Luca Banchi to Take On Two Roles at Once

Luca Banchi will serve as head coach of the Italy national team and as coach of Olimpia Milano under a new agreement reached with the Italian Basketball Federation (Federbasket). Under the deal, his contract is changing from full-time to part-time, and the pay for the national team role is being reduced. The report states that Banchi's current salary is approximately 600,000 euros gross per year.

The agreement with Federation President Gianni Petrucci guarantees that Banchi will remain in charge for the entire November national team window. Camp begins on November 23, and the team will play Turkey on November 26 and Serbia on November 29.

During Olimpia's games in the national team break, assistant coach Marco Ramondino will temporarily lead the team. Paolo Galbiati will work alongside the head coach in the Italy staff. Former Baskonia head coach Galbiati was with the national team in 2021-2022, a period that ended with the Tokyo Olympics.

However, how the clash between the World Cup qualifying matches and Olimpia's EuroLeague games will be resolved is not yet clear. The organizational details of the three matches to be played at the end of November also still need to be discussed.