In the past, the primary reason a club changed its head coach was simple – poor results. As long as a strategist had results to back him up and avoided quarrels with management and the owner, he was safe.Nowadays, nothing seems to guarantee safety on the bench, and the Serie A situation is crystal clear evidence, given that as many as 12 clubs will have a different coach at the beginning of the next season than at the end of the previous one!Whether a tactician secured survival, led a team to a promotion from Serie B or had a terrific season – is irrelevant. At this point in Italy, no one is safe.##EDITORS_CHOICE##After four years at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Simone Inzaghi ended his spell with Inter Milan. Truth be told, it was expected after a terrible finish of the season in which the Nerazzurri failed to win a single trophy. The 49-year-old took over the bench of the Saudi Al Hilal, with which he managed to advance from the group stage at the ongoing FIFA Club World Cup, while Christian Chivu succeeded him in Milan.The 44-year-old did a fantastic job with Parma last season, and his former team, with which he won the 2010 UEFA Champions League, decided to give him a chance. Just like Inzaghi, Chivu progressed to Round 16 of the FIFA CWC with Inter.Following the Romanian’s departure, Parma’s bench remained empty, and the club from Stadio Ennio Tardini opted to fill the gap with the 29-year-old Carlos Cuesta, who became the second-youngest manager in Serie A history after Elio Loschi (appointed in 1939 by Triestina).Carlos Cuesta talking to Mikel Arteta (©Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)The Spaniard spent the last five years at Arsenal as Mikel Arteta’s assistant, and the job with Parma will be his first spell as a head coach.Sergio Conceicao won the Supercoppa Italiana with AC Milan but lost the Coppa Italia final and finished only eighth in the Serie A, meaning that the Rossoneri won’t play in European competitions next season. Enough reasons for Milan’s management to part ways with the Portuguese.In the 2025/2026 campaign, the Rossoneri will be led by a familiar face as Massimilano Allegri returns to San Siro after 11 years. In the meantime, he coached Juventus in two spells (2014-2019, 2021-2024). In his first spell with Milan, Allegri won the Scudetto in 2011, and Milan’s fans hope for the same in the future.Following Claudio Ranieri’s magnificent work with Roma, the Giallorossi might have wanted to keep him, but the 73-year-old decided enough was enough, leaving his position to the five years younger – but still experienced – Gian Piero Gasperini.😂 “The first thing I told Gasperini was that Roma fans don’t like you and I don’t like you even more.”🗣️ Claudio Ranieri pic.twitter.com/J0E2IO4klA— Italian Football TV (@IFTVofficial) June 17, 2025 Consequently, the 2024 UEFA Europa League winner with Atalanta left the Goddess’s bench after nine years and will be replaced by a popular name in Italian football – Ivan Juric. The Croat led six Italian teams during his career (Mantova, Crotone, Genoa, Hellas Verona, Torino, and Roma), though his recent results with the Wolfess and the English Southampton – his first team outside the Boot – were rather poor.Hence, it’s a bit odd that Atalanta’s management decided to rely on him to lead the Bergamo side to glory.Despite having a decent season with Lazio, Marco Baroni was crossed out in Rome and replaced with another “old hand,” Maurizio Sarri, who had already led the Eagles between 2021 and 2024.😅 Sarri’s time at Lazio is PEAK Italian football ✅ July 2021 – signs for Lazio✅ June 2023- finishes 2nd place ❌ March 2024 – resigns as coach✅ June 2025 – rehired by the club❌ June 2025 – rumored to resign againThere’s no place like Serie A 😭🫶 pic.twitter.com/02uPCqf9UL— Italian Football TV (@IFTVofficial) June 27, 2025 On the other hand, it didn’t take much for Baroni to find a new job, as he replaced Paolo Vanoli at Torino.In his first season with Fiorentina, Raffaele Palladino secured the UEFA Conference League qualifiers and reached the semi-finals of the same competition. Still, that wasn’t enough for him to keep the job in Florence. According to sources, Stefano Pioli – who led AC Milan to Scudetto three years ago – is set to return to Italian football after only a year at the Saudi Al-Nassr, as he’ll sit on La Viola’s bench.Throughout the years, Davide Nicola has established himself as a Serie A “survival expert.” Last season, he didn’t fail either, staying in the top flight with Cagliari. However, the Rossoblu will be coached by the 39-year-old Fabio Pisacane in the following campaign. At the same time, Nicola will try to secure survival with the newly-promoted Cremonese, replacing the man who got La Cremo promoted, Giovanni Stroppa, who’ll attempt to repeat the success and promote the recently relegated Venezia.Davide Nicola leading Cagliari (©Enrico Locci/Getty Images)Lecce also changed their boss after narrowly avoiding relegation, as Eusebio Di Francesco replaced Marco Giampaolo.Finally, Filippo, the older of the Inzaghi brothers, worked miracles with Pisa last season, reaching Serie A after 34 years. And then he moved to Palermo! A bit unexpectedly, the popular Pippo will again try his luck in Serie B, while Alberto Gilardino will take on a top-tier challenge with Pisa.In total, just eight Serie A teams kept the same managers as last season: Bologna (Vincenzo Italiano), Como (Cesc Fabregas), Genoa (Patrick Vieira), Juventus (Igor Tudor), Napoli (Antonio Conte), Sassuolo (Fabio Grosso), Udinese (Kosta Runjaic), and Hellas Verona (Paolo Zanetti).On top of everything, even the Italy national team changed its boss, as Gennaro Gattuso replaced Luciano Spalletti on the Azzurri’s bench, following a poor start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.##NAJAVA_MECA_8995880##
