1. Sergio Scariolo was born on 1 April 1961 and is an Italian professional basketball coach who is the head coach of the senior Spain national team.
20 Facts About Sergio Scariolo
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Sergio Scariolo started his coaching career in the early 1980s, as the assistant coach of Basket Brescia, the team of his hometown, and Scavolini Pesaro.
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In 1989, Bianchini became the new coach of Virtus Roma and Sergio Scariolo was hired as new head coach of Pesaro.
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Aged 29, Sergio Scariolo became the youngest coach ever to win the trophy.
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In 1993, Sergio Scariolo was hired by Fortitudo Bologna, a team which was becoming more and more ambitious under the new ownership of the entrepreneur Giorgio Seragnoli.
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In 1999, Sergio Scariolo was hired by Real Madrid, one of the most important clubs of the Liga ACB.
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From 2003 to 2008, Sergio Scariolo was the head coach of the Spanish club Unicaja Malaga, which, under his tenure and thanks to the leadership of Jorge Garbajosa, lived its so-called "golden age".
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From 2008 to 2010, Sergio Scariolo served as the head coach of the Russian club BC Khimki Moscow.
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In 2011, Sergio Scariolo returned to Italy, becoming the new head coach of Olimpia Milano.
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In June 2013, Sergio Scariolo became the head coach of Laboral Kutxa, a club which he had already coached during the late 1990s.
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On July 25,2018, Sergio Scariolo was hired by the Toronto Raptors as an assistant coach, aiding them to win their first NBA championship.
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Sergio Scariolo became the first Italian coach and the second Italian ever, after the shooting guard Marco Belinelli, to become an NBA champion.
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Sergio Scariolo served two times as head coach of the Spanish national team: from 2009 to 2012 and from 2015 to present.
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Under Sergio Scariolo, Spain won the gold medal at the EuroBasket 2009, EuroBasket 2011, the EuroBasket 2015 and the EuroBasket 2022, and the bronze medal at EuroBasket 2017.
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Sergio Scariolo won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Sergio Scariolo coached Spain at the 2010 FIBA World Championship.
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In 2019, Sergio Scariolo led Spain to victory in the FIBA Basketball World Cup.
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In October 2020, Sergio Scariolo announced that he will remain as head coach of the team through the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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Sergio Scariolo is married to Blanca Ares, a former Spanish basketball player.
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Sergio Scariolo appeared in the Netflix film Hustle, produced by LeBron James and Adam Sandler, who was the co-star along with Juancho Hernangomez, which was released on 8 June 2022.