Bottcher stepping away from men's competitive curling to coach Team Homan
Canadian skip Brendan Bottcher, who split with his four-person curling team a month ago, will coach Team Rachel Homan next season and for the foreseeable future.
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![Besides coaching fellow skip Rachel Homan next season, Brendan Bottcher and the reigning world champion will form a mixed doubles team that will attempt to qualify for the mixed doubles Olympic trials set for late December. Canadian men's curling skip, dressed in a blue, yellow and white shirt, watches his rock during the Brier playoffs in Regina on March 8, 2024.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7215790.1716822702!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/bottcher-brendan-240308-1180.jpg)
Canadian skip Brendan Bottcher, who split with his four-person curling team a month ago, will coach Team Rachel Homan next season and for the foreseeable future.