First report: Eran Sasi set for first full season as a National League head coach

Eran Sasi has been appointed coach of Ironi Modi'in, a National League club, Sport 5 reported on Sunday. The move makes him the next high-profile candidate to land in the league after Maccabi Yavne declined to hire Michael Zandberg and Guy Tzarfati, as previously reported.

Sasi, formerly with Bnei Yehuda and Kfar Shalem, will begin a season for the first time as a head coach in Israel's second tier. His only senior coaching stint so far came late last season, when he replaced Yaron Hovhaboim at Kfar Shalem. Before that, he served briefly as an interim coach at Bnei Yehuda.

Most of Sasi's career has been spent in youth football and club management, where he worked as a professional director, chief executive and coach. The appointment marks his first time opening a campaign as the head coach of a National League team.

The report also noted that newly relegated M.S. Ashdod remains the only National League club yet to announce a coach officially, although Jackie Ben Zaken and Nir Bitton are already building the squad after its drop from the Premier League.