Walter Rohlfing

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Walter Rohlfing (born March 26, 1956 - January 2, 2020 ) was a German football coach and player.

career

Rohlfing practiced swimming at performance level and was a member of the starting community in Düsseldorf until 1976. As a football player he was in the service of the Düsseldorf Panthers from 1979 to 1985 and was deployed in the Center position . With the Rhinelander he won the German championship as a player-coach in 1983 and 1984, with the 1983 season being contested without defeat. In 1985 he was a member of the German national team.

After he ended his playing career in 1985, Rohlfing devoted himself entirely to coaching at the Düsseldorf team. In 1986 and 1987 he was responsible for coordinating the attack on the Panther staff and thus contributed to winning the German championship title in 1986. In 1987 he also stayed temporarily in the United States and was a member of the coaching staff at Whittier College (State of California ). In 1988 he took over the position of head coach at Düsseldorf, which he held until 1990. In 1988 the team was runner-up under Rohlfing's leadership, and in 1989 and 1990 they reached the semifinals of the German championship. From 1992 to 1994 he coordinated the defense work in the Düsseldorf coaching staff, in this position he was involved in the German championship titles in 1992 and 1994.

Rohlfing moved to the Rhein Fire team in 1994 and held the position of coach for the defensive line on the staff there until 2000 . In 1998 and 2000 he won the World Bowl , the final of the NFL Europe, with Rhein Fire .

For the 2000 season he returned to the Düsseldorf Panthers, whose honorary membership he was awarded in 1998, and worked there in 2000 and 2001 as head coach. In the 2002 season he was also in the top German league, the GFL , head coach of the Saarland Hurricanes and in 2003 the Essen team Assindia Cardinals . In 2008 he took up the position of head coach at the Mönchengladbach Mavericks and led them from the Oberliga to the GFL until 2011, where he took third place in the 2011 season. For health reasons, he withdrew from the coaching activity.

Rohlfing worked for the German national team for several years. As the responsible national coach, he oversaw the selection from 1987 to 1989 and from 1997 to 1999. In 2001 and from 2005 to 2010, he was responsible for the defense lines of the selection as an assistant coach to the national team. As head coach, Rohlfing led the national team to silver at the 1987 European championship and bronze in 1989. As an assistant coach ( defensive coordinator ) for the German team, he contributed to the 2001 European Championship, 2005 World Games, 2005 European Championship silver, third place at the 2007 World Cup and 2010 European Championship.

During the course of his coaching career , Rohlfing trained several times in the context of internships with the NFL team.

Individual evidence

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  4. ASSINDIA CARDINALS WITH NEW HEADCOACH. In: GFL. Accessed February 1, 2020 (German).
  5. Westdeutsche Zeitung: American Football: Mavericks are first class. Accessed February 1, 2020 .
  6. ^ EM 1987. In: football-history.de. Accessed February 1, 2020 .
  7. ^ EM 1989. In: football-history.de. Accessed February 1, 2020 .
  8. ^ EM 2001. In: football-history.de. Accessed January 31, 2020 .
  9. ^ Worldgames 2005. In: football-history.de. Accessed January 31, 2020 .
  10. ^ EM 2005. In: football-history.de. Accessed February 1, 2020 .
  11. WM 2007. In: football-history.de. Accessed January 31, 2020 .
  12. ^ EM 2010. In: football-history.de. Accessed January 31, 2020 .