{"id":446103,"date":"2025-06-12T14:17:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=446103"},"modified":"2025-06-12T14:17:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:17:30","slug":"sig-strasbourg-janis-gailitis-is-the-new-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/sig-strasbourg-janis-gailitis-is-the-new-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"SIG Strasbourg: Janis Gailitis is the new head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Strasbourg has announced that Ainars Gailitis is the new head coach of its first team. The 40-year-old Latvian coach signed a two-year contract with the French club.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, Gailitis led Mitteldeutscher to its best season ever, winning the German Cup and its first top-flight title after eliminating Bayern Munich in the semifinals and Bamberg in the finals. 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