Mauro Panaggio has had the most successful experience in the basketball coaching field. He has been extremely successful at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels. His .683 winning percentage over a 40+ year coaching career is among the top in the coaching field.
As a head coach in the Continental Basketball Association, the official development league of the NBA at that time, his teams won six division championships, four appearances in the final championship series, winning two league championships. Coach Panaggio is one of the only two to be named CBA Coach of the Year three times.
Coach Panaggio is the all time winningest coach in CBA history with a record of 431 wins and 257 losses. With a teaching background at the high school and college level, Mauro has approached his coaching with a strong teaching emphasis. It is his belief that the coach cannot be separated from his role as a teacher if he is to be consistently successful.