In the 2016–17 Serie A, Maurizio Sarri led Napoli to a convincing third place, scoring the most goals in the league and obtaining the club's record points tally up to that point (83), which earned him the award. The following year, the Coach of the Year title went back to Allegri for a record fourth time, having won his fourth double ("Scudetto" and Coppa Italia) with Juventus. In the 2018–19 season, another non-title winner manager, Gian Piero Gasperini, was awarded following a season where Atalanta reached the Coppa Italia final after 23 years, though losing to Lazio, and qualified to the Champions League for the first time in their history. Gasperini won the award again the following season after having achieved Atalanta's highest points tally ever in Serie A (78).