Richard Cockerill said "everyone's minds will be focused on the challenge" at Leicester Tiger after the fixtures for the 2013-14 season were announced.
Tigers open the defence of their Aviva Premiership crown with a home clash against Worcester on Sunday, September 8.
Their first away trip of the 2013-14 campaign will be at the Rec six days later to face a Bath team that beat them there at the end of last season.
Leicester legend Dean Richards then returns to Welford Road the following weekend with his newly-promoted Newcastle side.
Director of rugby Cockerill said the fixtures will help Tigers focus on what awaits them next season.
"Everyone will be looking forward to a new season in the Aviva Premiership, especially as we start with a home game at Welford Road," he said.
"The announcement of the fixtures will help to focus everyone's mind on the work ahead of us, and we'll be looking forward to having everyone back and being ready for the start of the season.
"Worcester are always tough opponents and they have a new coaching team alongside Dean Ryan.
"We won there with a last-minute try last season, and the home game was another close one, so we know what they bring to the game.
"We're still early in the pre-season period, but the start of the season will come around quickly and we have to be prepared."
Tigers' match against Worcester will be shown live on television on the new BT Sport channel that is being launched at the end of this month.
Six of the club's opening seven games will be broadcast live after BT took over screening rights from Sky and ESPN.
Traditionally slow starters, Tigers will see their opening skirmishes as a decent chance to gets early points on the board with two of this season's expected strugglers at home in the opening three games.
In other season highlights, the first East Midlands derby will take place on October 5 when Tigers meet Northampton for the first time since their controversial clash in last season's Premiership final.
The knock-on effects of that final will still be in evidence as the game will take place five matches into Cockerill's nine-match ban for 'unprofessional and inappropriate behaviour'.
He will therefore not be allowed to coach during the game and will watch the match from the stands in the same way that a spectator would.
Leicester are at home for both fixtures over the festive period, with Sale the visitors on December 28 and Bath coming to Welford Road on January 4.
Tigers end their 22-game campaign on May 10 with a visit from Saracens.
