Italian basketball is mourning the passing of Tonino Zorzi, an unforgettable basketball player and coach. Coach Zorzi also led Mens Sana Basket leaving an indelible mark on and off the court. “President Francesco Frati and the entire board of directors of Mens Sana Basketball join in the grief of the Zorzi family over the passing of Antonio – reads the post from the company in Viale Sclavo -. Coach Tonino Zorzi was head coach of Mens Sana Basket in the 1979-1980 and 1981-1982 seasons. Tonino forever in our hearts”. There were many messages of condolence from the world of sport for Zorzi, who in his career as a player left his mark above all in Varese, contributing in a decisive way to a championship for the Lombards. Born in Gorizia in 1935, during his very long career he achieved five promotions in A1 as a coach (three times with Venice, one each with Pavia and Reggio Calabria) and won a Cup Winners’ Cup with Partenope Napoli. He led Mens Sana to A1 in 7980 and to A2 two seasons later. At the end of his career he intelligently reinvented himself in the role of senior assistant contributing to the successes in the Italian Cup of Avellino (2008) and the one in the EuroChallenge at Virtus Bologna (2009) then helping his beloved Reyer Venezia to save himself in A2 the following year. In 2008, the Italian Basketball Federation named him ‘meritorious coach of excellence’, since 2011 ‘Paron’, as he was nicknamed, was a member of the Italia Basket Hall of Fame.
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2023-08-20 03:26:49
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