Kenan Koçak (born 5 January 1981) is a Turkish

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coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with the

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Playing career

Koçak was a youth product of Waldhof Mannheim. Kocak played sparsely for Waldhof Mannheim,

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, SSV Reutlingen,

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, and finally as a player-manager for Türkspor Mannheim.

Managerial career

VfR Mannheim

In the winter break of the 2010–11 season Kenan Koçak became manager of VfR Mannheim. 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

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. In the regular season, Koçak reached second place with VfR Mannheim in the

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. In the promotion play-off, his team faced

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. 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

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. In his first Oberliga season, Koçak's team finished in second place. After the first half of the 2011–12 season, VfR Mannheim was even at the top of the Oberliga. In the 2012–13 season, Mannheim finished in third place. After this season, Koçak left the club and became manager of Waldhof Mannheim, which played in the Regionalliga Südwest at the time.

Waldhof Mannheim

Waldhof Mannheim hired Koçak on 7 June 2013 and had his first match on 29 July 2013 against SSV Ulm. The final score was 4–2 for Waldhof Mannheim. The club finished the 2013–14 season in fifth place. In the following season, Waldhof Mannheim dropped down to 13th place. Waldhof Mannheim won the Regionalliga Südwest during the 2015–16 season. In the promotion play-off, they faced off against

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. The first leg ended in a 0–0 draw and the second leg ended in a 2–0 win for Lotte. Koçak left Waldhof Mannheim on 3 July 2016 to become manager of

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SV Sandhausen

Koçak became manager of Sandhausen on 3 July 2016. Kocak's debut match was a 2–2 draw against Fortuna Düsseldorf. His first win with Sandhausen came on 22 August 2016 in a 2–1 win against

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. He was sacked on 8 October 2018.

Hannover 96

On 14 November 2019, Koçak was appointed as manager of

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. He left at the end of the 2020–21 season.

Turkey

On 27 September 2021,

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announced that Koçak joined in technical staff of Turkey as Assistant Coach to Stefan Kuntz.

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