Basketball | BBL: Trainer change at Brose Bamberg

Strong started, strongly subsided: Broke Bamberg has separated after last disappointing results in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) of head coach Johan Hijacker.

Successor of the Dutchman becomes Ariel (49) from Israel at the table of Towels, the club made no information for the contract period.

We could not show any progress in recent weeks, which we have convinced us to leave the downward spiral with four defeats from the last five games, said Managing Director Philipp Paderewski and stressed: We have the decision — especially before The background of the intended continuity on the head coaching position — not easy.

The former serial master Bamberg was started with four consecutive victories in the season, then it came to break. Before the file break, it set an 80: 100 against the Telecom Baskets Bonn at home. Hijacker had taken over the post to the season 2020/2021.

Ariel trained in his homeland Chapel Jerusalem. Previously, the coach had worked for Era Number / Czech Republic and brought four championship titles and three cups. New at Bamberg is also Akin Mitchell (29). The Center comes from the Turkish first division of Dinar Karnataka and signed a contract until the end of the season.