page_title: 2019 FC Cincinnati season
section_title: Coaching staff
hierarchical_section_title: 2019 FC Cincinnati season / Club / Coaching staff
caption_attribution_description: Taken during a USL regular season match between FC Cincinnati and Pittsburgh Riverhounds at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati, USA on September 1, 2018.
context_page_description: The 2019 FC Cincinnati season was the club's debut season in Major League Soccer, and the fourth season of a team playing under the FC Cincinnati brand after three years in the lower-division United Soccer League. The club finished with a league worst 6–22–6 record in their inaugural MLS season, setting a league record for the most goals given up with 75. FC Cincinnati missed the playoffs.
context_section_description: Head coach Alan Koch was fired on May 7, 2019, after a 2–7–2 start to the 2019 season. Yoann Damet served as interim coach until Ron Jans was named head coach on August 3, 2019, becoming the third head coach since the club moved to the MLS.
caption: Yoann Damet became interim head coach after Alan Koch was fired on May 7 after 11 games.
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