Levan Maisashvili Explained

Levan Maisashvili
Birth Place:Georgia
Ru Currentposition:Head coach
Coachteams1:Lelo Saracens (Assistant coach)
Coachyears1:1994–2001
Coachteams2:Georgia U-19 (Assistant coach)
Coachyears2:2000–2003
Coachteams3:Lelo Saracens
Coachyears3:2001–2020
Coachteams4:Georgia U-19
Coachyears4:2003–2006
Coachteams5:Georgia U-18
Coachyears5:2006–2007
Coachteams6:Georgia U-20
Coachyears6:2007–2008
Coachteams7:Georgia XV
Coachyears7:2008–2014
Coachteams8:Georgia U-19
Coachyears8:2009
Coachteams9:Emerging Georgia
Coachyears9:2014–2018
Coachteams10:Georgia (Assistant coach)
Coachyears10:2018–2019
Coachteams11:Georgia (interim)
Coachyears11:2020
Coachteams12:Georgia
Coachyears12:2021–2023
Coachteams13:Black Lion
Coachyears13:2021–2023
Coachteams15:Black Lion (interim)
Coachyears15:2023–2024

Levan Maisashvili is a Georgian professional rugby union coach. He was the head coach of the Georgia and the Black Lion side that participates in the EPCR Challenge Cup and Rugby Europe Super Cup.[1] [2] While coach of the Georgian national team during the 2021 July rugby union tests, Maisashvili contracted COVID-19 and was seriously ill in hospital.[3] He was in hospital for two months, after being placed on a ventilator with 'serious lung damage' having contracted the illness on 2 July 2021.[4]

In 2023, he decided to leave the position of the national team head coach following the team's poor performance at 2023 Rugby World Cup.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Georgia Rugby`s Coaching Staff. rugby.ge. Georgian Rugby Union.
  2. News: “That one was for you coach”: Black Lion players dedicate win to Maisashvili. Rugby Europe. 10 April 2022.
  3. News: Georgia coach Levan Maisashvili returns home after two-month Covid battle in South Africa. Daily Mirror. 8 September 2021. 10 April 2022.
  4. News: Georgia rugby coach on Covid ordeal in SA: 'I had less than 2% chance of survival'. News24. 7 October 2021. 10 April 2022.
  5. News: ლევან მაისაშვილმა ბორჯღალოსნების მთავარი მწვრთნელის პოსტი დატოვა. rugby.ge. ka. 2023-10-16.