Horst Hülß

Hülß came to Cologne in 1959 from his home in the Coburg district, where he had played for TSV Rossach, to study sports, geography and chemistry. Here he played at this time together with Erich Ribbeck and Gero Bisanz at SC Viktoria Köln under Hennes Weisweiler in the top division, the Oberliga West, and from 1963 in the Regionalliga West, and then second division after the introduction of the Bundesliga. As the "foster son" of the master coach, he obtained his coaching license at the sports academy in 1962. The midfield director left Cologne in 1965 as a contract player for 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the Southwest Regionalliga. In his first league game, the playmaker scored his first of six goals of the season. He played with the '05s until 1968; during this time the team reached the end of the season once in third place, twice in fourth place. At the age of 30, he then went to VfB Ginsheim as a player-coach. A year later, he became coach of SV Weisenau in the regional league and returned to VfB Ginsheim for two years after one season. The high school teacher went back to Mainz via the VfR Nierstein station, where he took over as head coach from Gerd Menne after the winter break of the 1975/76 season. Although he and his team finished twelfth at the end of the season, the club renounced the second division license for financial reasons and went back to the Amateurliga Südwest. Hülß built a new team that reached the championship in 1978 but had to bow to Borussia Neunkirchen and TuS…

Südwestpokal winner 1977, 1979, 1980 (with Mainz 05), 1981 (with Hassia Bingen) Hessen Cup winner 1988 (with SV Wehen) Southwest amateur champion 1978 (with Mainz 05)