After the dismissal of Bochum coach Thomas Letsch, the club agreed on an internal solution. The management announced that the previous U19 coach Heiko Butscher will be in charge as an interim solution for the rest of the season. Butscher is supported in his new role by assistant coaches Markus Gellhaus and Frank Heinemann.
Previously, among others, the former U21 national coach and Bochum player Stefan Kuntz and Peter Stöger, former coach of Cologne and Dortmund, were traded. However, Stöger had previously turned down the club.
This is Butscher’s fourth job as interim coach at VfL Bochum. He was briefly head coach of the Bundesliga team in 2018 and 2019. He last took over team management in September 2022 before Letsch became the new coach.
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On Saturday, Bochum will try to increase the gap to the relegation place against 1. FC Heidenheim – after the defeat against Cologne last weekend, Bochum is only three points away from 16th place. “Heiko immediately agreed to take on this challenge. He knows VfL, he knows the situation at VfL and has proven that he can immediately reach a team in terms of content and emotion,” said sports director Patrick Fabian.
There had recently been a worrying negative trend in Bochum. Only one point was taken from the last six games. As a consequence, the team announced on Monday the dismissal of coach Thomas Letsch, who took over the coaching position at the then bottom team in 2022 and subsequently secured relegation.
After the dismissal of Bochum coach Thomas Letsch, the club agreed on an internal solution. The management announced that the previous U19 coach Heiko Butscher will be in charge as an interim solution for the rest of the season. Butscher is supported in his new role by assistant coaches Markus Gellhaus and Frank Heinemann.
Previously, among others, the former U21 national coach and Bochum player Stefan Kuntz and Peter Stöger, former coach of Cologne and Dortmund, were traded. However, Stöger had previously turned down the club.
