Handball: Stuttgart separates from coach Baur

Handball Bundesliga club TVB Stuttgart and coach Markus Baur, threatened with relegation, have split up with immediate effect. This was announced by the TVB on Sunday.

Until further notice, managing director Jürgen Schweikardt will take over as coach. Stuttgart has lost the last ten Bundesliga games and is now in 16th place. only two points ahead of the relegation places.

Because “the goal of maintaining the class is in danger, we decided together with Markus Baur to terminate the cooperation”, explained Christian May, spokesman for the shareholders of TVB 1898 Handball GmbH & Co. KG, the step. The solution with Schweikardt, who led the 2015 team into the Bundesliga, is “obvious due to its short-term nature. He knows the team and the environment very well”.

2007 world champion Baur has been coach of the TVB since summer 2016 and, thanks to a strong second half of last season, was able to maintain his position in the class with 23 points “The cooperation and exchange with the responsible persons of the TVB was always respectful and goal-oriented. I wish TVB and its fans all the best for the rest of the games,”Baur said.