Michael Haaß

Michael Haaß (born 12 December 1983 in Essen) is a former German handball player and current coach.

Michael Haaß
Michael Haaß on 28 November 2006
Personal information
Born	(1983-12-12) December 12, 1983 (age 41) Essen, Germany
Nationality	Germany
Height	194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Youth career
Team
	VfB Frohnhausen
0000-1993	TV Cronenberg
1993-2001	TUSEM Essen
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2001-2005	TUSEM Essen
2005-2006	HSG Düsseldorf
2005-2006	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2007-2009	GWD Minden
2009-2013	Frisch Auf Göppingen
2013-2016	SC Magdeburg
2016-2020	HC Erlangen
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2016	Germany	120	(180)
Teams managed
2020–2022	HC Erlangen
2022–2024	TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
Medal record World Championship 2007 Germany Team

He won gold medals at the World Cup in 2007, for which he was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt.^[1]

Career

Haaß started playing handball at 10. From 1993 he played for TUSEM Essen where he joined the 1st team in 2001.^[2] Here he won the EHF Cup in 2005. He then joined HSG Düsseldorf, and after a season Rhein-Neckar Löwen. He stood in the German Cup final with Rhein-Neckar Löwen in 2007. The following summer he joined Frisch Auf Göppingen, where he once again won the EHF Cup in 2011 and 2012. In 2013 he joined SC Magdeburg, where he played for three years. He then joined HC Erlangen.^[3]

National team

Haaß made his debut for the German national team on April 14th, 2006 against Denmark.

He represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where the German team placed 9th,^[4] EURO 2010, World Cup 2011 and EURO 2012^[5]

Coaching Career

From 2019 he became the assistant coach at HC Erlangen. From 28 February 2020 he overtook the head coach position at the club together with Kevin Schmidt.^[6] From the 2020-21 he became the sole head coach. In January 2022 he was relieved of his duties at the club.^[7]

From the 2022-23 season he became the head coach at the 2nd Bundesliga team TuS N-Lübbecke.^[8] In September 2024 he was fired after only getting 2 points from the first 4 games of the season.^[9]