{"id":57368,"date":"2026-04-28T00:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T00:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=57368"},"modified":"2026-04-28T00:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T00:12:18","slug":"kaitano-tembo-appointed-new-warriors-coach-after-marinica-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/28\/kaitano-tembo-appointed-new-warriors-coach-after-marinica-departure\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaitano Tembo appointed new Warriors coach after Marinica departure"},"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<p>Kaitano Tembo has been appointed the new head coach of the Zimbabwe national team following the resignation of Marian Marinica.<\/p>\n<p>Tembo will take over on an interim basis with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>Marinica leaves the Warriors hot seat just five months after his appointment, citing &#8220;personal reasons&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Tembo will be assisted by Takesure Chiragwi, who has bounced back to the fold after his voluntary resignation in November following an incident with Marvelous Mukumba while still at Ngezi Platinum.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by the Zimbabwe Football Association confirmed the technical team changes, saying:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) announces that Marian Marinica has resigned from his position as Head Coach of the Zimbabwe Senior Men&#8217;s National Team, citing personal reasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;ZIFA has accepted his resignation and thanks Coach Marinica for his contribution to the Warriors. The Association wishes him well in his future endeavours.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kaitano Tembo has been appointed Interim Head Coach and will lead the team for the upcoming Unity Cup assignment in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He will be assisted by Takesure Chiragwi, who has been appointed Assistant Coach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The post Kaitano Tembo appointed new Warriors coach after Marinica departure appeared first on Soccer24.<\/p>\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#Kaitano #Tembo #appointed #Warriors #coach #Marinica #departure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaitano Tembo has been appointed the new head coach of the Zimbabwe national team following the resignation of Marian Marinica.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1455,573,1888,8346,9184,8347,265],"class_list":["post-57368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-example-3","tag-appointed","tag-coach","tag-departure","tag-kaitano","tag-marinica","tag-tembo","tag-warriors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57368","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=57368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57369,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57368\/revisions\/57369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}