7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys announced a coaching change on Friday, parting way with Roberts Stelmahers while appointing once again Nenad Canak, who served as team's head coach the past five seasons.
In an interesting turn of events, Canak was let go by a fellow Group A side Turk Telekom Ankara earlier this week ahead of Round 4, but now finds himself back on the bench of Lietkabelis, where he took over as head coach in 2018 and held that position until this past summer when he went to Turk Telekom.
Lietkabelis opened this campaign with a 1-3 record under Stelmahers, and lost on its home floor against Dolomiti Energia Trento on Wednesday. Lietkabelis also holds a fifth-best 4-2 record in the Lithuanian League.
Now, the team will continue the season with Canak in charge, and in less than three weeks time, Lietkabelis will hosts Turk Telekom.
Canak, the 47-year-old tactician, guided Lietkabelis to 19 wins and 15 wins in the past two EuroCup regular seasons, including a 10-8 record last season, but Lietkabelis fell in the eighthfinals both times.
Before his time with Lietkabelis, Canak previously also coached MKK Spartak Subotica and Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade in the 2017-18 campaign, both of his native Serbia.