On Sunday, super talent Johann Grünloh (18) celebrated the biggest sensation of the season together with coach Ty Harrelson (43). The newcomers from Rasta Vechta won at FC Bayern Basketball with 90:88 – after the Munich team had previously won 14 times in a row in the Easycredit Basketball Bundesliga.
Just three days later, the shock for high school graduate Grünloh: successful coach Harrelson is leaving Vechta in the summer despite a contract until 2025! The Texan with an Australian passport took up an option and would like to “take on new challenges,” according to a club statement.
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Only last week it became known that Ulm master coach Anton Gavel (39) was moving to his former club Bamberg Baskets in the summer. Now the trainer market is being shaken up again.
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“We would have loved to continue working with Ty,” says Rasta sports director Gerrit Kersten-Thiele (43). “Together with his staff, he has been doing good work here since he arrived.”
Harrelson has been in Vechta since 2022 and led the club from the second division to the BBL. And there, despite a mini-budget, a play-off place. On Monday evening he informed the club management of his decision in a timely manner.
Kersten-Thiele: “We have also presented a further improved offer in order to once again express our appreciation for him and his work. But the success also arouses desire among other clubs. The clarity in this matter now allows us to begin the search for a successor at an early stage.”
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Most recently in 2020, Pedro Calles (40) surprisingly left Rasta after a great season. At that time, the club only had a few weeks to find a successor…
According to information from the specialist magazine “BIG”, Harrelson is Master Ratiopharm Ulm’s preferred candidate as Gavel’s successor. The fact is: The EuroCup club would be the next career step with its financial possibilities and the strong environment.
Harrelson’s advisor is ex-professional Jan Rohdewald (51) with the agency “Lumani 10.7”. The industry heavyweight has numerous national players under contract and excellent contacts with top clubs. At the end of 2007, current Bayern managing director Marco Pesic (47) founded Lumani.
Irony of fate: The next opponent on Monday will be Ulm in the Rasta Dome (8 p.m., Dyn). “Together with my coaching staff, we will now do everything we can to continue like this and achieve the best possible result for Rasta and his fans,” asserts Harrelson.
And club boss Stefan Niemeyer emphasizes: “I am quite sure that, despite the fact that he said goodbye in the summer, he is still 100 percent with Rasta. We’re all looking forward to great weeks with the team and the coaches, who will continue to do everything they can for success.”
2024-03-13 15:58:40
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