National Basketball League communicates the assignment of the title of Manager of the year in National Serie B Old Wild West For the sporting season 2024/2025, “Gabriele Fioretti” Awarda Marco Verrignisports director of Liofilchem Pallacanestro Roseto. The Abruzzo company has conquered the promotion in Serie A2 in this tournament, remaining unbeaten in the playoffs and also winning the category super cup at the beginning of the season.
The prize is awarded in the memory of Gabriele Fioretti, General Manager of Basketball Biella and in the world of basketball as a journalist and manager, who passed away in November 2014 at the age of 39.
Verrigni, born in Roseto degli Abruzzi (Te) in 1970, was a player for many years in the Cadet Championships, also with the team of his city. From 2012 to 2014 he was manager of Roseto Sharks, in the DNB and DNA Silver championships. In the summer of 2023 he is sports director of Basketball Roseto; The first season of B national was lived at the top, with the final playoff against Libertas Livorno, lost in 5 games. The excellent performance of this championship had already allowed Verrigni to win the “Pierfrancesco Betti” award, voted by the finalist companies of the Italian Cup of B Nazionale 2025.
It was a season to remember for Liofilchem, protagonist already in September, with the victory in the category Super Cup, in Livorno against Pielle. A regular season closed at the top in Group B, with a first place conquered thanks to 31 wins and only 5 defeats, and the participation in the Final Four of the Italian Cup, as a finalist, losing the final act against the Montecatini basketball. In the playoffs, the biancazzurra team closed with 9 wins in as many games, sealing the promotion in A2 thanks to 3-0 in the final series against Gemini Mestre. A championship that has significantly involved the passionate public Rosetano, with two final matches of 4,000 spectators against Mestre, sold out at PalaMaggetti.
The gold register of the “Gabriele Fioretti” award, for the manager of the year of the National Serie B:
2016/17 – Alessandro Muzio (Basketball Orzinuovi)
2017/18 – Giacomo Rossi (Stella Azzurra Rome)
2018/19 – Luca Biganzoli (Urania Milan)
2019/20 – Not assigned
2020/21 – Giulio Iozzelli (San Giobbe Basket Chiusi)
2021/22 – Davide Turci (Rinascita Basket Rimini)
2022/23 – Marino Spaccasassi (New Basketball Vigevano 1955)
2023/24 – Antonello Nevola (of the Avellino feste)
2024/25 – Marco Verrigni (Pallacanestro Roseto)
