After the Guards were unveiled at a press conference, the franchise began to organize itself for their first season. On October 30, 2022 the front office announced that they will play their home games in the Lidl Arena in Wil, Switzerland, about 25 miles (40km) eastern of Zürich.[1]
With the signings of Collin Hill and 2014 Baylor Bears football team standout Silas Nacita, the franchise recruited standout players in Europe.[4] Notable homegrown signings were of Philipp Leimgruber, former Schwingen player.[5]
Offensive assistant – Rudy Fonkoue, Christian Warzecha
Defensive coaches
Defensive coordinator – Jim Ward
Defensive line – n/a
Linebackers – Don Clemons
Defensive backs – n/a
Defensive assistant – Khaled Bassyouny, Armin Waldherr, Chris Krattiger
Special teams coaches
Special teams coordinator – Pete Metzelaars
Special teams coach – Glenn Chase
Strength and conditioning
Athletic Director – Matt Hammer, J.C. Williams
Staff updated 14 February 2023
Notesedit
Referencesedit
^"LIDL Arena Wil announced as Homefield". helveticguards.ch. 2022-10-30.
^"Schweizer Football-Team verpflichtet ehemaligen NFL-Trainer als Headcoach". 20 Minuten (in German). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^Abbott, JC. "ELF: Helvetic Guards hire legendary NCAA offensive coordinator Norm Chow as head coach". AmericanFootballInternational.com. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
^"GUARDS VERPFLICHTEN TOP-SPIELER". endzone.ch (in German). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^"Vom Sägemehl auf das American-Football-Feld". SRF (in German). 6 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
^"ELF: 2023 Helvetic Guards – A Complete Roster Breakdown". American Football International.
April 12, 2024
2023, helvetic, guards, season, inaugural, season, newly, founded, helvetic, guards, european, league, football, 2023, season, general, managertoni, zöllerhead, coachnorm, chowhome, fieldlidl, arena, wilhelvetic, guards, 2024, contents, preseason, regular, sea. The 2023 Helvetic Guards season is the inaugural season of the newly founded Helvetic Guards in the European League of Football for the 2023 season 2023 Helvetic Guards seasonGeneral managerToni ZollerHead coachNorm ChowHome fieldLidl Arena WilHelvetic Guards 2024 Contents 1 Preseason 2 Regular season 2 1 Standings 3 Roster 4 Staff 5 Notes 6 ReferencesPreseason editAfter the Guards were unveiled at a press conference the franchise began to organize itself for their first season On October 30 2022 the front office announced that they will play their home games in the Lidl Arena in Wil Switzerland about 25 miles 40km eastern of Zurich 1 As the first head coach of the franchise former NFL Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Norm Chow was presented 2 3 With the signings of Collin Hill and 2014 Baylor Bears football team standout Silas Nacita the franchise recruited standout players in Europe 4 Notable homegrown signings were of Philipp Leimgruber former Schwingen player 5 Regular season editStandings edit Central ConferencevtePos Team GP W L CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification1 nbsp Stuttgart Surge 12 10 2 8 2 387 237 150 W3 Automatic playoffs 3 2 nbsp Raiders Tirol 12 8 4 8 2 307 230 77 W13 nbsp Munich Ravens 12 7 5 7 3 425 338 87 W24 nbsp Helvetic Guards 12 3 9 3 7 174 378 204 L45 nbsp Milano Seamen 12 2 10 2 8 328 497 169 L36 nbsp Barcelona Dragons 12 2 10 2 8 199 396 197 L10Source europeanleague footballRoster editReference 6 Helvetic Guards roster Quarterbacks Collin Hill nbsp Richard Wartmann nbsp Running backs Kevin Audetat nbsp Dmitri Gfeller nbsp Ibony Mbungu nbsp Silas Nacita nbsp Moritz Stein nbsp Wide receivers Cayman Bailey Jr nbsp Xavier Baudraz nbsp Gregorio Calonego nbsp Timo Hager nbsp Anton Jallai nbsp David Marty nbsp Pascal Ruegg nbsp Tight ends Igor Maslanka nbsp Theo Stirnimann nbsp Offensive linemen Federico Ferretti nbsp Wilson Ferretti nbsp Pascal Hollenstein nbsp Filip Kovljenic nbsp Amos Laoye nbsp Niels Meier nbsp Matthias Munger nbsp Gabriel Rodriguez nbsp Timothy Schmid nbsp Jurg Stalder nbsp Raffael Wachter nbsp Defensive linemen Abdur Rahman Elabed nbsp Yannick Friedberg nbsp Tim Hanni nbsp Philipp Leimgruber nbsp Dominik Liechti nbsp Emmanuel Kabengele nbsp Michael Kimpiabi nbsp Milos Panic nbsp Michel Sousa nbsp Luca Steiner nbsp Dalibor Vuckovic nbsp Linebackers Andreas Buri nbsp Julien Conus nbsp Jonathan Falk nbsp Adrian Fiedler nbsp Fabio Rothmund nbsp Timothy Schurmann nbsp Fabian Strahm nbsp J R Tavai nbsp Ludovic Vincent nbsp Defensive backs Labinot Arapi nbsp Maceo Beard nbsp Fabian Bruhin nbsp Ken Hike nbsp Olivier Marty nbsp Dominic Mischler nbsp Chaska Remy Perron nbsp Hendrik Rutishauser nbsp Florian Ziegler nbsp Special teams Nils Jonkmans nbsp Rookies in italics Roster updated 14 February 2023 4 A import 6 E import 47 homegrown57 activeStaff editHelvetic Guards staff Front office Owner Mukadder Erdonmez General Manager Toni Zoller Head of football operations Zeki Ozturk Head of administration Ferhat KahramanHead coach Head coach Norm ChowOffensive coaches Offensive coordinator n a Quarterbacks n a Running backs Darius Willis Wide receivers Mike Wilson Tight ends Pete Metzelaars Offensive line Bob Palcic Offensive assistant Rudy Fonkoue Christian Warzecha Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator Jim Ward Defensive line n a Linebackers Don Clemons Defensive backs n a Defensive assistant Khaled Bassyouny Armin Waldherr Chris KrattigerSpecial teams coaches Special teams coordinator Pete Metzelaars Special teams coach Glenn ChaseStrength and conditioning Athletic Director Matt Hammer J C WilliamsStaff updated 14 February 2023Notes editReferences edit LIDL Arena Wil announced as Homefield helveticguards ch 2022 10 30 Schweizer Football Team verpflichtet ehemaligen NFL Trainer als Headcoach 20 Minuten in German Retrieved 28 January 2023 Abbott JC ELF Helvetic Guards hire legendary NCAA offensive coordinator Norm Chow as head coach AmericanFootballInternational com Retrieved 26 August 2022 GUARDS VERPFLICHTEN TOP SPIELER endzone ch in German Retrieved 28 January 2023 Vom Sagemehl auf das American Football Feld SRF in German 6 January 2023 Retrieved 29 January 2023 ELF 2023 Helvetic Guards A Complete Roster Breakdown American Football International Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2023 Helvetic Guards season amp oldid 1205239279, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
