Hertha Berlin named Bruno Labbadia as the club’s fourth coach of the season on Thursday.
Labbadia was taking over immediately from Alexander Nouri, who was in charge for four games after Jurgen Klinsmann surprisingly left the club.
Klinsmann was appointed amid much fanfare on November 27, but the former Germany and United States coach left Hertha in chaos in February when he quit after nine Bundesliga games.
Former youth coach Ante Covic was the first-time head coach from the start of the season.
The 54-year-old Labbadia, who previously coached Wolfsburg, Stuttgart, and Hamburg among others, had been out of work since leaving Wolfsburg at the end of last season.
Hertha said they had been looking for a new coach to take over at the end of this season, but brought the engagement forward while the league was suspended because of the coronavirus outbreak.
“We decided to take this chance to prepare the team for a possible continuation of the season over the next few weeks and to make our decision on the coaching position,” Hertha general manager Michael Preetz said. “It is now clear who will train the team in the coming season.”
Hertha were reportedly pushing for former Bayern Munich coach Niko Kovac to return, but again he turned the club down after declining to take over from Covic in November.
