| Kenan Koçak | |
| Fullname: | Kenan Koçak[1] |
| Birth Date: | 5 January 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Kayseri, Turkey |
| Height: | 1.74 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | 1999–2001 |
| Youthclubs1: | Waldhof Mannheim |
| Years1: | 2001–2002 |
| Clubs1: | DSV Leoben |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2002–2003 |
| Clubs2: | Waldhof Mannheim |
| Caps2: | 8 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2003–2004 |
| Clubs3: | Austria Salzburg |
| Caps3: | 2 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2004 |
| Clubs4: | Waldhof Mannheim |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2004–2006 |
| Clubs5: | Reutlingen 05 |
| Caps5: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2006 |
| Clubs6: | 1. FC Pforzheim |
| Caps6: | 9 |
| Goals6: | 2 |
| Years7: | 2006–2009 |
| Clubs7: | Waldhof Mannheim |
| Caps7: | 6 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2009–2010 |
| Clubs8: | Türkspor Mannheim |
| Manageryears1: | 2009–2010 |
| Managerclubs1: | Türkspor Mannheim |
| Manageryears2: | 2013–2016 |
| Managerclubs2: | Waldhof Mannheim |
| Manageryears3: | 2016–2018 |
| Managerclubs3: | SV Sandhausen |
| Manageryears4: | 2019–2021 |
| Managerclubs4: | Hannover 96 |
| Manageryears5: | 2021– |
| Managerclubs5: | Turkey (assistant) |
Kenan Koçak (born 5 January 1981) is a Turkish football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with the Turkey national football team.[2]
Koçak was a youth product of Waldhof Mannheim. He played sparsely for Waldhof Mannheim, Austria Salzburg, SSV Reutlingen, 1. FC Pforzheim, and finally as a player-manager for Türkspor Mannheim.[3]
In the winter break of the 2010–11 season Kenan Koçak became manager of VfR Mannheim.[4] In his first competitive match as coach, his team was able to knock out the local rival of Waldhof Mannheim in the quarter-final of the Baden Cup.[5] In the regular season, Koçak reached second place with VfR Mannheim in the Verbandsliga Baden.[6] In the promotion play-off, his team faced FV Ravensburg. The first leg ended in a 1–1 draw. The second match was won by Mannheim with 2–0. As a result, Mannheim reached the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg.[7] In his first Oberliga season, Koçak's team finished in second place.[8] After the first half of the 2011–12 season, VfR Mannheim was even at the top of the Oberliga.[9] In the 2012–13 season, Mannheim finished in third place.[10] After this season, Koçak left the club and became manager of Waldhof Mannheim, which played in the Regionalliga Südwest at the time.[11]
Waldhof Mannheim hired Koçak on 7 June 2013[12] and had his first match on 29 July 2013 against SSV Ulm.[13] The final score was 4–2 for Waldhof Mannheim.[13] The club finished the 2013–14 season in fifth place.[14] In the following season, Waldhof Mannheim dropped down to 13th place.[15] Waldhof Mannheim won the Regionalliga Südwest during the 2015–16 season.[16] In the promotion play-off, they faced off against Sportfreunde Lotte.[17] The first leg ended in a 0–0 draw and the second leg ended in a 2–0 win for Lotte.[17] Koçak left Waldhof Mannheim on 3 July 2016 to become manager of SV Sandhausen.[18]
Koçak became manager of Sandhausen on 3 July 2016.[18] Kocak's debut match was a 2–2 draw against Fortuna Düsseldorf.[19] His first win with Sandhausen came on 22 August 2016 in a 2–1 win against SC Paderborn.[20] He was sacked on 8 October 2018.[21]
On 14 November 2019, Koçak was appointed as manager of Hannover 96.[2] He left at the end of the 2020–21 season.[22]
On 27 September 2021, Turkish Football Federation announced that Koçak joined in technical staff of Turkey as Assistant Coach to Stefan Kuntz.[1]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waldhof Mannheim | 7 June 2013 | 3 July 2016 | |||||||||
| SV Sandhausen | 3 July 2016 | 8 October 2018 | [23] | ||||||||
| Hannover 96 | 14 November 2019 | 30 June 2021 | [24] | ||||||||
| Total | — | ||||||||||