Gunnar Gerisch

Gunnar Gerisch (born December 24, 1943 in Dresden ) is a qualified sports teacher, pedagogue, psychologist, mental trainer for professional footballers and was a lecturer at the German Sport University Cologne (DSHS).

After studying sport, biology and educational science with first and second state examinations , he did his doctorate in psychology at the University of Cologne .

As an assistant to Hennes Weisweiler , he began teaching football training at the DSHS in 1969. In 1982 he took over the management of football training there as the successor to Gero Bisanz . He ended his teaching activity at the end of 2008.

From 1970 to 2007 he was a member of the DFB teaching staff for football teacher training. From 1999 to 2004 he was Christoph Daum's assistant coach at Bayer 04 Leverkusen , Austria Vienna (2002/2003 championship, cup) and Fenerbahçe Istanbul (2003/2004 championship), and since 2008 Daum's advisor at 1. FC Cologne .

Gerisch was spokesman for the DVS Football Commission and spokesman for the Youth Football Foundation.

After completing his teaching activity at the DSHS, he continues to work as a speaker at specialist conferences, in sports medicine training and in training for coaches. The focus is on personal development, leadership skills, stress management and team building.

He lives in Wuppertal.

Web links

• Brief CV
• Supervisor Austria Vienna
• About "creative soccer players"