{"id":490081,"date":"2026-03-27T18:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=490081"},"modified":"2026-03-27T18:59:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:59:03","slug":"virtus-bologna-fires-dusko-ivanovic-the-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/virtus-bologna-fires-dusko-ivanovic-the-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtus Bologna fires Dusko Ivanovic: the announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Breaking news that has shaken the Italian basketball world. Virtus Bologna has decided to relieve Dusko Ivanovic of his duties following last night\u2019s loss to Olimpia Milano in the EuroLeague.<\/p>\n<p>The black-and-white club is parting ways with the Montenegrin coach, who led the team to the Scudetto last season. His successor, at least until the end of the season, will be Nenad Jakovljevic. Dusko Ivanovic\u2019s contract was set to expire this summer.<\/p>\n<h2>Virtus Bologna press release<\/h2>\n<p>Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna S.p.A. announces that it has relieved Mr. Dusko Ivanovic of his duties as Head Coach of the First Team.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the Club announces that Assistant Coach Nenad Trajkovic is also leaving the team.<\/p>\n<p>Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna wishes to express its heartfelt thanks to Coach Ivanovic for his professionalism, dedication, and the work he has done during his tenure. Thanks are also extended to Nenad Trajkovic. We wish both of them the very best in their future professional careers.<\/p>\n<p>The Club further announces that the role of Head Coach of the First Team will be entrusted to Mr. Nenad Jakovljevic, who will be assisted by Daniele Parente and Cristian Fedrigo.<\/p>\n<p>We wish Coach Jakovljevic and his staff the best of luck for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna S.p.A. announces that it has relieved Mr. Dusko Ivanovic of his duties as Head Coach of the First Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":488743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[82,26],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[20,15725],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-490081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-serie-a","typology-ufficiale","typology-comunicato"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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