Bernhard Peters (sports official)

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Bernhard Peters (born April 5, 1960 in Rheine ) is a German certified sports teacher and versatile trainer . For several decades he worked for the German Hockey Association , whose national team he eventually led to several world championship titles as national coach between 2000 and 2006, and in 2006 he switched to football . From 2006 to 2014 he was head of youth development at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim . From August 2014 to October 2018 he was the sporting director of the rest of the club at Hamburger SV as a result of the creation of HSV Fußball AG as the “Director of Sport”, especially among the youngsters.

Life

Peters studied at the German Sport University Cologne . In 1983, at the age of 23, Peters became the sports director of the Crefelder HTC hockey club . Here he also trained various youth teams. From 1985 to 2006 Peters was a coach at the German Hockey Association . In the beginning he was responsible for various junior teams with which he won several world and European championships between 1988 and 2000 . In December 2000 he took over the German men's national hockey team from Paul Lissek , whose assistant coach he had previously been. Bernhard Peters successfully led the men's team to the title at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups . In 2003, the national team also became world champions in indoor hockey under Peters .

For wide media coverage in early 2006 caused the fact that Peters as preferred candidate of football - Germany coach Juergen Klinsmann for the post of DFB was named -Sportdirektors, Klinsmann, however, could not prevail. Before that, Peters had already interned at the soccer clubs FC Schalke 04 and 1. FSV Mainz 05 . On October 15, 2006, just one month after defending the world championship title, he instead became director of sport and youth development at regional league team TSG 1899 Hoffenheim , which rose to the Bundesliga in the following two years and was particularly known for its successful youth work. Peters also became a member of the DFB competence team as a consultant in order to contribute his training methods and experience as a successful national hockey coach for the new national soccer coach Joachim Löw . After Peters had criticized the preparation for the European Championship 2008 during the tournament, the cooperation on the part of the DFB was ended in July 2008.

Peters is considered a tactics expert who places particular emphasis on discipline and fitness. He lectures at the Hennes-Weisweiler Academy in Cologne, responsible for football coach training, on topics such as coaching, communication, team and half-time meetings and weekly planning. In the course of scheduling, he also attaches great importance to the intellectual development of the players. In 2008 Peters published his first book Leadership Game together with the ZEIT journalist Moritz Müller-Wirth at Heyne Verlag , in which he also comments on his prevented appointment as DFB sports director. In 2008, Peters suggested the flying change known from other sports in football . This should enable a higher game pace, fewer regular discussions or a greater "we-feeling" of the squad, better influence of the coach and above all better promotion of young talents.

On August 1, 2014, Peters moved to Hamburger SV as Sports Director . There he took over the areas of youth, young talent and coordination. In June 2018, his tasks were limited to the field of youth. Peters then also moved into an office in the Campus youth training center. In October 2018, the employment relationship was terminated by mutual agreement.

Peters is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Youth Football Foundation. The Youth Football Foundation was founded in 2000 by Jürgen Klinsmann, other successful national players and the lecturers of the football teacher special course.

Peters is the father of four children and lives with his family in Hamburg .

References

  1. ↑ HSV and sports director Peters go their separate ways. Kicker, October 15, 2018, accessed October 18, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Homepage of the German Sport University Cologne: Well-known students and alumni of the German Sport University Cologne
  3. ↑ DFB separates from advisor Bernhard Peters on spiegel.de, July 4, 2008, accessed September 16, 2016
  4. ↑ The Bundesliga is not an elite , FAZ, March 19, 2007
  5. ↑ Flying change, plea by Bernhard Peters , kicker.de, November 17, 2008
  6. ↑ Bernhard Peters becomes "Director Sport" of HSV. HSV, July 15, 2014, archived from the original on March 17, 2016 ; accessed on October 18, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Bernhard Peters remains Director of Sports at HSV. Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag, June 6, 2018, accessed on October 18, 2018 .

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SURNAME Peters, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German field hockey coach
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Rheine