Henrik Rödl is the new national coach.As expected, Chris Fleming’s previous assistant will inherit the US-American, who had retired after the European Championship.This was announced by the DBB on Monday without giving details of the contract term.
He was a top player, head coach in the Bundesliga and in the junior division, as well as assistant coach for the DBB men’s team,”said DBB President Ingo Weiss:”No one is better suited to the job of men’s federation coach than Henrik Rödl “With the 2019 World Cup, the 2020 Olympic Games and the EuroBasket 2021, which the association would like to host to a large extent in Germany,” he said.
Rödl announced that “I will do everything in my power to ensure that German basketball goes into a successful future.We’ve seen a lot of talent and now at the EuroBasket we’ve seen what we can do when we’re together as a team”.
Rödl (48) was a member of the 1993 European championship team and won bronze medal in 2002 alongside Dirk Nowitzki in Indianapolis.Born in Offenbach, he became a professional with Alba Berlin seven times in a row.Prior to that, Rödl had played in the USA for four years and won the college title with the University of North Carolina.
As coach, Rödl Alba Berlin led to cup victory in 2006.Later, the 178-times international player looked after Bundesliga club TBB Trier (2010-2015), and since January 2016, the former A2 national coach Fleming’s assistant has been on the A-Team.
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