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{{short description|Italian basketball player and coach}}
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| birth_date      = {{birth_date|1924|11|4|mf=y}}
| birth_place     = [[Rome]], Italy
| death_date      = {{death_date and age|2005|12|27|1924|11|4|mf=y}}
| death_place     = [[Civita Castellana]], Italy
| nationality     = Italian
| career_start    = 1947
| career_end      = 1957
| career_position = [[Shooting guard]]
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| coach_start     = 1956
| coach_end       = 1989
| years1          = 1947–1957	
| team1           = [[Società Ginnastica Roma]]
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| cyears1         = 1956–1957	
| cteam1          = [[Società Ginnastica Roma]]
| cyears2         = 1958–1968
| cteam2          = [[Italian women's national basketball team|Italy Women]]
| cyears3         = 1968–1979
| cteam3          = [[Italian national basketball team|Italy]]
| cyears4         = 1980–1982	
| cteam4          = [[Pielle Livorno]]
| cyears5         = 1982–1983	
| cteam5          = [[Pallacanestro Cantù]]
| cyears6         = 1983–1984	
| cteam6          = [[Nuova Pallacanestro Gorizia|UG Goriziana]]
| cyears7         = 1984–1985	
| cteam7          = [[Libertas Liburnia Basket Livorno|Libertas Livorno]]
| cyears8         = 1987–1989	
| cteam8          = [[Virtus Roma]]
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'''As head coach:'''
*[[FIBA Order of Merit]] (2001)
*[[FIBA Intercontinental Cup]] champion (1982)
*[[EuroLeague]] champion (1983)
*3× [[FIBA European Selection]] (1974–1976)
*[[Italian Basketball Hall of Fame]] (2008)
*Gold Star for Sports Merit (Italy) (1998)
|FIBA_HOF_coach = Giancarlo-Primo
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{{MedalCountry | {{bk|ITA}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Basketball]] Head Coach}}
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{{MedalBronze| [[EuroBasket 1971|1971 West Germany]] | }}
{{MedalBronze| [[EuroBasket 1975|1975 Yugoslavia]] | }}}}

'''Giancarlo Primo''' (November 4, 1924, [[Rome]] – December 27, 2005, [[Civita Castellana]], [[Italy]]) was an Italian professional [[basketball]] player and [[basketball coach|coach]]. He was a coach of the [[FIBA European Selection]] team in 1974, 1975, and 1976. In 2001, he was awarded the [[FIBA Order of Merit]]. In 2007, he was enshrined into the [[FIBA Hall of Famer|FIBA Hall of Fame]], and in 2008, he was inducted into the [[Italian Basketball Hall of Fame]].

==Club playing career==
During his [[sports club|club]] playing career, Primo played with [[Società Ginnastica Roma]].

==National team playing career==
As a player of the senior [[Italy national basketball team|Italian national team]], Primo participated at the [[EuroBasket 1947]], the [[Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948 Summer Olympic Games]], the [[EuroBasket 1949]], and the [[Basketball at the 1951 Mediterranean Games|1951 Mediterranean Games]], where he won a bronze medal.

==Coaching career==
After retiring as a player, Primo became the [[head coach]] of the senior [[Italian women's national basketball team|Italian women's national team]], participating at the [[EuroBasket Women 1960]], the [[EuroBasket Women 1962]], the [[1967 FIBA World Championship for Women]], and the [[EuroBasket Women 1968]].

From 1968 to 1979, he was the head coach of the senior [[Italian national basketball team|Italian men's national team]], winning bronze medals at the [[EuroBasket 1971]], and the [[EuroBasket 1975]]. He coached Italy at the: [[Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Summer Olympic Games]], the [[Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Summer Olympic Games]], the [[1970 FIBA World Championship]], the [[1978 FIBA World Championship]], and 6 [[EuroBasket]] tournaments. In total, he coached Italy in 238 [[cap (sports)|games]]. While he was coaching the senior Italian national team, Italy defeated, for the first time, both the [[United States national basketball team|United States]], at the 1970 FIBA World Championship, and the [[Soviet Union national basketball team|Soviet Union]], at the [[1977 EuroBasket]].

After 1979, he coached the [[sports club|club]] teams: [[Pielle Livorno|Livorno]] (1980–1982), [[Pallacanestro Cantù|Cantù]] (1982–1983, winning the [[FIBA Intercontinental Cup]] and the [[EuroLeague|FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague)]]), [[Nuova Pallacanestro Gorizia|SB Gorizia]] (1983–1984), [[Libertas Livorno|O.T.C. Livorno]] (1984–1985), and [[Pallacanestro Virtus Roma|Virtus Roma]] (1987–1989).

== See also ==
* [[List of EuroLeague-winning head coaches]]

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180315134128/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Giancarlo%20PRIMO/pid/64732/_//players.html FIBA Player Profile]
* [http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_1947.roundID_318.teamID_307.playerID_64732.html FIBA Europe Player Profile]
* [http://www.fiba.basketball/hall-of-fame/Giancarlo-Primo FIBA Hall of Fame page on Primo]
* [http://web.legabasket.it/coach/coach.phtml?id=PRI-GIA Italian League Coach Profile] {{in lang|it}}
*{{Olympics.com profile|giancarlo-primo}}

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[[Category:Basketball players from Rome]]
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[[Category:Olympic basketball players for Italy]]
[[Category:Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:EuroLeague–winning coaches]]
[[Category:Pallacanestro Cantù coaches]]
[[Category:Shooting guards]]
[[Category:Pallacanestro Virtus Roma coaches]]
[[Category:Nuova Pallacanestro Gorizia coaches]]
[[Category:Libertas Liburnia Basket Livorno coaches]]
[[Category:20th-century Italian sportsmen]]