Brother of Ex-WAC Player Takes Over Coaching Position in Ried

The Young Vikings Ried will enter the new season with Denis Omic as coach. The Innviertel club officially announced this on Monday. The Ried native, who holds the UEFA A License and the UEFA Elite Youth A License, succeeds Marcel Thallinger.

The brother of former WAC professional Ervin Omic began his coaching training in 2019 within the Ried youth setup, most recently coaching the U18 team of the SV Ried academy.

Season Start in Bad Schallerbach

His playing career led him from the Ried academy to the AS Roma youth system. Due to persistent injury problems, he had to end his active career at the age of 19.

The 27-year-old will compete with Ried's second team in the newly formed Regionalliga Nord. The season is expected to kick off on Saturday, August 1st, away in Bad Schallerbach.

Fiala: "Knows our sporting concept from every perspective"

"Denis Omic demonstrates that our coach training in Ried works. He began his journey in youth football in 2019 and knows our sporting concept from every perspective. He knows how we want to develop players and teams. Precisely this continuity is what makes us strong as a club. He is the right man to carry forward our strategic ideas and to further strengthen the Young Vikings as a link to our professionals," emphasizes Wolfgang Fiala, Sporting Director at SV Oberbank Ried.

Denis Omic fulfills the new task with pride: "For me, as a Ried local, it is a great honor to be coach of the Young Vikings. My development as a coach shows that I have received a lot of trust from the club. I have always tried to reciprocate that, and I want to show that now with the Young Vikings as well. I have now met many lads at the Young Vikings whom I have already coached in recent years. They know exactly what I want and expect," says Denis Omic.

His goal is "to bring as many players as possible into the professional sector." He also looks forward to "the many regional derbies."