USA national handball team to have a Hungarian coach

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Edina Szabó will be the head coach of the Women’s National Handball Team of the United States.

Even if you are not particularly into sports, you sure have heard about Hungarian successes, let it be football, swimming or handball.

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It is not only Hungarian sportsmen of whom the country can be proud. Many people in the industry have achieved several successes. The latest of them is

handball coach Edina Szabó who will manage the U.S. Women’s National Handball Team until the end of the Paris Olympics in 2024,

announced the American Federation on their website.

The Hungarian coach will first be the consultant to the team’s current head coach Julio Sainz. As index.hu writes, remains the director for the North America and Caribbean Handball Championship and the World Handball Championship in Spain, in case they qualify. 

This transitional period gives Edina time to develop a deeper understanding of our program and to learn about the challenges and opportunities associated with USA Team Handball.”, said USA Team Handball Chief Executive Officer Ryan Johnson. 

He added that there are lots of unique challenges associated with American handball that are not often understood by those with European experience

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  1. Really who cares, why isn’t she coaching Hungary?
    Bit of an own goal there.. life goes on as it does. Oh but hold on she is Hungarian training American women to play in the Olympics maybe against Hungarians, maybe that is the story. We will see. Come on Viktor where is you input or shall we have a referendum on it like every thing. Hold on while I am on a roll should Hungary hold the Olympics we need a referendum pls, building a Chinese University referendum pls. That is more to do with tax payers money… rant over.. thanks.

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