With George Lwandamina almost certain to take over as Zambia’s coach for the 2011 Orange CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers, who will be his assistant?
Zambia will face South Africa in the first round qualifiers of the CHAN tournament exclusively for home-based national team players next month after enjoying a preliminary stage bye.
Sources have revealed that while Lwandamina is a clear frontrunner, the search for a suitable assistant is also being given serious consideration.
While they are reports that Lwandamina will be free to choose his own assistant, Faz is said to also have the option to pick a competent assistant for the former coach Herve Renard’s assistant trainer.
One of the possible names being considered is Power Dynamos assistant trainer Beston Chambeshi who was a longtime number two of Patrick Phiri at Nkana from 1998 to 2004 and is currently number two to Fordson Kabole at Arthur Davies.
The sources said Chambeshi’s experience and good rapport with head coaches he has worked under could be a great factor in the former international finally getting a crack at seating on the senior team bench.
Other names that the souces could be considered are former City of Lusaka coach Hector Chilombo and  Keegan Mumba of Choma Eagles.
What about the young man Oswald “Jose Mourinho” Mutapa jnr? The young man did well with the young chipolopolo!
Whichever Zambians are picked, please pay them well. Get rid of this nonsense of expatriate/local pay scales. What was independence about kanshi?
LET FAZ PICK ITS OWN LOCAL COACH AS ASSISTANT. BY THE WAY WHY SHOULD LWANDAMINA BE CERTAIN THAT HE WILL TAKE OVER? LETS ALSO MAINTAIN THE SAME TEAM THAT PERFORMED AT AFRICA CUP IN ANGOLA. WHO EVER WILL TAKE OVER SHOULD NOT CHANGE THREE QUARTERS OF THE TEAM.TIME FOR EXPERIMENTS IS LONG GONE. WE NEED EXPERIENCED,COMMITTED AND DISCPLINED PLAYERS.
you only appreciate something when you loose it. we knew renards was about to go and now you dont even know who to take over. gents lets think the wider view. ba FAZ twafweni twapapata. make use of the tax -payers money wisely.
Back to the football lab for more experiments. And who are the specimen? Lwandamina et al, and all the lads in the national team. Until the coaching job is no longer a poisoned chalice in the once powerhouse of African football – Zambia, this madness will not stop. And, like a curse it happens just about the time the boys seem to be going forward…I hope the word national team coach will not be synonymous with trauma for our boys in the national team let alone the whole country. Oh somebody stop me…!!
Local is Lekker ,thats what they say here.Pay any Zambian good bucks and he will be motivated and lets all support him or her,,,,,,,,,,,,hahahahahaha
Why give the job to Lwandamina? Even though he has the job but play a fair share to interview other local coaches for the same position!! I know there’s a big number of them who are qualified to head the National team. Next time pls FAZ, conduct some sort of interview.