– I am in my seventh year in Glimt. I have a great passion for the development of young footballers, cooperation with neighboring clubs, the development of the next coaches and leaders in our region. Based on that, this was a job I couldn’t say no to. In the past and in the future, we are completely dependent on having good people on the team, he says.
With a foot in each department, it has been necessary to bring in a middle manager in the Glimt academy.
Focus on the professional
Olav Øverli will have professional responsibility for the Glimt Academy in the future. Photo: Vilde Hiller Rasmussen
The choice of interim manager fell on Olav Øverli.
In 2020 he was player developer for G6-12 and in 2021 he was phase manager for G13-15. In January 2022, he was brought to Rana FK to work as A-team coach and development officer.
When the changes in the academy were made just before Christmas last year, Øverli returned to work as a player developer for the Glimt academy G17.
Just before the New Year, he put aside his coaching role to work as subject manager at the Glimt academy. Simply explained, he will lead all academic processes in the academy and ensure that they deliver on the basis of Glimt’s visions and the academic classification to NTF.
– It is an exciting role with a focus on delivery in the subject. For my part, it is the composition of everything that I find exciting. I like people, and in recent years I have learned that I like leading people who are interested in subjects. At the same time, I am in learning mode like everyone else. My role will be to set up the Glimt academy. This applies to everything we do in all year groups from 6-19 years. We will have to find the yellow threadhe says.