Levan Maisashvili
Place of birthGeorgia
Rugby union career
Position(s) Head coach
Current team Black Lion
Coaching career
Years Team
1994–2001 Lelo Saracens (Assistant coach)
2000–2003 Georgia U-19 (Assistant coach)
2001–2020 Lelo Saracens
2003–2006 Georgia U-19
2006–2007 Georgia U-18
2007–2008 Georgia U-20
2008–2014 Georgia XV
2009 Georgia U-19
2014–2018 Emerging Georgia
2018–2019 Georgia (Assistant coach)
2020 Georgia (interim)
2021–2023 Georgia
2021–2023 Black Lion
2023–2024 Black Lion (interim)

Levan Maisashvili is a Georgian professional rugby union coach. He was the head coach of the Georgia and the Black Lion side that participates in the EPCR Challenge Cup and Rugby Europe Super Cup.[1][2] While coach of the Georgian national team during the 2021 July rugby union tests, Maisashvili contracted COVID-19 and was seriously ill in hospital.[3] He was in hospital for two months, after being placed on a ventilator with 'serious lung damage' having contracted the illness on 2 July 2021.[4]

In 2023, he decided to leave the position of the national team head coach following the team's poor performance at 2023 Rugby World Cup.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Georgia Rugby`s Coaching Staff". rugby.ge. Georgian Rugby Union.
  2. ^ ""That one was for you coach": Black Lion players dedicate win to Maisashvili". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Georgia coach Levan Maisashvili returns home after two-month Covid battle in South Africa". Daily Mirror. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Georgia rugby coach on Covid ordeal in SA: 'I had less than 2% chance of survival'". News24. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  5. ^ "ლევან მაისაშვილმა ბორჯღალოსნების მთავარი მწვრთნელის პოსტი დატოვა" (in Georgian). rugby.ge. Retrieved 2023-10-16.


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