{"id":146666,"date":"2026-07-13T14:02:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/bandari-fc-appoints-charles-okere-as-new-head-coach-ahead-of-2026-2027-campaign\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T14:02:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:02:57","slug":"bandari-fc-appoints-charles-okere-as-new-head-coach-ahead-of-2026-2027-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/bandari-fc-appoints-charles-okere-as-new-head-coach-ahead-of-2026-2027-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandari FC appoints Charles Okere as new head coach ahead of 2026\/2027 campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bandari FC have appointed Charles Okere as their new head coach, bringing the experienced tactician to the Mombasa-based club months after his departure from Tusker FC.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Okere parted ways with the Brewers on February 17, 2026, ending an eight-year association with the club that began in 2018 as assistant coach under Robert Matano.<\/p>\n<p>He later took over as head coach in 2021 and guided Tusker to two league titles during his tenure, along with a fourth-place finish in the 2024\/25 season.<\/p>\n<p>His exit came amid a difficult 2025\/26 campaign, with Julien Mette brought in as his successor.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond his club career, Okere previously served as head coach of the Harambee Starlets, Kenya\u2019s women\u2019s national team, where he oversaw a memorable 15-1 aggregate victory over South Sudan in 2021 World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>He also had a spell in charge of Vihiga Queens, leading them to continental qualification via the CECAFA route.<\/p>\n<p>At Bandari, Okere joins a club that has experienced significant instability on the technical bench this season, having already changed head coaches multiple times.<\/p>\n<p>He will be tasked with restoring consistency at Mbaraki Sports Club as the Dockers look to steady their campaign under his guidance.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/bandari-fc-appoints-charles-okere-as-new-head-coach-ahead-of-2026-2027-campaign\/\">Bandari FC appoints Charles Okere as new head coach ahead of 2026\/2027 campaign<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bandari FC have appointed Charles Okere as their new head coach, bringing the experienced tactician to the Mombasa-based club months after his departure from Tusker FC. Okere parted ways with the Brewers on February 17, 2026, ending an eight-year association with the club that began in 2018 as assistant coach under Robert Matano. He later [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}