Handball: TV Hüttenberg commissions Kurtagic

TV Hüttenberg has appointed a successor to his opponent HC Erlangen one day after coach Adalsteinn Eyjölfsson’s departure. Emir Kurtagic will assume the position of head coach at Mittelhessen until June 2019. The club announced this at a press conference on Monday.

The 37-year-old was at VfL Gummersbach from 2011 until the end of last season. Alois Mraz remains co-trainer.

The Icelandic Eyjölfsson had made the march through with Hüttenberg from 3rd place. league into the Bundesliga. This season, the team is level with Erlangen (5:15) in 15th place. Place.

“We are very happy to be able to fill the gap quickly with a coach with experience in the national league. Emir knows the league from his six years with VfL very well,”said Hüttenberg’s managing director Lothar Weber.