Riccardo Fois Explained

Riccardo Fois
League:NBA
Team:Sacramento Kings
Position:Assistant coach
Birth Date:1987 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Olbia, Italy
Nationality:Italian
Height M:1.88
Height Order:flip
College:Pepperdine (2007–2008)
Draft Year:2009
Career Start:2009
Career End:2012
Career Position:Shooting guard
Career Number:19
Coach Start:2012
Cyears1:2012–2014
Cteam1:Pepperdine (graduate assistant)
Cyears2:2014–2019
Cteam2:Gonzaga (dir. analytics)
Cyears3:2017–present
Cteam3:Italy (assistant)
Cyears4:–2021
Cteam4:Phoenix Suns (player development)
Cyears5:2021–2024
Cteam5:Arizona (assistant)
Cyears6:–present
Cteam6:Sacramento Kings (assistant)

Riccardo Fois (born 19 February 1987) is an Italian professional basketball coach and former player. He is the assistant coach in the NBA with the Sacramento Kings. He previously was an assistant coach at the University of Arizona. He played prep basketball at Boaz High School (Boaz, Alabama) while in the exchange student program and later went onto play college basketball for the Pepperdine Waves.

Playing career

When Fois first moved to the United States, he played the 2007–08 season at Pepperdine and was named to the WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Fois played professionally in Italian 3rd-tier Serie B from 2009–2012. He played for Robur Basket Osimo and Pallacanestro Firenze.

National team career

Fois was a member of the Italy national under-16 team at the 2003 European Championship for Cadets in Madrid, Spain.[1] Over six tournament games, he averaged 0.8 points and 0.8 rebounds per game.[2]

Coaching career

Fois served as a graduate assistant for the men’s basketball program at Pepperdine University from 2012 to 2014.

Fois worked for the Gonzaga University men’s basketball program for five seasons (2014–2019), elevating to the title of director of analytics. In this role, he handled video breakdown and exchange, evaluated player analytics and assisted the coaching staff with day-to-day program operations.[3] The Bulldogs advanced at least as far as the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament in all five of Fois' seasons, and he helped the program reach its first-ever Final Four in 2017, played in Glendale, Arizona, when Gonzaga finished as national runner-up.

Fois assisted Gonzaga's head coach Mark Few as the video coordinator for the United States national team coached by Few that won the bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada.[3] Fois was an assistant coach for the Italian national team during the 2017 FIBA EuroBasket championship, serving on the staff of Ettore Messina.[4]

On June 26, 2019, Fois was hired as a player development coach for the Phoenix Suns.[5] [6]

Personal life

Fois earned his bachelor's degree in integrated marketing communication from the Pepperdine University in 2008 and earned his master's degree in business administration from Pepperdine in 2014.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2003 Italy Cadets #13 - Riccardo Fois . archive.fiba.com . 28 June 2019.
  2. Web site: Riccardo Fois Italy 2003 . fibaeurope.com . 28 June 2019.
  3. Web site: Riccardo Fois, Coordinator of Analytics . gozags.com . 28 June 2019.
  4. Web site: Riccardo Fois sbarca in NBA . superbasket.it . 28 June 2019. it.
  5. Web site: Phoenix Suns announce complete coaching staff . nba.com . 27 June 2019.
  6. Web site: Nba, l'olbiese Riccardo Fois nello staff dei Suns . unionesarda.it . 28 June 2019. it.