Flavius Lapuste has been named as the new coach of National League team Universitatea Cluj-Napoca. This comes after Carmin Popa has announced his resignation after 18 games in charge of the team which had a 0-18 win loss record.
Lapuste, who is 37 years old, and just recently hung up his basketball shoes, will make his coaching debut against one of his former teams, BC Mures Tirgu Mures. He spent two seasons in Tirgu Mures before leaving to play for Energia Rovinari.
The Pitesti born player, played many seasons in Cluj-Napoca, but for another team, U-Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca. He also played for the Romanian National Team.
Flavius Lapuste's new team has a mountain to climb if they want to avoid relegation at the end of the season. The coach's job is to make his players believe that the goal is still achievable.
Universitatea Cluj vs. BC Mures will see two teams who can't afford to lose if they want to achieve their pre-season objectives: remaining in the National League for the hosts and making the playoffs for the visitors.
Although I am sure that BC Mures fans can't concede a defeat at the hands of Universitatea, they all wish a long and fruitful coaching career for Flavius, but only after Thursday night's game.
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