Roberto Oliveira arrived at Gor Mahia with an extensive coaching experience. He played for the Brazilian national team as well as top Brazilian club Flamengo where he played alongside legends like Zico and Junior. He arrived at Gor Mahia at the beginning of the 2020-2021 season. He was later disqualified by CAF for not having a CAF B license. He returned to Brazil in January of 2021.
Brazillian Marcos Carlos Vaz Pinto arrived at Gor Mahia in January of 2021 after the sudden departure of Brazilian coach Robertinho who had been disqualified by CAF. Pinto worked from January 2021 to July 2021. Photo/Courtesy
The British coach took over at the beginning of the 2019-2020 season. Indeed Polack had to be a master motivator to keep his players playing at a time when they went 5 months with no salaries. Under Polack Gor Mahia won the 2019-2020 Kenya Premier League after the league was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Dalyan err joined Kogalo in July of 2017. Kerr led Kogalo to the 2017 Kenya Premier League title and the 2018 league title. Kerr was known for being very friendly with the public and was often seen mingling with fans at the City centre and eating at kiosks. He left Gor Mahia at the end of the 2018 season to coach Black Leopards of South Africa.The British coach over at K’Ogalo at the beginning of the 2019-2020 season. Despite a rocky start, Oktay was an excellent coach. Under Oktay, Gor retained the national league title and became the first Kenyan team to qualify for the group stage of a continental tournament and also to proceed beyond the group stage. Oktay left at the beginning of the 2019-2020.The Brazilian took over as Gor Mahia coach in March of 2016. He became the most high profile person ever to become Gor Mahia coach, having played for the Brazilian national team where he won a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics. He tried to install a new style of play at Kogalo wich emphasized the traditional Brazilian stye of short passes. He kept Gor Mahia in the KPL title chase throughout the 2016 season. However his hopes of wresting the title were derailed after Gor Mahia were deducted 3 points for hooliganism. There were also ignominious losses in the GoTV shield. He started the 2017 season on a sound note winning the Super cup. And by mid season, Gor Mahia were at the top of the standings yet again. When Gor Mahia went to Tanzania to play in the inaugural Sportpesa Super cup, Ze Maria announced that he was going to Brazil for a week. He arrived just in time to watch his side beat arch rivals AFC 3-0 in the final. He was carried shoulder high by the players. But days later he announced his resignation from the club. (Courtesy of Gor Mahia News Website).Croatian Logarusic arrived at Gor Mahia and started out by trimming the squad from over 30 players to a more managable 25. These were players he said could not think and run at the same time. Gor Mahia went on 18 match unbeaten streak and came within a point of winning the 2012 league. Logarusic then went home on leave and declined to return to the club.According to information in Gor Mahia website, Frank Nuttall arrived at Gor Mahia in September of 2014. Prior to joining Gor Mahia, Nutall had no head coaching experience and worked mostly as a FIFA instructor, fitness expert and assistant coach. He steered Gor Mahia to 2014 Kenya Premier League title with a number of convicing wins. Under Nuttall, in 2015, Gor Mahia won the Kenya Premier league with an unbeaten record. They also won the Super Cup, and the KPL top 8 tournament. Gor Mahia also reached the finals of the CECAFA club cup and the semi-finals of the local cup then known as the GoTV shield. He was voted Kenya Football coach of the year for 2015. He was a fan favourite as evidenced by the reaction of fans when they found out that he was being fired. The bone of contention was the Chairman’s demand that Nuttall take a 50% pay cut. Due to Fan pressure he was promptly re-instated albeit temporarily Nuttall eventually left for Egypt in March of 2016.
