 In October 2012 he took over MZT Skopje and won the Macedonian championship.Pipan has become well known for promoting, developing and coaching young players like Goran Jurak, Sani Bečirovič, Boštjan Nachbar, Nebojša Joksimović, Aleksander Ćapin, Jaka Lakovič, Goran Dragić, Hasan Rizvić, Emir Preldžič, Mirza Begić, Gašper Vidmar, Jaka Klobučar, and Damjan Stojanovski.On 28 June 2018 he was named the head coach of KK Zadar of the Croatian League and Adriatic League, but after just four months, he was sacked on 23 October 2018 because of poor results.