2018, Menetti and Pallacanestro Reggiana consensually parted ways, with one year of contract still left. Menetti left the club after 8 seasons as head coach since the 2011 takeover, winning promotion to Serie A in 2012, five consecutive Playoffs and Final Eight participation (2012–2017), one EuroChallenge (2014), one Italian Supercup (2015) and finishing two times as Serie A runners-up (2015, 2016) and reaching the EuroCup semifinals (2018).

From the summer of 2018 to 2022, Menetti served as the head coach of Universo Treviso Basket. During the first season with Menneti at the helm, Treviso went on to win Serie A2 Basket play-off championship and got place in Serie A.

On 28 July 2023, he signed with Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[2] [3]

On 22 January 2024, Menetti signed as an assistant coach for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroLeague.[4]

Personal

He is married with former Argentinian volleyball player Maria Pia Romanò, with whom he has a daughter. Romanò played for various seasons in Reggio Emilia, while Menetti was club assistant.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Menetti estende fino al 2017 . . 1 July 2015 . PallacanestroReggiana.it . 2 September 2015 . Italian . Menetti extends until 2017.
  2. hapoeleilat . CvPNo3xI_ik . 28 July 2023 . עוד כריש באילת . 31 July 2023.
  3. hapoeleilat. 1678429719761395712. Benvenuto coach!. 22 January 2024.
  4. Web site: Zalgiris adds Italian to the coaching staff. Žalgiris Kaunas. 22 January 2024. 22 January 2024.