Kurt Wiebach made history at three Salzburg football clubs. The Berlin native died after a long illness in his home town of Schönau am Königssee.
Salzburg football is poorer by a true legend. Kurt Wiebach died at the age of 78 after a long illness in his home town of Schönau am Königssee. The Berlin native, a trained police officer, moved there in the 1970s and opened an insurance agency. In 1983, Wiebach took over as coach at SAK and saved the Nonntalers from relegation in the last game of the season. At the end of the following season there was already great rejoicing when the townspeople celebrated promotion to the top division in front of 3,000 enthusiastic spectators. Dispute led to a break. In 1988 he replaced Hannes Winkelbauer in the coaching bench of Austria Salzburg. The Violets achieved promotion in 1989. Wiebach also played a major role in players like Oliver Bierhoff and Heribert Weber moving to Austria. With the signing of Otto Baric, the coach became sports director. Before he left professional football for a long time. With the takeover of Austria by the Red Bull Group, the German returned to the spotlight. Wiebach became the first managing director there in 2005. In the dispute over club colors with parts of the supporters, Wiebach took a hard line. Ultimately there was a break between the club and these fans. Wiebach was also the first boss of the later long-time sports director Christoph Freund, who now works at Bayern Munich. Wiebach justified his end at Salzburg in 2006 – a few weeks after the departure of coach Kurt Jara – by saying that he wanted to focus more on his company again wanted. He also coached SG Schönau in the Bavarian district league.
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