Son of a volleyball player and a basketball player, you started with football.
Indeed, my first sports license was at Stade Brestois 29. I quickly branched off towards basketball at Guelmeur where my mother was manager. Until U17, I was both a player and coach of U9 and then U11 teams. I was 14 years old and I had a blast teaching the younger kids. I think my vocation was born at that moment.
Was the turning point your arrival at the Étendard de Brest?
Yes, in 2012, I joined l’Étendard and I met a man who would change my life: Yvon Tanguy. He has become one of my pillars because he is always present in the room, he gives good advice and has always told me things frankly. Yvon (Tanguy) is cash and secure. I owe him a lot.
Did you then continue your career as a trainer?
When I arrived, I was a U17 player, U15 assistant and U13 coach. I threw myself into training in order to obtain, one after the other, the qualifications to coach. Franck Simon encouraged me to get involved and he was right. And then, I benefited from the contribution of the coach of the winning team, Yannick Stephan. He took me under his wing and put me on the bench of N3 then N2 alongside him. It was the best training possible.
You even failed your baccalaureate!
Yes (laughs)… There was the final of the N3 French championship in Poissy on the first day of writing so I had to retake my baccalaureate the following year! The positive thing in the story is that we were French champions and that I passed the baccalaureate a year later.
Do former coach Freddy Massé and Yannick Stephan mean something to you?
Absolutely. Yannick (Stephan) got me started and represents a sort of role model for me. As for Freddy (Massé), he is a man of conviction, a true trainer at heart. In addition, he is a club man like we don’t have many anymore. I also have this club spirit, I am a child of the Etendard. In 2016, after filing for bankruptcy, we recreated everything together with Yvon (Tanguy), from the basketball school to R2.
Today, coaching the N3 team is a logical outcome?
Certainly, when you retrace my journey. In fact, I will endeavor to continue structuring the club by continuing training with young people. I am attached to my territory which is full of potential. Brest is my DNA.
