Mark Kuhlmann | |
Birth Name: | Mark Kuhlmann |
Birth Date: | 1969 8, df=yes |
Height: | 1.8m (05.9feet) |
Weight: | 92kg (203lb) |
Ru Position: | Centre |
Amatyears1: | - 2008 |
Amatyears2: | 2008 - |
Amatteam2: | SC Neuenheim |
Ru Amupdate: | 1 April 2010 |
Repteam1: | Germany |
Ru Ntupdate: | 22 March 2010 |
Coachteams2: | Germany (assistant) |
Coachteams5: | Germany (interim) |
Coachteams6: | TSV Handschuhsheim[1] |
Coachteams7: | Germany |
Coachyears1: | - 2008 |
Coachyears2: | 2006 - 2009 |
Coachyears3: | 2008 - 2012 |
Coachyears4: | 2012 - 2019 |
Coachyears5: | 2019 |
Coachyears6: | 2019 - 2020 |
Coachyears7: | 2020 - |
Mark Kuhlmann (born 18 August 1969) is a retired German international rugby union player, having played for the DRC Hannover in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. He captained Germany for a lengthy period of time during his career in the national team.[2] He is, behind Horst Kemmling, Germany's second-most capped rugby player.[3]
Kuhlmann was, from 2008 to 2012,[4] the coach of SC Neuenheim.[5] Before joining Neuenheim in 2008, Kuhlmann had spent his entire coaching and playing career with the DRC Hannover,[6] in an era when DRC took out six German championships and three national cup wins.
In March 2009, Kuhlmann stepped down as joint coach of Germany after three and a half years in office, while the other two coaches Rudolf Finsterer and Bruno Stolorz, remained in the job.[7]
After not having played in 2008-09, he made one appearance for SCN in the 2009-10 Bundesliga season. Kuhlmann indicated that the 2011-12 season would be his last as coach of SCN,[8] is contract not being extended at the end of the season.[9]
Mark Kuhlmann's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[10]