Romeo Sacchetti
Romeo "Meo" Sacchetti is an Italian professional basketball coach and former player who is currently a head coach for the Italian national basketball team and Fortitudo Bologna of the Italian Serie A and FIBA Basketball Champions League.
Standing at a height of 1.99 m, he played as a power forward. He won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow.Playing career
Club playing career
At the club level, Sacchetti played for the Italian teams Saclà Asti, Fernet Tonic Bologna, Grimaldi Torino, and Ciao Crem Varese.Italian national team
Sacchetti was a member of the senior men's Italian national basketball team. With Italy's senior national team, he won a silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He also won a gold medal at the EuroBasket 1983, and a bronze medal at the EuroBasket 1985.
He also played at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and at the 1986 FIBA World Championship.Coaching career
Clubs
Sacchetti began his coaching career in 1996. While he was the head coach of Dinamo Sassari, he was named the Italian League Coach of the Year in 2012. He won the Italian Cup in 2014 and 2015. He also won the Italian Supercup in 2014, and the Italian League championship in 2015.Italian senior national team
In 2017, he was named the head coach of the senior men's Italian national basketball team.Personal
Sacchetti's son, Brian Sacchetti, is a professional basketball player. Sacchetti coached his son Brian, while Brian was a player of Dinamo Sassari.
