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Coach Frank Schmidt wants to fulfill his contract with 1 FC Heidenheim

Frank Schmidt wants to turn down potential offers and fulfill his contract as coach of 1. FC Heidenheim. / Photo: Fabian Strauch/dpa/Archivbild
Frank Schmidt wants to turn down potential offers and fulfill his contract as coach of 1. FC Heidenheim. / Photo: Fabian Strauch/dpa/Archivbild

Coach Frank Schmidt plans to fulfill his contract at 1. FC Heidenheim and rules out possible offers. He emphasizes credibility and reliability.

Frank Schmidt wants to turn down potential offers and fulfill his contract as coach of Bundesliga club 1. FC Heidenheim. The 50-year-old is tied to the newcomers until 2027 and would then have been in office for almost 20 years. "I can promise one thing: I won't be leaving before then. If you want to lead a team, you have to be credible and reliable. That's me. We in the coaching team give each other a lot, are not finished yet, have strength and energy," Schmidt told the "Leipziger Volkszeitung" newspaper.

However, there is also an end in sight. "But it's also true that I won't be sitting on a coach's bench when I'm 60," said Schmidt. He signed his current contract in October 2021. In the past, Schmidt had said that his next contract would probably have a slightly shorter term.

The coach has led the club from his hometown from the Oberliga to the Bundesliga. There, the underdogs, who host RB Leipzig on Saturday (3.30pm/Sky), are on the brink of relegation. Five matchdays before the end of the season, Heidenheim are twelve points clear of a direct relegation place and eight points ahead of 16th place in the relegation play-offs. Schmidt wants to "keep going full throttle" in order to avoid relegation. I hate to let things run out of steam. We have a responsibility towards ourselves and the competition."

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