Overview
- Science City Jena dismissed longtime coach Björn Harmsen and appointed American coach Mike Taylor through the end of the season.
- The change followed a 82–93 loss to last-placed Braunschweig that sharpened fears about the team’s slide.
- Jena holds a two-win cushion over the relegation places in Germany’s Basketball Bundesliga with five league games remaining after four straight defeats.
- Taylor brings prior stops at Chemnitz, Ratiopharm Ulm, and Hamburg Towers and most recently coached the Winnipeg Sea Bears, taking over with the single goal of keeping Jena up.
- SPORT BILD reports rising tensions between players and Harmsen and says his contract was due to expire this summer with no extension planned.