Heine Eriksen is a Danish team handball coach.

Heine Eriksen
Personal information
Full name Heine Mogensen Eriksen
Born (1963-11-22) November 22, 1963 (age 62)
Thy, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Teams managed
Years Team
1995–1996
Thisted IK[1]
2001–2002
Horsens HK
2002–2004
Fox Team Nord[1]
2003–2023
Denmark Youth
2005–2006
Randers HK
2014–2015
Denmark women (interim)
2017–2023
Aarhus United
2025–
Fredrikstad BK

Coaching career

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In the 2001-2002 season he was the head coach at Horsens HK.[2] He then joined Fox Team Nord, where he was until 2004.[1]

Between 2003 and 2023 he coached the Danish national youth team.[1]

In the 2005-06 season he coached Randers HK.[3]

In 2015 he was the interim head coach at Danish senior national team between January and June, when Jan Pytlick resigned.[4]

He coached Aarhus United between 2017 and 2023.[5][6][1] He was fired in May 2023 because the club "could not accept his leadership style".[7] The club chairperson, Jan Snogdal, said his leadership style was "based on fear" and "a source of poor mental wellbeing". Eriksen rejected the allegations.[8]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Heine Eriksen" (in Danish). Dhdb. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  2. Bonde, Jan (11 December 2001). "Danmarks nye førstedame" (in Danish). Fyens Stiftstidende. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  3. Bonde, Jan (1 February 2005). "Heine Eriksen ny træner i Randers HK" (in Danish). B.T. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  4. Asferg Andersen, Mikkel (4 January 2015). "Heine Eriksen bliver midlertidig damelandstræner" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  5. "U-landstræner bliver cheftræner i Aarhus United". stiften.dk. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  6. "Aarhus United - Ledere". aarhusunited.dk. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  7. Glenthøj, Joachim (29 May 2023). "Heine Eriksen kan ikke genkende klubbens udlægning" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  8. Thygesen, Kenneth; Hemmer-Hansen, Mikkel (26 May 2023). "Formand taler ud om sin suspenderede træner: Frygt, mistrivsel og 22 konkrete episoder" (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. Retrieved 20 February 2025.