Heiner Brand

Heiner Brand (born 26 July 1952) is a German former handball player and coach. He was the Germany national team coach from 1997 to 2011. He is the only person who has won the world handball championship both as a player (in 1978) and as a coach (in 2007). Even before becoming a club coach, he was an assistant coach of the German national team (1984–87), in which he became the full-time coach on 1 January 1997.

It was announced on 24 October 2007 that Brand's contract of the National team with the DHB would be extended until 30 June 2013. However, it was announced on 16 May 2011 that his post of national coach would expire on 30 June 2011. The results were the tenth place at the 2010 European Championship and the eleventh place at the 2011 World Championship. It was the worst result in the history of the German National Championship. Since 1. Juli 2011 Martin Heuberger has been the successor to Heiner Brand. Since 1 November 2004 Heuberger has been Assistant to Heiner Brand and Co-coach of the German National Handball team.

Personal life Brand is married and has two children. He has two older brothers named Klaus (born 1942) and Jochen (born 1944). Both also played for the German national team.

His trademark since the 1970s is his bushy walrus moustache.

Success as coach 1984 : Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, silver medal (as assistant coach) 1988 : German Champion with VfL Gummersbach 1991 : German Champion with VfL Gummersbach 1993 : German Champion with SG Wallau-Massenheim 1993 : DHB cup winner with SG Wallau-Massenheim 1993 : European Cup finalist with SG Wallau-Massenheim 1994 : DHB cup winner with SG Wallau-Massenheim 1998 : Super cup winner with the national team 1998 : European Championship, third place 1999 : World Cup, fifth place 2000 : Summer Olympics in Sydney, fifth place 2001 : Super cup winner with the national team 2002 : Vice-European Champion, lost against Sweden 2003 : Vice-World Champion, lost against Croatia 2004 : European Champion against Slovenia (biggest success since the 1978 World Cup in Denmark) 2004 : Summer Olympics in Athens, silver medal, lost again against Croatia 2006 : European Champion, fifth place 2007 : World Champion with the German national team against Poland 2008 : European Championship, fourth place 2008 : Summer Olympics in Beijing, ninth place 2009 : World Cup, fifth place 2009 : Super cup winner with the national team 2010 : European Championship, tenth place 2011 : World Cup, eleventh place