Head coach Gordon Herbert is leaving the Bayern basketball team with immediate effect. The Munich team is reacting to the negative series in the EuroLeague of eight games without a win.
Surprising separation in the Basketball Bundesliga: German champions Bayern Munich and world champion coach Gordon Herbert are now going their separate ways. After a trusting exchange, it was agreed to terminate the collaboration early. Both sides emphasized that the decision was made “for the benefit of the team and the club”.
The Munich team responded to the negative series of eight defeats in the EuroLeague; on Friday there was a 77:103 defeat at AS Monaco. In the Bundesliga game on Sunday in Cologne’s Lanxess Arena against Telekom Baskets Bonn, the team will be looked after by the current assistant staff. The FCBB hopes to be able to present a successor as quickly as possible, possibly for the next EuroLeague home game on Tuesday against league leaders Hapoel Tel Aviv.
Athletic development requires changes
Herbert took over the Munich team after the 2024 Olympics and celebrated winning the title in 2025. In the Bundesliga, FC Bayern is on track with 16:2 points, and in the cup the Munich team also has the top four in their own hall on the 21st/22nd. reached February.
But the international series of bankruptcies led to a separation. “Unfortunately, there are situations in sport that require no other option than change,” said sports director Dragan Tarlac on Saturday after returning from Monaco. And added: “The personnel situation after the European Championship summer, the injuries to key players, the very disadvantageous game plan and his own absence due to illness in the meantime, Gordie is not responsible for all of this. Nevertheless, everyone can see that we have now reached the point in terms of sport and are obliged to help the team, which always gives everything, with new impulses.”
Source: BR24Sport on the radio December 20, 2025 – 5:35 p.m
