Grzegorz Mokry (born 19 January 1985) is a Polish

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who was most recently in charge of

I liga I liga ( pl, Pierwsza liga, ), currently named Fortuna I liga due to its sponsorship by Fortuna, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga vi ...

club

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała TS Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała () is a football club based in Bielsko-Biała, Poland. They currently compete in the I liga, the second tier of Polish football. History The club was essentially founded on 11 July 1997, although it can trace i ...

Managerial career

Mokry started his coaching career in 2011 as an assistant under Artur Skowronek at

Ruch Radzionków Ruch Radzionków is a Polish association football club based in Radzionków. The club was disaffiliated in 2012 due to financial problems and the board has decided to withdraw from the competition in season 2012/2013. Instead Ruch Radzionków pla ...

. The two would continue to work together until 2015 at clubs such as

Pogoń Szczecin Pogoń Szczecin Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Pogoń Szczecin (), is a Polish professional football club, based in Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, which plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of the national football league s ...

Polonia Bytom Polonia Bytom () is a Polish football club based in Bytom, founded in 1920, two times Polish Champions. The team currently plays in the III liga (as of 2022–23). History Beginnings Polonia was founded on 4 January 1920 in the Upper Silesia ...

Widzew Łódź RTS Widzew Łódź () is a Polish football club based in Łódź. The club was founded in 1910. Its official colours are red and white, hence their nicknames ''Czerwona Armia'' (Red Army) and ''Czerwono-biało-czerwoni'' (Red-white-reds). History ...

and

GKS Katowice GKS Katowice (; GKS stands for , "Miners Sporting Club") is a Polish football club based in Katowice, Poland. The club currently plays in the I liga, after having won promotion in 2021. History In 1963 in Katowice a special organizational ...

. In 2015, he joined Dominik Nowak's staff at

Wigry Suwałki Wigry Suwałki is a Polish football club based in Suwałki, Podlaskie Voivodeship. In the 2022–23 season, they will compete in IV liga, having withdrawn from II liga II liga (Druga Liga, ), currently named eWinner II liga due to sponsorsh ...

and moved with him to

Miedź Legnica Miedź Legnica is a Polish professional football club, based in Legnica, Poland, that competes in the Polish Ekstraklasa. Miedź was founded in 1971. The club's manager is Wojciech Łobodziński. In 2018, Miedź Legnica achieved promotion to t ...

in 2017. He was reunited with Skowronek in

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. It currently competes in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system. It ...

for a short period in 2020, taking over as an assistant coach after Dawid Szulczek was appointed manager of Wigry.

Miedź Legnica II

On 23 June 2021, he took on his first managerial role as Miedź Legnica II's head coach. He left on 8 November 2021, with the team placed third in their

III liga III liga (Trzecia liga) is a Polish football league that sits in the fourth tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season, III liga referred to a league at the third tier (now called II liga) but this was ch ...

group.

Wigry Suwałki

The following day, he was announced as the new manager of

II liga II liga (Druga Liga, ), currently named eWinner II liga due to sponsorship reasons by eWinner, is a Polish football league that sits at the third tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season ''II Liga'' referr ...

side Wigry Suwałki, again as a replacement for Szulczek, who was set to join

Warta Poznań Warta Poznań () is a multi-sports club based in Poznań, Poland. The name means ''the Guard'' in Polish and also the name of the river Warta on which Poznań is located. Founded in 1912, the association football club are two-time winners of the ...

. Wigry went on to have a successful

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under Mokry, winning 11 games and drawing twice in 17 regular season games, finishing 4th. Much like the year before, Wigry would lose in the first round of

promotion play-offs, this time to

Motor Lublin Motor Lublin () is a Polish professional football team based in Lublin. The club was founded in December 1950 with their nickname ''The Yellow, White and Blues'' reflecting their official colours. They compete in II liga in the 2021–22 season. ...

. Mokry left the club following the season's completion, as Wigry withdrew from II liga due to financial difficulties.

Miedź Legnica

After a short spell as an assistant under

Dariusz Żuraw Dariusz Żuraw (born 14 November 1972) is a Polish football manager and former player, most recently in charge of I liga club Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała. Besides Poland, he has played in Germany. Club career Born in Wieluń, Żuraw began hi ...

, Mokry returned to Miedź as their first team manager on 17 October 2022. At the time of his appointment, they were placed bottom of the

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...

table, with just six points after 12 games played. After achieving two wins in the first four games under Mokry, Miedź only managed to win once in 2023 before their relegation was confirmed with four games to go, following a 1–1 away draw against

Cracovia Cracovia is the Latin name for the Polish city of Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh cen ...

on 1 May. On 26 May 2023, the day before the last Ekstraklasa matchday, it was announced that Mokry would end his spell after the 2022–23 season.

Podbeskidzie

On 15 June 2023, Podbeskidzie announced Mokry returned to the club to become their manager until the end of the 2023–24 season, with an extension option for another year. Two wins and seven draws in fifteen league games left Podbeskidzie in the relegation zone, just two points ahead of

Zagłębie Sosnowiec Zagłębie Sosnowiec () is a football club based in Sosnowiec, Poland. The club was established in 1906. It won Polish Cup four times (1962, 1963, 1977, 1978), and also was four times Polish runner up (1955, 1964, 1967, 1972). Apart from footbal ...

sitting at the bottom of the table, resulting in Mokry's dismissal on 15 November 2023.

Managerial statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mokry, Grzegorz 1985 births Living people People from Tarnowskie Góry Polish football managers Ekstraklasa managers I liga managers II liga managers Wigry Suwałki managers Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała managers Sportspeople from Silesian Voivodeship