Leif Mikkelsen

Leif Mikkelsen (born 2 October 1948) is a Danish handball coach, who was the head coach of the Denmark men's national handball team from 1977 to 1987. His team has been descriped as the first modern Danish handball team. His first major international tournament was the 1978 World Championship in Denmark, where Denmark finished 4th. He then lead Denmark to two additional fourth-place finishes at the 1978 World Championship and at the 1984 Olympics.

He was inspired by the Yugoslavian handball coaching and especially the coach Vlado Stenzel. He was replaced by Torben Winther. Later he coached IF Ajax. Other posts After his handball tenure he has worked with HR in DFDS and Hydro Texaco.

In 2004 he became the director for Team Copenhagen. He was in this position for the next 18 years.