{"id":39593,"date":"2025-10-24T07:25:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=39593"},"modified":"2025-10-24T07:25:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:25:53","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignzifa-president-nqobile-magwizi-speaks-on-appointment-of-new-warriors-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/10\/24\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignzifa-president-nqobile-magwizi-speaks-on-appointment-of-new-warriors-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"ZIFA President Nqobile Magwizi speaks on appointment of new Warriors coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-138350\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<p>\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"396\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ZIFA-President-Nqobile-Magwizi-speaks-on-appointment-of-new-Warriors.jpeg?resize=396%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"object-contain h-46 w-full rounded-lg  md:rounded-none md:rounded-lg wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Zifa-President-Magwizi.jpeg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Zifa-President-Magwizi.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Zifa-President-Magwizi.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Zifa-President-Magwizi.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Zifa-President-Magwizi.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Zifa-President-Magwizi.jpeg?resize=396%2C264&amp;ssl=1 396w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Zifa-President-Magwizi.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Zifa-President-Magwizi.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<p>Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Nqobile Magwizi has confirmed that the process of appointing a new Warriors head coach is already underway, following the dismissal of Michael Nees on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Nees was relieved of his duties after a string of poor results, despite guiding Zimbabwe to qualification for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the media on Thursday, Magwizi said the association is moving swiftly to find Nees\u2019s replacement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a plan in place, and a committee is currently working on developing a roadmap for the appointment of the next Warriors coach,\u201d Magwizi explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to have clarity on the qualities we are looking for, and this will be finalised within the next three days. The executive committee will then make a decision once the shortlisted candidates have presented their credentials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new coach is expected to be appointed in time for Zimbabwe\u2019s upcoming international friendlies against World Cup-bound teams Qatar and Algeria during the November window.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in Local<\/span><span class=\"tags-links\">Tagged Michael Nees, Nqobile Magwizi, Warriors, Warriors coach, ZIFA<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#ZIFA #President #Nqobile #Magwizi #speaks #appointment #Warriors #coach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Nqobile Magwizi has confirmed that the process of appointing a new Warriors head coach is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[937,573,6797,6796,313,2492,265,284],"class_list":["post-39593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-appointment","tag-coach","tag-magwizi","tag-nqobile","tag-president","tag-speaks","tag-warriors","tag-zifa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39594,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39593\/revisions\/39594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}