Bo Henriksen: Mainz’s holistic head coach who is masterminding their revival
Henriksen has led Mainz to the brink of safety (Top photo: Alex Grimm/Getty Images) https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5442622/2024/04/26/bo-henriksen-mainz-bundesliga/ By Sebastian Stafford-Bloor Apr 26, 2024 Bo Henriksen is a wild man. With his long, raffish blond hair, he looks like he might have played some stages and smashed a few guitars. The 49-year-old has been head coach at Bundesliga club Mainz for just over two months. A former centre-forward whose playing career wound through his native Denmark, Iceland and even Kidderminster Harriers and Bristol Rovers in England’s lower divisions , he is now leading a remarkable revival on the banks of the Rhine. “We’re starting to get there,” Henriksen tells The Athletic. “We haven’t reached our goals. But we are getting better.” A team who were lifeless for six months of the 2023-24 season are now playing with frenetic energy, resilience and craft. On Sunday, that continued. Mainz came from a goal down to take a valuable away point ...