National: Nîmes separates from its coach Frédéric Bompard, his replacement already known to try to save itself

Adil Hermach dirigeait jusqu’à présent la réserve de Nîmes Olympique. Midi Libre – MiKAEL ANISSET

Threatened by relegation to N2, NO ended the mandate of its coach, Monday April 8, and appointed Adil Hermach to try to maintain its position.

The ax has fallen. Three days after the setback at the penultimate of National, Epinal (2-1), Friday, Nîmes Olympique decided to turn the page on Frédéric Bompard to try to save its skin in the third division. As a replacement, the Crocos have entrusted the reins of the team to Adil Hermach (37 years old). Until now coach of the Nîmes reserve, the former midfielder is leading his first session at La Bastide this afternoon, we have seen.

#football Adil Hermach, nouveau coach de @nimesolympique, va diriger son premier entraînement cet après-midi. Il arrive sur le terrain en compagnie de Sébastien Larcier, le directeur sportif. pic.twitter.com/FTFps4F01s

— Midi Libre Sports (@MidiLibreSports) April 8, 2024

After relegation from Ligue 2 last season, Bompard, who arrived in November 2022 to replace Nicolas Usaï, this time did not resist the latest poor results. The Gardois have only recorded one success in the last seven meetings, against the last Cholet (2-1), for 3 defeats and 3 draws, and occupy 14th place synonymous with descent to N2.

Frédéric Bompard arrived in Nîmes in November 2022. Midi Libre – MiKAEL ANISSET

But NO is only two points behind the first non-relegation team, Marignane-Gignac, with six matches remaining in the season. A thin margin but which can still be filled and has undoubtedly convinced the Nîmes management in its decision.

Born and trained in Nîmes

The mission to create an electroshock is now in the hands of Adil Hermach, a fine connoisseur of the club and the city. Born in Nîmes in 1986, this defensive midfielder was then trained at the Crocos where he signed his first license at the age of nine until reaching the final of the Gambardella Cup in 2004. He then took charge of Lens where his professional career began and took off. Having passed through Belgium, Saudi Arabia and the TFC, the Moroccan international then experienced a brief return to Nîmes in 2015 in the middle of a break in the Emirates.

The National ranking

Retired from the field in 2020, Hermach has since completed his technician diplomas. A theory that he will be able to apply on the National pitches with his long-time club.