Former youth coach Julian Naudi has been promoted to Depiro‘s senior women’s coach for the coming season, the Mtarfa club announced on Tuesday.
This announcement, together with the confirmation of Sasha Dimitrijevic has marked the start of a transitional summer for the club as Baldacchino duo Ruben and Adrian both departed at the end of the season. Now Depiro look to herald a new era with a new committee and new coaching routes.
Naudi, who previously led the club’s youth teams as well as the men’s team, now makes a step upward to take over a Depiro women’s side that won the Knock Out and finished as runners-up to Caffe Moak Luxol in the league after a majestic run that led them to being crowned regular season champions in May.
In a club statement, new president John Vella said Naudi shares the club’s vision.
“The Depiro Sports Club Committee is pleased to announce the appointment of Julian Naudi as Senior Women Squad Coach. Julian has extensive experience both as a player and as a coach, and has been successful at developing grassroots-level squads within the club,” Vella said.
“He embodies the same principles that drive the club and will be an asset to the Team and all its members, with youth and local talent at the core of our combined approach to basketball.”
Last season, Depiro put on the Ta’ Qali Pavilion’s court a few of Malta’s finest players and while Jamaican centre Jose Ann Johnson is set for a move after her contract expired at the end of last season, Naudi will be hoping to keep hold of the rest of his stars to continue building on last season’s drastic improvements.