Meo Sacchetti

Meo Sacchetti

Sacchetti, as head coach of Dinamo Sassari.
Personal information
Born	(1953-08-20) August 20, 1953 (age 71) Altamura, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Listed height	6 ft 6.5 in (1.99 m)
Listed weight	247 lb (112 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1973–1992
Position	Power forward
Coaching career	1996–present
Career history
As player:
1973–1976	Libertas Asti
1976–1979	Sporting Club Gira
1979–1984	Auxilium Torino
1984–1992	Pallacanestro Varese
As coach:
1996–1998	Auxilium Torino
1998–2001	Libertas Asti
2001–2002	Celana Bergamo
2002–2005	Castelletto Ticino
2005–2006	Fabriano Basket
2006–2007	Castelletto Ticino
2007–2008	Orlandina Basket
2008–2009	Pallacanestro Udine
2009–2015	Dinamo Sassari
2016–2017	Enel Brindisi
2017–2020	Vanoli Basket
2020	Fortitudo Bologna
2022-present	Pallacanestro Cantù
Career highlights and awards
As player: Italian 2nd Division champion (1977) Italian Basketball Hall of Fame (2016) As head coach: Italian League champion (2015) Italian Supercup winner (2014) 3× Italian Cup winner (2014, 2015, 2019) Italian League Coach of the Year (2012, 2019)
Medals Representing  Italy Men's Basketball 1980 Moscow EuroBasket 1983 France West Germany 1985 Italy

Romeo "Meo" Sacchetti (born August 20, 1953) is an Italian professional basketball coach and former player who is currently a head coach for Pallacanestro Cantù of the Serie A2.

Standing at a height of 1.99 m (6 ft. 61⁄2 in.), he played as a power forward. He won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow.

At the club level, Sacchetti played for the Italian teams Saclà Asti, Fernet Tonic Bologna (1976–1979, also known as Amaro Harrys Bologna, in Serie A2 in the 1976–77 season), Grimaldi Torino (1979–1984, also known as Berloni Torino), and Ciao Crem Varese (1984–1991, also known as Divarese Varese and Ranger Varese).^[1]

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.

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.

In 2017, he was named the head coach of the senior men's Italian national basketball team.^[2]

Sacchetti's son, Brian Sacchetti, is a professional basketball player. Sacchetti coached his son Brian, while Brian was a player of Dinamo Sassari.

• Official website (in Italian)
• FIBA Profile
• FIBA Europe Profile
• Euroleague.net Coach Profile
• Italian League Player Profile (in Italian)
• Italian League Coach Profile (in Italian)
• Meo Sacchetti at Olympics.com