Overview
- Hellas Verona announced this week that Marco Baroni will take charge of the first team from July 1 on a deal running to June 30, 2028 with an option to extend into 2029.
- The contract includes performance-linked terms that trigger a third-season extension if Verona wins promotion back to Serie A.
- The club framed the appointment as the first step in a rebuild after finishing second-to-last in 2025/26 and preparing for a Serie B campaign aimed at immediate promotion.
- Baroni returns to a club where he played in the 1990s and previously managed the team to safety in 2023/24, and his managerial résumé includes two promotions to Serie A with Benevento and Lecce.
- The move balances coaching continuity and recruitment planning, and it signals that sporting director Sean Sogliano intends to base the squad build around a manager with a record of winning promotion.