.jpg) Banchi in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Virtus Bologna | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Head coach | ||||||||||||||
| League | LBA EuroLeague | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | August 1, 1965 Grosseto, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1985–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | F. A. Vigna di Valle (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Affirco Firenze (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 1987–1997 | Livorno (youth teams) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | Livorno | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Trieste | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Livorno | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Trapani | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Aurora Basket Jesi | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2012 | Montepaschi Siena (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Montepaschi Siena | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Emporio Armani Milano | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Auxulium Torino | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Brose Bamberg | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | AEK Athens | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Lokomotiv Kuban | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Long Island Nets (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Latvia | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Pesaro | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | SIG Strasbourg | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Virtus Bologna | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
As head coach:
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Luca Banchi (born August 1, 1965) is an Italian professional basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of the Latvia men's national basketball team and the Italian club Virtus Bologna, competing in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He was awarded as the best coach of FIBA World Cup 2023.