Simone Pianigiani is leaving the position of Head Coach

Simone Pianigiani is leaving the position of Head Coach of the Basketball Club Cedevita Olimpija. Due to the health problems of Pianigiani, club and coach have agreed to part ways. Pianigiani became the head coach of the Dragons in June, and won the title of Slovenian Super Cup winner in September.

Simone Pianigiani is no longer the head coach of the Cedevita Olimpija senior team. Pianigiani became the head coach of the Dragons this June, in this position he replaced Miro Alilović, who took over the management of the team in the 2022/23 season after the club parted ways with Jurica Golemac. With Pianigiani on the bench, the Ljubljana team won the title of Slovenian Supercup winner, in the regional league they recorded 10 victories in 14 matches, but in the European Cup they failed to register a victory in 13 matches.

In the time, spent in Ljubljana, Pianigiani had a lot of health issues, for which he missed five games due to health problems, three in the European Cup and two in the regional league, between October 25 and November 7, and he also missed the last game in the regional league against Mega, which was on December 31 in Belgrade.