He came in as an assistant coach in 2017. In 2025, Kjetil Knutsen will have led Bodø/Glimt to a place in the elite league and out in Europe other Norwegian clubs can only dream of. Out in Europe, Knutsen’s management of a “miniputt club” without the great resources, has led several clubs to include the successful coach on their own list of candidates. Every single time, Knutsen has stayed and lifted Glimt further. Now the former baron of the air believes the timing is right for Knutsen to seize “the big chance”.
Jan Ivar “Mini” Jakobsen was part of the “big journey” with Rosenborg after three years as a Bodø/Glimt player from 1984. He warns the big clubs are now coming to persuade Knutsen – who should accept.
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“There has to be some coaching offer for him. I’m absolutely convinced of that, and that’s absolutely right. There’s nothing that says you have to succeed, but you have to try. You should regret things you have done, not things you have not done. Of course, he has to go out and try. As a coach, he must have a greater ambition than coaching a team in the Eliteserien, Jakobsen doses to Nettavisen.
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We rather ask the question: Why should Knutsen leave Bodø/Glimt? There are still plenty of new challenges for the coach at Aspmyra and on tour out in Europe to shock the big clubs. The grass is not necessarily greener outside the artificial turf at Aspmyra.
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