<p>TURIN, Italy &mdash; Torino named Ivan Jurić as its new coach on Friday, with the Croatian signing a three-year contract at the Serie A club.</p>
<p>Jurić had coached Hellas Verona for the last two seasons, steering the small club to two top-half finishes in Serie A.</p>
<p>Verona announced earlier that it had released the 45-year-old Jurić from his contract which had another two years remaining.</p>
<p>Jurić also coached Genoa for three spells and led Crotone to its first promotion to the Italian top flight in 2016.</p>
<p>Jurić replaces David Nicola, who took over from Marco Giampaolo in January and led Torino out of the relegation zone to safety.</p>
<p>Nicola’s contract expired at the end of the season.</p>
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