The board of the Finnish Floorball Federation has named Jani Lipsanen as the head coach of the Women’s U19 national team. Hannu Santanen and Ville Turunen were also elected to the coaching team. 

The search for the Women’s U19 head coach was done with open application in the beginning of this year. The Finnish Floorball Federation received round 20 applications and Jani Lipsanen was chosen as the head coach.

Lipsanen might be a new name for many who follow girls’ floorball. He has coached the men’s league team OLS for the past two seasons and in February he announced, that he will leave coaching after the season, and focus on his tasks as the Executive Director of OLS Floorball.

What do you think about the Women’s U19 head coach’s tasks and how did you decide to return to coaching after such a short time?

– Coaching in the national team has been an aim in my coaching career. The joy for coaching has not disappeared. Now this was timing-wise timing good, since I’m not involved in everyday coaching next season. When I saw the application for the U19 team, I thought that it would be a suitable challenge and I decided to apply. It feels good to get the trust, says Lipsanen in the Finnish Floorball Federation’s interview.

Jani Lipsanen (on the left) is familiar from coaching the men’s league team OLS. Photo: Juhani Järvenpää

 

Lipsanen, 36, has coached mainly men. On the women’s side he has coached Papas from Kajaani. Lipsanen has also been a coach in the Sports Academies that has developed girl players in Kuopio, Vaasa and Oulu.

Originally, the new head coach was supposed to start in the position on 1st of June, but because of the current pandemic, the Women’s U19 WFC 2020 was postponed until 2nd-6th of September. Aki Vilander will continue as the head coach until then.

The contracts of Lipsanen, Santanen and Turunen all continue until 31st of May 2022. The Women’s U19 WFC 2022 will be played from 4th until 8th of May 2022 in Wellington, New Zealand.

Source: Finnish Floorball Federation

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