Unlike the women's team, coach Ramirez will take the helm of the men's national team until 2026
Sep 29, 2025
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The Korea Volleyball Association decided to keep coach Ramirez's contract until 2026 through a meeting of the men's performance improvement committee held on the 29th.
Ramirez's term, appointed in March 2024, is from the start of the 2024 national season to the end of the 2026 national season, and this meeting of the performance improvement committee was held under the contract to re-evaluate after the end of the 2025 national season.
The association's men's performance improvement committee consists of former and current volleyball coaches, players, and commentators, including Chairman Roh Jin-soo, Park Joo-jeom, Choi Chun-sik, Kim Kyung-soo, Seok Jin-wook, and Yoon Bong-woo. Four out of seven people attended the meeting to review Ramirez's past two years.
Based on the two-year systematic training plan and system, the association decided to maintain the contract with Ramirez with the consent of all the attending members, considering that he won the world championship for the first time in 11 years, won the East Asian championship, and that major international competitions such as the Asian Championship and the Asian Games, which aim to re-enter the Olympic championship, should be held until 2026.
Coach Ramirez remained in the country after the group qualifying round for the 2025 World Men's Volleyball Championship in the Philippines, watching the round of 16 and quarterfinals, and interacting with men's national teams. Starting in October, he will visit the SV League site in Japan and prepare for the 2026 Asian Championship and Asian Games through exchanges with Japanese professional team leaders.
It also plans to visit the 106th National Sports Festival held in Busan from October 17 to find the next generation of national athletes, and plans to watch the men's 2025-2026 V-League in person in the future and plan to select national athletes.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
