Bertram: Giovanni Bassi on De Raffaele’s staff

TORTONA – The entry into the technical staff of Bertram di is official Giovanni Bassi. Bassi, from Pistoia, 48 years old, leaves after four seasons as head coach of Chiusi (A2). “We welcome Giovanni Bassi to our technical staff – the words of the president of Derthona Basket Marco Picchi –. This is a coach who has stood out in recent seasons at the helm of Chiusi, with whom he has achieved great results and who will be of great help to coach De Raffaele”. The entrance of Bass it could lead to a reorganization of the staff it currently includes Squarcina, Mole And Rabbolini.

The carreer

Giovanni Bassi was born in Pistoia on 10 March 1976. After a career as a player which also saw him play on the parquets of Serie A, he began his career as head coach in Bottegone, Tuscany, in the team playing in Serie C. In 2013 he moved in Empoli, where he remained for the following six years. In the first two seasons he was head coach of the USE Eccellenza youth team and, in one of these two years, he also led Serie D. In the following four years he was head coach of the USE team playing in Serie B. After completing his experience in Tuscany, in the 2019/20 season the new Juventus assistant signed with Green Basket Palermo, a club playing in the Serie B championship. Having ended the season prematurely due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Bassi returned to Tuscany again in the summer of 2020, signing with the Umana San Giobbe Chiusi. He remained at the technical helm of the Club for four seasons, achieving great results: in 2020/21 he won the championship and achieved promotion to A2. In the first year in the second Italian series, he reached the semi-final of the Super Cup, the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup, finished the season in fourth place and reached the playoff semi-final. In 2022/23 Chiusi reaches the promotion playoffs again. In 2023/24 he leads Umana Chiusi for the fourth and final season, thus totaling 160 games on the Club’s bench.