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SC Bern returns to ice after ten days in quarantine. But Don Nachbaur no longer leads the first training session. The 61-year-old was fired after just 169 days in office. Despite a 2 year contract.
U20 coach Mario Kogler replaces the 61-year-old. Along with former assistant Alex Reinhard (46) and sporting director Alex Chatelain (42), who was deposed in the spring and is in charge of the strategic development of the club. Additionally, former NHL star Mark Streit, who is a shareholder on SCB’s board of directors, will support the new coaching team.
Kogler is only 33 years old and comes from Klagenfurt. In 2013 he joined HC Thurgau as an assistant coach. Following the voluntary departure of coach Christian Weber, Kogler took over the top role of the band with the Eastern Swiss in 2016, leading them to the playoffs and driving qualifier winner Rapperswil-Jona to the brink of elimination.
After a year as John Fust’s assistant at Visp, Kogler moved in 2017 as an under-20 coach to SCB, where he was once suspended because he went to Bob Mongrain from Kloten.
Nachbaur arrives before dismissal
This is the third time the SCB has changed coaches this year. In January, Kari Jalonen had to leave in three and a half years despite two championship titles. So Hans Kossmann was no longer employed after missing the playoffs. And now Nachbaur, whose election has already surprised, is anticipating his dismissal.
Even before the start of the season, there were doubts about the coach’s choice in Bern. “A lot is handled differently here than Don knows about North America,” said sports director Florence Schelling, who with the Austro-Canadian filled out a 60-criteria question catalog on VIEW. “The point now is to give it time to get settled and established.”
Now time is up …
The SCB has taken many austerity measures due to the crown situation and will continue to do so, the club writes in a message. “But precisely because a lot of courtesy is required from our customers and fans this season and great solidarity can be felt, we feel compelled to show them at least one reasonably good figure in sporting terms.”
