Ettore Messina

Ettore Messina
Ettore Messina (2021)
Olimpia Milano
PositionHead coach
LeagueLBA
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1959-09-30) 30 September 1959 (age 65)
Catania, Italy
Coaching career1976–present
Career history
As coach:
1976–1980Reyer Venezia (youth)
1980–1982Basket Mestre (youth)
1982–1983A.P.U. Udine (assistant)
1983–1989Virtus Bologna (assistant)
1989–1993Virtus Bologna
1992–1997Italy
1997–2002Virtus Bologna
2002–2005Benetton Treviso
2005–2009CSKA Moscow
2009–2011Real Madrid
2011–2012Los Angeles Lakers (consultant)
2012–2014CSKA Moscow
20142019San Antonio Spurs (assistant)
2015–2017Italy
2019–presentOlimpia Milano
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:

As assistant coach:

FIBA Hall of Fame as coach
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Italy
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 1997 Spain
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1993 France

Ettore Messina (born 30 September 1959) is an Italian professional basketball coach who is the head coach of Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He has won four EuroLeague championships as a head coach. Messina is regarded as one of the best European basketball coaches of all time, having been named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors in 2008.

He was named the Italian League's Best Coach three times, in the years 1998, 2001, and 2005. Furthermore, he has been named EuroLeague's Coach of the Year twice, in 2006 and 2008. He was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008, and into the Russian VTB United League Hall of Fame, in 2019. Messina also previously worked with the San Antonio Spurs, as an assistant coach for Gregg Popovich, from 2014 to 2019.