#14 Andrea Trinchieri - Life, Basketball, Conflict, Communication & Culture of Accountability

The Benas Podcast

#14 Andrea:
Firstly, I apologize for the slight delay in our conversation. The audio and video was not synced perfectly but is still very much useful…the wifi was playing jokes on us, we’ll make sure to tell the ‘Internet Gods’ to take care of that next time!
Andrea Trinchieri is as good as they come and today he took me for a ride around his world. I got to see a glimpse of his past and mindset as well as his rich history with a variety of cultures in his background. Andrea is international as it gets by having Croatian, Montenegran, American as well as Panamanian roots and today he explained on how that came about and how these influences help him in his job today. Coach Trinchieri is a successful Head Coach at FC Bayern Munich and is currently in his 17th season as a Head Coach overall. He started his Head Coaching career in 2004 when he left Milano and became a Head Coach in 3rd division at Tripoldi Cremona. Meanwhile, he has elevated his ‘game’ all the way to the Euroleague after going through all possible levels of coaching you can imagine. Andrea has countless titles in Germany that include 3 German Leagues as well as 2 German Cups, 2 Serbian Cups, Russian Cup & Italian 2nd Division Cup and many more domestic accomplishments. He’s a treasure and still has lots of coaching left in him.
Andrea and me talked about a variety of topics today but started our journey with my favourite topic of them all, “Communication”. We went into depth on how much his rich cultural background helps him to put himself in the other person’s shoes and be able to get his point across quicker and better. Andrea told why he’s not afraid of confrontations, how he cultivates a culture of accountability on his teams as well as defining leadership. He explained why his coaching style changes every year and what he expects from his Assistant Coaches day in - day out. We obviously also went into the coaching profession and talked about certain basketball situations such as ‘spacing’ and ‘cutting’.
In the end I hit him with my ‘ATO questions’, which he answered precisely.
Enjoy this peace of art created by the master himself, Andrea Trinchieri.

Topics:
- Boston Memories
- Background / History
- Cultural Communication
- Becoming a Head Coach
- Confrontations / Conversations
- Recruitment / Management
- Leadership / Preparation
- Relationship with Players
- Leaders / Accountability
- Changing Coaching Style
- Expectation from Ast. Coaches
- Floor Spacing
- Cutting / Communication
- Advice to younger self
- Best personal investment
- Overcoming Failure
- Teaching a class in Basketball
- Favourite Dinner Company
- Alex Ferguson quote
- What DRIVES you?

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