Simone Pianigiani

Pianigiani was appointed the head coach of the Italian League club Montepaschi Siena before the 2006–07 season, and led his team to the Italian League championship in all six of his seasons on the bench. He was named the Italian League's Best Coach in 2007.

The 2008–09 Italian League season was especially notable, as Montepaschi won the Italian SuperCup before the season, the Italian Cup at mid-season, and won the Italian League championship, by sweeping all three of their playoff series. In 44 Italian domestic games that season, they lost only once – at Fortitudo Bologna, in an Italian League game.

As head coach in Siena, he reached the Euroleague Final Four twice (2008 and 2011).

In the summer of 2012, he signed a two-year contract with Fenerbahçe Ülker.[http://www.fenerbahce.org/fb2008/detay.asp?ContentID=29657 Pianigiani is new coach {{in lang|tr}}.] He resigned from his position as manager of Fenerbahçe Ülker in February 2013, citing personal issues. At the time of his resignation, the team was in the top spot of the Turkish Basketball League; however, they were only in 7th place out of 8 teams in the top 16 stage of the EuroLeague.

In June 2016, he signed a two-year contract with Hapoel Jerusalem.[http://hapoel.co.il/en/article/1013 Hapoel Welcomes Simone Pianigiani.] He led Hapoel to win the Israeli national championship and to reach the Eurocup semifinal.

After one season, he parted ways with Hapoel,[http://www.eurohoops.net/en/others/471105/pianigiani-parts-ways-hapoel-jerusalem/ Pianigiani parts ways with Hapoel Jerusalem.] and signed a three-year contract with Olimpia Milano.[http://www.olimpiamilano.com/en/simone-pianigiani-is-the-new-olimpias-head-coach/ Simone Pianigiani is the new Olimpia’s head coach]

On 13 September 2020 Beijing Ducks announced Pianigiani as their new head coach, replacing Yannis Christopoulos.{{Cite web|url=https://m.weibo.cn/1496903464/4548710003117838|title=微博}} but already at the end of the year moved he from head coach position to consultant role.

On June 13 2023 Cedevita Olimpija announced that Pianigiani signed a three-year contract with the Ljubljana side. Due to Pianigiani's health problems, the club and the head coach agreed to end their cooperation on January 1 2024 after a disappointing Eurocup season. {{Cite web |date=2024-01-01 |title=Z mesta glavnega trenerja se poslavlja Simone Pianigiani |url=https://cedevita.olimpija.com/z-mesta-glavnega-trenerja-se-poslavlja-simone-pianigiani/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=KK Cedevita Olimpija, Ljubljana |language=sl-SI}}

Pianigiani became the head coach of the senior men's Italian national basketball team in 2009, which he coached until 2015. He coached Italy at the EuroBasket 2011, the EuroBasket 2013, and the EuroBasket 2015.

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| align="left"|Montepaschi

| align="left"|2007–08

| 24 || 17 || 7 || {{Winning percentage|17|7}} || align="center"|Won in 3rd place game

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| align="left"|Montepaschi

| align="left"|2008–09

| 20 || 13 || 7 || {{Winning percentage|13|7}} || align="center"|Eliminated in quarterfinals

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| align="left"|Montepaschi

| align="left"|2009–10

| 16 || 11 || 5 || {{Winning percentage|11|5}} || align="center"|Eliminated in Top 16 stage

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| align="left"|Montepaschi

| align="left"|2010–11

| 22 || 16 || 6 || {{Winning percentage|16|6}} || align="center"|Won in 3rd place game

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| align="left"|Montepaschi

| align="left"|2011–12

| 20 || 13 || 7 || {{Winning percentage|13|7}} || align="center"|Eliminated in quarterfinals

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| align="left"|Fenerbahçe

| align="left"|2012–13

| 18 || 7 || 11 || {{Winning percentage|7|11}} || align="center"|Eliminated in Top 16 stage

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| align="left"|Milano

| align="left"|2017–18

| 30 || 10 || 20 || {{Winning percentage|10|20}} || align="center"|Eliminated in regular season

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| align="left"|Milano

| align="left"|2018–19

| 30 || 14 || 16 || {{Winning percentage|14|16}} || align="center"|Eliminated in regular season

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| align="center" colspan=2|Career||180||101||79||{{Winning percentage|101|79}}||

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Head coach

• Italian League Champion: 6

:Mens Sana Siena: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

:Olimpia Milano: 2018

• Italian SuperCup Winner: 7

:Mens Sana Siena: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

:Olimpia Milano: 2017, 2018

• Italian Cup Winner: 3

:Mens Sana Siena: 2009, 2010, 2011

• EuroLeague Final Four Participation: 2

:Mens Sana Siena: 2008, 2011

• Turkish Cup Winner:

:Fenerbahçe Ülker: 2013

• Israeli Premier League Champion:

:Hapoel Jerusalem: 2017

• Israeli League Cup Winner:

:Hapoel Jerusalem: 2016

Assistant coach

• Saporta Cup Champion:

:Mens Sana Siena: 2002

• Italian League Champion:

:Mens Sana Siena: 2004

• Italian SuperCup Winner:

:Mens Sana Siena: 2004–05

• EuroLeague Final Four Participation: 2

:Mens Sana Siena: 2003, 2004

Youth coach

• Italian Youth Tournaments:

Cadets: 2

:Mens Sana Siena: 2002, 2003

Juniors: 2

:Mens Sana Siena: 2004, 2005

Under 20:

:Mens Sana Siena: 2006

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• [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/coaches/showcoach?pcode=CEV Simone Pianigiani] at euroleague.net
• [http://195.56.77.208/coach/coach.phtml?id=PIA-SIM Simone Pianigiani] at legabasket.it

{{Olimpia Milano 2017-18 Lega Basket Serie A Champions}}

{{Israeli Basketball Super League coach of the season}}

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