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Former ÖFB team boss Otto Baric died of Corona at the age of 87. The Croatian media report.
6:56 pm, December 13, 2020
Former ÖFB team boss Otto Baric died of Corona at the age of 87. This was reported by the Croatian newspaper Vecernji’s List. “Otto Maximum” was coach of in Austria Wacker Innsbruck, LASK, Rapid Vienna, Sturm Graz, Austria Salzburg and team leader of Austrian national teams. He celebrated his greatest hits with Rapid and Salzburg.
He led Rapid to the Cup Winners’ Cup final in 1985 and Austria Salzburg to the UEFA Cup final in 1994. He also nearly led SK Sturm to their first championship title and also to great successes in the UEFA Cup. Europe.
Baric will always be remembered as an emotional coach who knew how to entertain with his language and gestures. The word “maximum” made its way into the Austrian language in the 1990s thanks to Baric. He demanded “maximum commitment” as well as “maximum concentration” from his players. “Maximum passion” on the outside – and if necessary also on the field – exemplified the legend of the coach. Baric’s last engagement as head coach was as manager of the Albanian national team, which ended in 2007.
Storm chair Christian jauk recalls: “I have a very personal history with Otto Baric. He took Sturm to the first champion and runner-up in the fall when I was a fan. He brought offensive football to Austria.”
