EP#81: Mario Fioretti (Derthona Tortona) - 22 year journey from Assistant to Head Coach

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"Mario":

Mario Fioretti is a first time Head Coach after spending 22years at Milano as an Assistant coach under various Head Coaches, most notably Ettore Messina the last 8years. He also spent one season as an Assistant Coach under Bobby Knight at the University of Indiana and learned from one of the best early on.

After winning countless domestic titles with Milano he finally decided it was time to take on a new challenge and became the Head Coach of Derthona Tortona in the Italian 1st division.

Today, Mario and me talked about his journey as an Assistant coach and the lessons he learned working under various coaches, the essence of video scouting, the discussions about Post spacing and many more angles to look at. Obviously, we also talked the adjustment of becoming the main decision-maker, mentoring his staff and creating a bond.

Topics:
00:00 - Intro

1:20 Memories of Ettore Messina

6:30 Obvious vs Non-obvious

11:40 Working under Bobby Knight

16:00 22years at Milano20:40 Incremental Improvement

23:30 How to handle information

28:30 Agree to disagree

34:10 Video Scouting Philosophy

39:15 ProBallers.com

46:00 First summer as Head Coach

49:00 Appreciation for Assistant Coach job

55:55 Handling a loss as Head Coach

59:00 Organizing Video Sessions

1:06:20 ATOs

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