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CJ Taranto, coach Olive is the starting point

Basket B / M: CJ Taranto, coach Olive is the starting point

‘I’m fine here, I feel the confidence of a serious company. Market? Soon the first names’

The marriage continues happily. Davide Olive will sit on the bench of CJ Basket Taranto also for the 2021/2022 season. Almost no news since the role of Rossoblu head coach has never been questioned as a sign of continuity with what has now been done for three and a half years by the coach from Brindisi. A confirmation at the bottom by the president Sergio Cosenza and by the vice president Roberto Conversano, anticipated already close to the playoff semifinal exit at the end of another great season under his guidance who wrote important pages in the history of CJ Basketball but of all the Taranto men’s basketball. A combination that between the CJ and coach Olive started in February 2019 where the technician takes a team last in the standings in Serie C and takes it to the second round of the playoffs, then two seasons always as protagonists, in C Gold, before the suspension due to covid , and in Serie B scoring several franchise records, such as that of consecutive victories in the regular season, 12, participation in the national Italian Cup and qualification for the playoffs for promotion to A2. It will in fact be your 4th year (the first was in the running) with the CJ, now it’s a special relationship. “Yes, this will be my fourth year, at least since the beginning of the season. In my sporting history there are collaborations that have continued for several seasons. I’m pleased, I’m fine in Taranto, I feel the confidence of the management and the environment and I would like to try to play this Serie B championship also experiencing the thrill of seeing the fans in the stands of the Palafiom “. Did a month without basketball put you through the disappointment of not making it to the playoff final? “The anger for not having reached the final is great but we are aware that we have played a great season anyway, reaching the first year of B in the semifinals for climbing in A2 and at the Final Eight of the Italian Cup. I believe all this while also playing good basketball “. It’s still early, but which Serie B will be next and what CJ does coach Olive have in mind? “We are working with my staff and the sporting director Vito Appeso, trying to build a good team, which can give satisfaction to the Taranto fans as did the players of last season whom I thank one by one. We have clear ideas and are trying to build a good group. I can’t anticipate anything but I think the club will announce the first names on the roster shortly ”. THE CAREER OF COACH OLIVE Davide Olive, born in 74, began training at a very young age in his Mesagne, on the Fortitudo side, a company that mainly deals with the care of the youth sector. The results obtained together with his staff were flattering: 10 youth championships won between men and women with various participations in the interzonal phases. At the age of 24 he finished his training course becoming national coach and in 2000 he arrived at Basket Francavilla, a historic Apulian club where he remained for 15 years. With the youth teams he won 6 men’s titles, gaining access to the interzonal stages several times and participating in a national final. From 2004 to 2007 he was the Fip Regional Manager for the Azzurrina Project. In the 2007/2008 season, with the first team, he won the Apulian regional championship and landed in C1. In 2009/2010 after two seasons he wins the championship and conquers a historic Serie B. For 5 championships in a row he leads the team to qualify for the playoffs for promotion to A2: twice he reaches the semifinals, exiting with Capo d’Orlando and Trapani . In 2016 he became head coach of Nuova Pallacanestro Nardò, winning Serie C at the first attempt and participating in the first historic Serie B championship. A few years ago he founded Fortitudo Basket Francavilla, a company that takes care of minibasketball and the youth sector, reaching in a short time numbers and organization important enough to be able to win three regional titles in this year. Since February 2019 he is the coach of CJ Basket Taranto who led from salvation to the playoffs in a few months. In his first full season he closed the Serie C championship in third place before the suspension and then cancellation due to the coronavirus emergency. Then the last Serie B championship which marked a historic ride of the rossoblu association passed from the record of consecutive victories (12), the qualification and participation in the first final eight of the national Italian Cup and the playoffs, as protagonists, for promotion to the A2 series . (CS)

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