Hans Coetzee to coach Golden Lions under 19
Hans Coetzee, well known coach of Monument High in Krugerdorp, will help the Golden Lions with the recruiting of players. He will also caoch the Lions under 19-team with Timmy Goodwin and Marius Hurter.
He coached Springboks like Brendan Venter, Jorrie Muller, Jaque Fourie and Heinke van der Merwe during his 18 years as first team coach of Monument. Coetzee isn’t the first school coach to move to a higher level of coaching this year. Jaco Swanepoel, coach of Grey College in Bloemfontein, will coach the University of the Free State’s rugby team this year.
The current coach of the Golden Lions Coca Cola Cravenweek team, Oupa van der Merwe, will coach Monument’s first team this year. Coetzee will also help with the administration of school’s rugby in the province.