Jure Zdovc is no longer Cedevita head coach
The coach and Cedevita part ways
Cedevita team will have a new head coach in the new season, as the club's management have terminated the cooperation with Jure Zdovc on mutual consent.
Given the terms of the contract between the two sides, that included a clause, that would automatically extend the cooperation with Jure Zdovc at the head coach position in case of winning the ABA League or EuroCup trophy, the two sides have decided not to extend their contract.
“Jure Zdovc is a brilliant person and a coach, that will be remembered at Cedevita as the Croatian National League champion, winner of the Krešimir Ćosić Cup and the ABA Super Cup, on which we wish to thank and congratulate him. However, the ambitions of the club are clear and they include return to the EuroLeague, which we did not succeed to do this season. We were close, one shot, one free throw, separated us from achieving the goal, but we did not make it neither through ABA League, nor EuroCup and we will try to do so in the new season with a new head coach. We have several options open and we will make our minds these days. The new head coach will lead the team in the EuroCup and the ABA League, while in the Croatian National Championship, our second team, with the young players under the guidance of Slaven Rimac, will play,” the club’s GM Davor Užbinec told after the departure of Zdovc.
Given the terms of the contract between the two sides, that included a clause, that would automatically extend the cooperation with Jure Zdovc at the head coach position in case of winning the ABA League or EuroCup trophy, the two sides have decided not to extend their contract.
“Jure Zdovc is a brilliant person and a coach, that will be remembered at Cedevita as the Croatian National League champion, winner of the Krešimir Ćosić Cup and the ABA Super Cup, on which we wish to thank and congratulate him. However, the ambitions of the club are clear and they include return to the EuroLeague, which we did not succeed to do this season. We were close, one shot, one free throw, separated us from achieving the goal, but we did not make it neither through ABA League, nor EuroCup and we will try to do so in the new season with a new head coach. We have several options open and we will make our minds these days. The new head coach will lead the team in the EuroCup and the ABA League, while in the Croatian National Championship, our second team, with the young players under the guidance of Slaven Rimac, will play,” the club’s GM Davor Užbinec told after the departure of Zdovc.