AFTER taking Monomotapa to a respectable top four finish in the Castle Lager Premiership, Biggie Zuze has been rewarded by being appointment as the team’s substantive coach for next season.<\/p>\n
Zuze took over as caretaker coach in August after the club parted ways with Taurai Mangwiro.<\/p>\n
The former Dynamos midfielder’s appointment follows Monomotapa’s strategic workshop held in Vumba on Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n
Club chairman Joseph Mukoki said yesterday they have given Zuze the leeway to recommend his own assistants.<\/p>\n
Before being thrown into the deep end, Zuze, who also guided Monoz to a Mbada Diamonds runners-up slot had been working as an assistant to Mangwiro in the technical team that also included goalkeepers’ coach Nkululeko Dhlamini and manager Clayton Munemo.<\/p>\n
Munemo has since been banished for 10 years from football over the Asiagate match-fixing scandal.<\/p>\n
“We had a strategic retreat in Vumba and we looked at the past season mainly reviewing the technical team, the executive and the team itself.<\/p>\n
“We did our SWOT analysis where we looked at our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats as Monomotapa.<\/p>\n
“We looked at the technical team, the executive and the players.<\/p>\n
“On the technical side, we resolved to confirm Zuze as the substantive coach,” said Mukoki.<\/p>\n
It appears Zuze managed to charm the hearts of the executive committee by reaching the Mbada Diamonds Cup final where they, however, lost 2-0 to Dynamos.<\/p>\n
Zuze also became the only the coach in the just ended season to beat Highlanders twice (in the league and cup).<\/p>\n
“He will submit the names of possible assistants who can fit into the Monomotapa culture.<\/p>\n
“George Jojo, who had been helping will now revert to his role as development coach,” Mukoki added.<\/p>\n
Mukoko said his executive committee also needed to improve on their marketing and also enlarge their fan base.<\/p>\n
Last week, Monomotapa, winners of the Premiership title in 2008, held trials for new players at Alex Sports Club with over 300 hopefuls trying their luck.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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