Bundesliga handball club ThSV Eisenach is looking for a new coach for the coming season. The club has announced that it has reached an agreement with coach Misha Kaufmann to terminate his contract, which originally ran until 2027, early at the end of the current season. The club thus complied with the 40-year-old Swiss coach's wishes.
The club also made the separation at the end of the season official, after there had been questions about the Swiss coach's future in Eisenach for weeks. Last December, the first division club announced that the successful coach had asked for his contract to be terminated early. According to media reports, Kaufmann is to take over league rivals TVB Stuttgart in the future.
Search for a successor has already begun
"We are complying with Misha Kaufmann's decision due to his achievements in recent years in order to honor his merits," said managing director René Witte. Kaufmann took over the Thuringians in the 2nd Bundesliga in 2021, led them into the Bundesliga and managed to stay in the league. ThSV are currently eighth in the table with 16:16 points. In addition, the club narrowly missed out on a place in the DHB Cup Final Four in Cologne for the first time after losing 28:31 to Rhein-Neckar Löwen in the quarter-finals.
According to the club, sporting director Maik Nowak has already begun the search for a successor. "We are already in intensive and constructive talks and will introduce the new head coach of ThSV Eisenach in due course, who will take up the post from 01.07.2025," said Nowak according to a club statement.
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