Men’s Staff Changes Continue on the World Cup

As is common heading into any year without an Olympic Winter Games or World Ski Championship, the spring of 2019 has revealed a number of coaching departures and replacements, particularly within the men’s teams of the World Cup tour. In addition to the changes already announced in Austria and the United States, Germany, Switzerland, and Norway have all appointed new coaches in a variety of men’s team positions..

Mathias Berthold announced his retirement as head men’s coach in Germany prior to the end of the 2018-19 season. After a long tenure managing the German team, he hopes to focus in the future on individual athlete preparation in an independent role. Head men’s speed coach Christian Schwaiger was promoted into Berthold’s position and will serve as head men’s coach moving forward. His previous role, meanwhile, will be filled by Andreas “Andy” Evers who was most recently leading up the men’s speed program in Switzerland.

To fill the void in Switzerland, Reto Nyddeger will return to his home nation as head men’s speed coach. He was working in Norway since 2013, most recently as head men’s speed coach. His predecessor in Norway is yet to be announced but head men’s coach Christian Mitter, who recently announced his departure for a new role in Austria, will be replaced by former national team coach and Norwegian native Steve Skavik. Skavik has most recently been working as sports manager of the junior club Heming/Persbraten in Oslo.

More teams are likely to announce additional changes in the coming days and weeks as they solidify their coaching staffs before preparation for the new season begins.

Release courtesy of FIS.