Ettore Messina

2019-20 to 2025-26Armani Olimpia MilanAll coaches

214 games since 2019-20: 108-106 (50.5%), 105.0 expected wins, +3.0 above expectation.

Coaching style

EuroLeague games in the seasons he coached, each figure next to the league average for the same seasons.

Measure	Coach	League
After timeoutPoints per possession right after his own timeouts (623 possessions)	1.09	1.06
Clutch recordWins and losses in games within 5 points with 5:00 or less left in the 4th or in overtime. Every clutch game has one winner, so the league is 50%.	58-66 (46.8%)	50.0%
Clutch gamesShare of his games that were clutch games	58%	56%
Players usedPlayers who played a minute, per game	10.9	10.8
Top 7 minutesShare of minutes played by the top seven players by minutes	83%	82%
Challenges per gameChallenges logged for the team in each game since 2021-22. The data does not show whether they were upheld.	0.44	0.67
Clutch challenges per clutch gameChallenges in the last 5:00 of the 4th quarter or overtime, in clutch games	0.09	0.18

After-timeout figures count the first possession after each of his own timeouts; a possession ends when the ball changes team.

Head to head

Against other named coaches, in games they both coached. The five he has met most are listed first; search for any other coach.

The five coaches he has met most often
Coach	G	W-L	Win %
Ergin Ataman	16	6-10	37.5%
Andrea Trinchieri	14	9-5	64.3%
Sarunas Jasikevicius	12	6-6	50.0%
Dimitris Itoudis	10	5-5	50.0%
Georgios Bartzokas	10	3-7	30.0%

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Ergin Ataman 16 games, 6-10

Andrea Trinchieri 14 games, 9-5

Sarunas Jasikevicius 12 games, 6-6

Dimitris Itoudis 10 games, 5-5

Georgios Bartzokas 10 games, 3-7

Ioannis Sfairopoulos 10 games, 8-2

Israel Gonzalez 9 games, 4-5

Željko Obradović 9 games, 5-4

Dusko Ivanovic 8 games, 4-4

Pablo Laso 8 games, 4-4

Chus Mateo 7 games, 2-5

Oded Kattash 7 games, 2-5

Saša Obradović 6 games, 1-5

TJ Parker 6 games, 4-2

Dejan Radonjic 5 games, 3-2

Joan Peñarroya 5 games, 2-3

Alex Mumbru 4 games, 3-1

Jaume Ponsarnau 4 games, 3-1

Aito Garcia Reneses 3 games, 2-1

Gordon Herbert 3 games, 0-3

Igor Kokoskov 3 games, 2-1

Kazys Maksvytis 3 games, 0-3

Luca Banchi 3 games, 1-2

Pierric Poupet 3 games, 2-1

Rimas Kurtinaitis 3 games, 1-2

Xavi Pascual 3 games, 1-2

Dimitris Priftis 2 games, 2-0

Jure Zdovc 2 games, 2-0

Martin Schiller 2 games, 2-0

Roger Grimau 2 games, 2-0

Sergio Scariolo 2 games, 0-2

Svetislav Pešić 2 games, 1-1

Tiago Splitter 2 games, 1-1

Tomislav Mijatovic 2 games, 0-2

Vassilis Spanoulis 2 games, 1-1

Velimir Perasovic 2 games, 1-1

Zvezdan Mitrovic 2 games, 1-1

Aleksandar Djordjevic 1 games, 0-1

Andrei Maltsev 1 games, 1-0

Argyrios Pedoulakis 1 games, 1-0

Avi Even 1 games, 0-1

Christos Serelis 1 games, 1-0

Dragan Sakota 1 games, 0-1

Erdem Can 1 games, 1-0

Francesco Tabellini 1 games, 1-0

Georgios Vovoras 1 games, 0-1

Gianmarco Pozzecco 1 games, 1-0

Joan Plaza 1 games, 1-0

Kestutis Kemzura 1 games, 0-1

Neven Spahija 1 games, 1-0

Oliver Kostic 1 games, 1-0

Pedro Martínez 1 games, 0-1

Rick Pitino 1 games, 1-0

Sasa Djordjevic 1 games, 1-0

Tomas Masiulis 1 games, 1-0

Season by season

One line per season and club. Expected wins sum each game's pre-game Elo win probability; wins above expectation is wins minus that sum.

Season	Team	G	W-L	Win %	Expected W	Wins above exp.
2019-20	Armani Olimpia Milan	28	12-16	42.9%	11.8	+0.2
2020-21	Armani Olimpia Milan	41	25-16	61.0%	20.6	+4.3
2021-22	Armani Olimpia Milan	36	22-14	61.1%	21.1	+0.9
2022-23	Armani Olimpia Milan	33	14-19	42.4%	14.7	-0.7
2023-24	Armani Olimpia Milan	34	15-19	44.1%	16.2	-1.2
2024-25	Armani Olimpia Milan	32	16-16	50.0%	16.1	-0.1
2025-26	Armani Olimpia Milan	10	4-6	40.0%	4.3	-0.3
Career		214	108-106	50.5%	105.0	+3.0