Allen Ray Smith will also sit on the bench of the Eisbären Bremerhaven as interim coach for the home game against Uni Baskets Paderborn on Sunday.
A win and a loss
Smith had taken over responsibility for the second division basketball team after separating from head coach Michael Mai. His record is mixed. Team Ehingen Urspring, bottom of the table, had a mandatory win. There was a defeat at the Tigers Tübingen.
Smith could stay until the end of the season
Nevertheless, Smith will also be coach on Sunday in the home game against playoff rivals Paderborn (3 p.m., Sportdeutschland.tv). The confirmed Eisbären managing director Nils Ruttmann on request. In addition, the trend is that Smith, 41, will take care of the polar bears until the end of the season.
You can read in the NORDSEE-ZEITUNG and NORD|ERLESEN on Wednesday what it would mean for the polar bears to miss the playoffs and whether the second division team will apply for a license for the basketball Bundesliga.
