Konkola Blades have elevated Manfred Chabinga as team head coach in a temperal capacity.
Chabinga replaces Keagan Mumba who has joined Zanaco.
Blades Secretary Michael Nsefu has confirmed.
Nsefu said the ex-international has prove his mettle before the club can confirm him as head coach.
“Our assitant, Chabinga is now acting as head coach, as you know its bit late for us to hire a new coach,” he said.
Chabinga begun his coaching career in Botswana where he trained a number of clubs.
After leaving Botswana in 2010, he had a stint at Kabwe Warriors before he was sacked.
Blades starts their 2012 campaign with a Charity Shield semi-final clash against league champions Power Dynamos on 10 March in Kitwe.
The Chililabombwe side earned a place in the season opener,Samuel “Zoom” Ndhlovu Charity Shield after finishing third on the Super Division table.
Coach Chabinga did not start his coaching career in Botswana, but went there after coaching Railway Express (Ndola) and Kabwe Warriors in the nineties.
I remember he was a prefect at Chingola Secondary School together with Chief Kombe Simon Mwansa, the two were School boy internationals at Seoul 1988 Olympics where Zambia thrushed Italy 4-0. The time they came back our head master Mr. Manyoni Daka honoured them. He ll make a big impact mu chililabombwe especially after a big leason learnt from ilya olilo bamunyesheshe kuli Juguer Klinsmann from Germany when we got baptised by Germany 4-0
#2..Imitwe shamano.You seem to be from Chingola.Remember the other school boy international Geofrey “Freejoe” Mulenga who was in the same team with Man power Chabinga and Simo” inshimbi” Mwansa.Chingola Secondary football team was untouchageable.When Bravo Nchanga Rangers was playing on Wednesday,Manyoni Daka would give pupils aternoon off to go and watch the game.
# 3 Chapi you forgot to mention Billy Chikabala, indeed Chingola secondary school was a team to watch. Wednesday afternoons, we would go to Gabtus stadium to go and watch Bravo.
I think our journalist do not research before they come up with an article. Moses Chabinga first coached Rail Express in Ndola. The team was disbanded and from there he moved.
:Ba  Brave ubwanga ? those years too much juju pa nchanga hope nomba mwalileka.
He also coached in Swaziland and the Swazi national team!Why on probation?That is the problem with people running soccer when they dont know a thing.GOD BLESS ZAMBIA.