Simone Pianigiani


Simone Pianigiani is an Italian professional basketball coach.

Coaching career

Pro clubs

Pianigiani was appointed the head coach of the Italian League club Montepaschi Siena before the 2006–07 season, and led his team to the Italian League championship in all six of his seasons on the bench. He was named the Italian League's Best Coach in 2007.
The 2008–09 Italian League season was especially notable, as Montepaschi won the Italian SuperCup before the season, the Italian Cup at mid-season, and won the Italian League championship, by sweeping all three of their playoff series. In 44 Italian domestic games that season, they lost only once – at Fortitudo Bologna, in an Italian League game.
As head coach in Siena, he reached the Euroleague Final Four twice.
In the summer of 2012, he signed a two-year contract with Fenerbahçe Ülker. He resigned from his position as manager of Fenerbahçe Ülker in February 2013, citing personal issues. At the time of his resignation, the team was in the top spot of the Turkish Basketball League; however, they were only in 7th place out of 8 teams in the top 16 stage of the EuroLeague.
In June 2016, he signed a two-year contract with Hapoel Jerusalem. He led Hapoel to win the Israeli national championship and to reach the Eurocup semifinal.
After one season, he parted ways with Hapoel, and signed a three-year contract with Olimpia Milano.

Italian national team

Pianigiani became the head coach of the senior men's Italian national basketball team in 2009, which he coached until 2015. He coached Italy at the EuroBasket 2011, the EuroBasket 2013, and the EuroBasket 2015.

Coaching record

EuroLeague

Honors and titles

Head Coach
Assistant Coach
Youth Coach
Cadets: 2
Juniors: 2
Under 20: