Bill Paterno

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Nationality: USA


COACHING CAREER

  • 1989-1990 HERTEN, GERMANY FIRST DIVISION. HEAD COACH I took over at mid-season after the team was bought by an Italian businessman. This president died after Christmas but I finished the season and went to Italy.
  • 1990-1991 MONTIBASKET MONTICHIARI, ITALY B2 ASSISTANT COACH AND YOUTH COORDINATOR I was the assistant coach in the B2 league and I coordinated the youth program while coaching mini basketball, boys under 12 and girls under 14 teams. We won both league youth championships.
  • 1991-1992 MONTIBASKET  MONTICHTARI, ITALY B2 ASSISTANT COACH AND YOUTH COORDINATOR We won the B2 championship and I coached the boys under 14 and girls under 16 to 2 championships.
  • 1992-1993 MONTIBASKET  MONTICHIARI, ITALY HEAD COACH D DIVISION AND YOUTH COORDINATOR The team went bankrupt and the rights to the B1 division were sold so we started over in the D league using our young players. I remained as youth coordinator coaching 3 mini basketball teams, boys under 14, girls under 16 and the junior national team.
  • 1993-1994 NEW WASH MONTICHIARI – MONTICHIARI, ITALY HEAD COACH D LEAGUE AND YOUTH COORDINATOR We were promoted to the C2 league. I remained with the same youth teams winning 3 championships.
  • 1994-1995 NEW WASH MONTICHIARI, ITALY HEAD COACH AND YOUTH COORDINATOR
  • 1995-1996 NEW WASH MONTICHIARI, ITALY HEAD COACH AND YOUTH COORDINATOR We were promoted to the C1 league.
  • 1996-1997 PALLCANESTRO TRIESTE. TRIESTE, ITALY A1 ASSISTANT COACH AND HEAD COACH JUNIOR NATIONAL TEAM
  • 1997-1998 BASKET SWANS GMUNDEN. GMUNDEN, AUSTRIA HEAD COACH FIRST DIVISION, YOUTH COORDINATOR AND HEAD COACH JUNIOR TEAM AND UNDER 22 TEAM Played in the first league with 2 Americans and my junior team we stayed in the first division, won the junior Austrian championship and took second place in the under 22 championship.
  • 1998-1999 BASKET SWANS GMUNDEN We finished in the top 10 and won the junior Austrian championship and second in the under 22. Due to the death of my father I moved back to help my mother through rough times.
  • 1999- 2000 CITYBASKET RECKLINGHAUSEN, GERMANY Coach - Won the league championship.
  • 2001- 2007 MOUNMOUTH COUNTY, NJ, USA ASSISTANT COACH H.W. Mountz Grammar School HEAD COACH Sea Girt Grammar School HEAD COACH 2 years AAU BasketballPaterno„s Instructional Basketball LLC
  • 2008- 2009 Best Basket Brescia, Mazzano, Italy HEAD COACH AND YOUTH INSTRUCTOR
  • 2010 BBU Salzburg, Austria SPORT DIRECTOR AND HEAD COACH
  • 2010- 2011 BBC US HEFFINGEN Luxembourg HEAD COACH Heffingen, Luxembourg National 2 menHEAD COACH U14, U16, U22Won the National 2 and brought the team up to National 1 for the 2011-2012 season Made the semi finals of the Luxembourg CupLuxembourg U16 ChampionsCOACH of the YEAR
  • Currently BBC US HEFFINGEN Luxembourg HEAD COACH Heffingen, Luxembourg National 1 men
  • EDUCATION AND SPORTS

  • 1969 Graduated St. Catherine„s Grammar School, Spring Lake NJ
  • 1969-1973 Christian Brothers Academy, Lincroft NJ Varsity BasketballWon 3 NJ State Championships
  • 1973-1977 University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana4 year varsity basketball player2 seasons as team captain Graduated in 1977 with Bachelor of Science in Economics
  • 1977 NBA Draft - Picked in top 50 Went on to professional career in Italy, CBA, Belgium, WBA, France and Germany.
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    Coaches' data courtesy of Eurobasket.