The HC Erlangen has recruited coach Adalsteinn Eyjölfsson from his opponent TV Hüttenberg. The 40-year-old Icelander takes over Table 16. Mr. Erlangen did not disclose any details regarding the duration of the contract or the terms of the replacement.
“It took us time to find the right trainer. It was really a huge effort that we made to talk to interesting candidates for the coach, to examine the situation and to evaluate it responsibly,”said Managing Director Rene Selke:”We came to the conclusion that our team needs a dynamic coach who radiates success, who represents the modern handball that is consistent and yet communicative.”.
Eyjölfsson had the march through with Hüttenberg from the 3rd place. league into the Bundesliga. This season, the team is level on the 15th rank with Erlangen. Place. According to his former club, Eyjölfsson wanted to “take over the vacant position at HC Erlangen, an economically more well-off and sporty club in the Handball Bundesliga”. It has not yet been decided who will succeed him in Hüttenberg.
“We regret this sudden step, of course, but we want to do our utmost to ensure that the separation is amicable. Now we have to find a personnel solution quickly,”said Hüttenberg’s managing director Lothar Weber. Initially, the current co-trainer Alois Mraz will take over the training.