Markus Gaugisch

Markus Gaugisch
Gaugisch (2024)
Personal information
Born	(1974-04-20) 20 April 1974 (age 51) Göppingen, Germany
Nationality	German
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Right back / Left back
Club information
Current club	Germany women
Youth career
Team
–	TV Schlat
–	TSV Heiningen
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–1996	TSV Scharnhausen
1995–2006	VfL Pfullingen
2006–2007	TV 1893 Neuhausen
Teams managed
2008–2009	TV 1893 Neuhausen Assistant
2009–2013	TV 1893 Neuhausen
2013–2015	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
2020–2023	SG BBM Bietigheim
2022–	Germany women
Medal record World Championship 2025 Netherlands/Germany

Markus Gaugisch (born 20 April 1974) is a German handball coach and former player, who is currently the head coach of the Germany women's national team.

Playing career

Gaugisch started his career at TSV Heiningen where he won the 1993 youth championship. ^[1] He later joined TSV Scharnhausen before joining 2nd Bundesliga team VfL Pfullingen. Here he won the 2006 2nd Bundesliga. ^[2]

The following season he joined 3. Liga team TV 1893 Neuhausen. ^[3] He retired in 2007.

Coaching career

After his playing days he became the assistant coach behind Kurt Reusch at TV 1893 Neuhausen where he became the head coach in 2009. ^[4] The team had just been promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga. In the 2011–12 season he led the club to a third place finish and thus secured promotion to the Handball-Bundesliga. ^[5]

The following season the club did however finish 17th and was thus relegated. ^[6]

Gaugisch then joined Bundesliga team HBW Balingen-Weilstetten. ^[7] He left the club in 2015. ^[8]

In 2020 he joined the Women's Bundesliga team SG BBM Bietigheim. ^[9] He led the team to the Bundesliga title in 2022 and 2023, the DHB-Pokal in 2021, 2022 and 2023, the DHB-Supercup in 2021. He also won EHF European League in 2022.

In April 2022 he took the head coach position at the Germany women's national team, replacing Henk Groener. At the 2023 World Championship he guided the team to a 6th place. ^[10] Following the successful qualification for the 2024 Olympics, he prolonged his contract until 2026. At the tournament, Germany reached the quarter finals, losing to France. ^[11]

At the 2024 European Women's Handball Championship Germany got to the main round. ^[12]

A year later he led Germany at the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship. ^[13] Here Germany reached the final, where they lost to Norway. ^[14] This was the first time since 1994 that Germany made the final of a major international tournament and the first time they won a medal since 2007. ^[15]

Private

His son, Kalle Gaugisch, is also a handball player. ^[16]

References

1. "Markus Gaugisch trainiert „nebenbei" den Handball-Bundesligisten TV Neuhausen" (in German). tagblatt.de. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
2. "Gegnerkader VfL Pfullingen 2005/06". thw-provinzial.de (in German). Retrieved 1 May 2019.
3. "Markus Gaugisch verlässt VfL Pfullingen zum Saisonende" (in German). handball-world.com. 16 May 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
4. ""Tschüss dann" - Württembergs Trainerlegende Kurt Reusch geht in Ruhestand" (in German). handball-world.com. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
5. ""Saisonziel verpasst ..." - Neuhausen feiert den Aufstieg" (in German). handball-world.com. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
6. ""Es ist eine Katastrophe": HSV mit Déjà-vu in Neuhausen" (in German). handball-world.com. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
7. "Paukenschlag zum Jahresende: Balingen trennt sich von Dr. Rolf Brack" (in German). handball-world.com. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
8. "Der HBW stellt Markus Gaugisch mit sofortiger Wirkung frei" (in German). h-bw.de. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
9. "Markus Gaugisch wird im Sommer 2020 neuer Cheftrainer der SG BBM Bietigheim" (in German). handball-world.news. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
10. World Championship 2023 5th place playoff Match report - IHF, retrieved 6 December 2025
11. Olympics 2024 Quarter final match report - Olympics.com, retrieved 6 December 2025
12. "Women's EHF Euro 2024 – Final Tournament • 28.11.2024 - 15.12.2024". EHF. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
13. "Mit 17 Spielerinnen in die Heim-WM". dhb.de/ (in German). 4 November 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
14. "Norge vinder VM-guld efter dramatisk finale" (in Danish). TV2 Danmar. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
15. "Deutsche Handballerinnen ziehen ins WM-Finale ein" (in German). Tagesschau. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
16. "Handball: U17-Weltmeister: Kalle Gaugisch und Friedrich Henselek setzen sich die Krone auf" (in German). Retrieved 2025-11-04.