He recruit some new young players including Georgi Glouchkov, the first bulgarian played in NBA.

In 2002, with the name of Yambolgas by sponsorship reasons, the club won the Bulgarian Championship after winning to Lukoil Academic by 3–0 in the final series.

[2] After 29 years in the top flight, Yambol withdrew from NBL, due to financial difficulties, as well as the reconstruction of their Diana arena and the lack of an available alternative basketball hall.

Lebedintsev was fired in November 2001, and Ivan Cholakov coached the remaining season games.

Stoimenov resigned on November 29, 2010, and Ivan Cholakov coached the remaining season games.