FC Hansa Rostock have found a new head coach just days after Patrick Glöckner was sacked.

Alois Schwartz has found a new job just one month after his leave of absence from SV Sandhausen: He will succeed Patrick Glöckner at FC Hansa Rostock.

The 55-year-old football coach was most recently on the sidelines at league rivals SV Sandhausen, where he was relieved of his duties in February 2023.

He had previously coached the team since September 2021 and narrowly avoided relegation last season. Now he is set to do the same with the Hansa cog.

Martin Pieckenhagen, FC Hansa Rostock’s director of sport, says: “It was important to us that we bring in a coach who knows the fight to stay in the second division. Therefore, we are glad that the talks with Alois Schwartz have led to a quick agreement and that he can already start his work today and get to know the team. With his many years of experience and the unity of the entire club, we want to get back on track for success in the remaining games of the season.”

Alois Schwartz once played for Rot-Weiss Essen and MSV Duisburg

In his coaching career, Alois Schwartz has so far managed SV Sandhausen twice as head coach (September 2021 – February 2023, July 2013 – June 2016), Karlsruher SC (August 2017 – February 2020), 1.FC Nürnberg (July 2016 – March 2017), Rot Weiß Erfurt (September 2012 – May 2013), 1. FC Kaiserslautern II (January 2007 – September 2012) and Wormatia Worms (July 2005 – December 2006). He has played more than 540 competitive games as a coach on the sidelines, 197 of which were in the second division. He also played for Rot-Weiss Essen and MSV Duisburg in the Ruhr region.

The coaching changes in the 2022/23 season of the 2nd Bundesliga at a glance:

1. Uli Forte (Arminia Bielefeld). – 17 August 2022 – successor: Daniel Scherning

2. Robert Klauß (1. FC Nürnberg). – 03 October 2022. – Successor: Markus Weinzierl

3. Marc Schneider (SpVgg Greuther Fürth). – 15 October 2022. – Successor: Alexander Zorniger

4. Jens Härtel (Hansa Rostock). – 6 November 2022. – Successor: Patrick Glöckner

5. Timo Schultz (FC St. Pauli). – December 6, 2022 – successor: Fabian Hürzeler

6. Alois Schwartz (SV Sandhausen). – 19 February 2023. – Successor: Tomas Oral

7. Markus Weinzierl (1. FC Nürnberg). – 20 February 2023. – Successor: Dieter Hecking

8th Daniel Scherning (Arminia Bielefeld). – March 7, 2023 – successor: Uwe Koschinat

9. Patrick Glöckner (Hansa Rostock). – 20 March 2023. – Successor: Alois Schwartz