Herbert Maruwa
Herbert Maruwa is the head coach of Dynamos Football Club. He left the Zimbabwe National Army team Black Rhinos Football Club in July 2022 after five years at the helm.
Qualifications
Maruwa, nicknamed "Jompano" has a CAF A Licence he obtained in 2014 when he was still the Dynamos juniors coach. During his time as Dynamos junior coach, he groomed players such as Partson Jaure, Blessing Moyo, King Nadolo, Nigel Gandare, Brian Five, Leeroy Murape, Farai Mupasiri, Collins Dhuwa, Carlos Rusere, Abel Gwatidzo, Donald Malajila, Brian Chinhoyi and Tichaona Mabvura.[1]
Career
Maruwa was fired by Black Rhinos on 27 July 2022 for what the club's secretary general Colonel Edward Mutukwa said was "unbecoming behaviour during match days which has tainted the corporate image of the club and the organisation at large".
Maruwa reportedly engaged in "juju" rites on matchdays and refused to take advice from his colleagues to shun that behaviour[2].
Black Rhinos legend Stanford Mtizwa, nicknamed "Stix" was named as Maruwa's replacement.
Maruwa was the coach at Mbabane Highlanders in Swaziland. He was fired barely three months in charge. In March 2017, Herbert Maruwa reached a mutual agreement with the Highlanders Board, headed by top lawyer Zweli Jele, for the two parties to part ways.[3] In 2017, Maruwa joined Black Rhinos as a replacement to club legend Stanford Mtizwa who did not have the requisite CAF A coaching licence.
He was one of the coaches chosen to attend the UEFA B coaching course in Germany in January 2020.[4]
Maruwa is a former development coach for Dynamos Football Club. He was part of Callisto Pasuwa's trailblazing Dynamos backroom staff.
Maruwa also coached Black Mamba in Swaziland. He also coached Eastern Region Division One side Hartley in 2015 before he left for Swaziland.[1]
Dynamos Head Coach
On 13 December 2022, Maruwa was appointed as the Dynamos head coach to replace Tonderai Ndiraya whose contract was set to expire on 31 December.
Maruwa was fired by Dynamos in August 2023 after failing to meet a five-game target that had been set by the club hierarchy.[5] The club said:
Dynamos Football Club and Head Coach Herbert Maruwa have agreed on mutual separation. The mutual separation which is with immediate effect has been occasioned by the team’s performance as at the 2023 season’s halfway mark both parties agreed that the mutual separation will be in the best interests of Dynamos Football Club and the Head Coach. The Club shall forever remain indebted to the services rendered to the Club by Mr. Maruwa during the subsistence of his contract of employment. The Club wishes Coach Maruwa all the best in his next placement.
Dynamos had given Maruwa a five-game ultimatum in which he had to win ALL matches, starting with the game against Hwange at Barbourfields.[6]
It ended in a goalless draw against the coal miners. Effectively that marked the end of Maruwa’s stint as Dynamos' head coach.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maruwa shortlisted for Rhinos job, The Herald, Published: January 8, 2018, Retrieved: November 4, 2021
- ↑ Tadious Manyepo, Black Rhinos wield the axe on coach Maruwa, Herald Zimbabwe, Published: September 9, 2019, Retrieved 29 December 2019
- ↑ SABELO GWEBU, ’LANDERS GIVE MARUWA THE BOOT, Times of Swaziland, Published: March 14, 2017, Retrieved: November 4, 2021
- ↑ Tadious Manyepo, Maruwa eyes Germany course, The Herald, Published: December 25, 2019, Retrieved: November 4, 2021
- ↑ Dynamos appoint Genesis Mangombe as interim coach after Maruwa sacking, Nehanda Radio, Published: 09 August 2023, Retrieved: 18 August 2023
- ↑ Curtworth Masango, Maruwa fired…Murape, Chihoro suspended, The Herald1, Published: 08 August 2023, Retrieved: 18 August 2023
