“I would like to return to the coaching bench soon,” said Martin Schwalb in April of this year. Now the master trainer is celebrating his comeback as a firefighter.
Martin Schwalb returns to the handball Bundesliga.
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“I have the feeling that there are a lot of clubs that could use calm and experience on the sidelines,” said Martin Schwalb in April Kiel Newswithout giving any examples at the time. He most recently coached the Rhein-Neckar Löwen in the Bundesliga from 2020 to 2021.
Now HC Erlangen has secured the services of the 61-year-old. Schwalb will be on the Erlanger bench in the cup game in Bayreuth against old champions VfL Gummersbach tomorrow, Wednesday evening.
Sellin should stay
Before the difficult away game at Füchse Berlin, the Franconians had demonstratively supported their head coach Johannes Sellin, who will remain with the club in another role.
“Of course, we imagined the start of the season differently. But we will stick to our line and not change anything. We are convinced of the path we have chosen and I am sure that the results will soon improve and the first points will be scored “, said Carsten Bissel, the president and chairman of the supervisory board of the HCE, to the Handball week.
Season goals at risk
In a statement on Tuesday morning it said: “After the weak finish to the second half of last season, the unconvincing preparation and the poor start to the season, HC Erlangen saw its goals for the season at risk despite the committed performance in Berlin. The club is convinced that with Schwalb , who signed a two-year contract with the Franks, and the new and upcoming players Bezjak, Gebala, Firnhaber and Büdel can achieve calm waters by the end of the year.”
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