TSV 1860 Munich has found a new head coach. On Friday (October 10, 2025), the third-division club will introduce the Gelsenkirchen native as its new coach.

On September 28, 2025, TSV 1860 Munich parted ways with coach Patrick Glöckner. Around two weeks later, on October 10, Glöckner’s successor will be officially presented at the third division club. Forecasting already knows the name.

As this editorial team has learned, Markus Kauczinski will be presented as the new Löwen coach on Friday. The 55-year-old, who was most recently in demand as an expert on “Magenta Sport,” has won the race. According to RS information, Thomas Oral (most recently Grasshoppers Zurich) was also in the running until recently – we reported on this.

On Tuesday evening, however, 1860 officials contacted Kauczinski and then everything happened quickly. We at RS learned that the Gelsenkirchen native, who has settled in Karlsruhe with his family, was able to agree on a working paper with the highly ambitious Bavarians until June 30, 2027.

Kauczinski is an experienced soccer coach who is known as a meticulous worker and great motivator. He will have to breathe new life into the team around stars Kevin Volland and Florian Niederlechner and, above all, instill a clear tactical orientation. 1860 is considered the top favorite for promotion and, after ten match days and twelve points, is already seven points behind third place. On October 19 (Sunday, 4:30 p.m.), Kauczinski will make his debut as Löwen coach against league leaders MSV Duisburg, of all teams. Kauczinski was most recently coach of SV Wehen Wiesbaden from November 2021 to April 2024. Before that, he worked as coach at SG Dynamo Dresden, FC St. Pauli, FC Ingolstadt, and Karlsruher SC.

In recent months, he has repeatedly been linked with third-division clubs such as VfL Osnabrück and Rot-Weiss Essen as head coach. Now he will continue his career in the 3rd division with the traditional club TSV 1860 Munich, based on Grünwalder Straße!