2026 World Cup: Tunisia appoint Herve Renard as new head coach after firing Sabri Lamouchi

Tunisia have brought in Herve Renard to oversee the remainder of their World Cup campaign, it has been announced.

The move comes after Sabri Lamouchi, who coached Tunisia in the runup to the tournament and in their first game against Sweden, was sacked following unrest in the changing room.

Sources have told ESPN that Renard, 57, will arrive in Mexico, where the Tunisian team is based, on Tuesday afternoon and will take charge of his first training session on Tuesday evening in Monterrey.

Tunisia officially announced Lamouchi's exit late in the day on Monday.

The appointment marks Renard's third men's World Cup with a third different country after 2018 with Morocco where he managed one draw and two losses in a group-stage exit and in 2022 when he managed Saudi Arabia who famously beat Argentina and Lionel Messi in their first group game but lost the next two and failed to qualify for the knockout round.

Renard also managed the French women's national team at the last Women's World Cup in 2023. They were knocked out in the quarterfinal stage by Australia.

It is the first time in men's World Cup history that a team has dismissed their head coach after just one game in the tournament.

Lamouchi, 54, paid for the humiliating 5-1 defeat against Sweden on Sunday, but also for the tension between him and the federation and some of the players since his arrival.

Wahbi Khazri, the former Ligue 1 and Tunisia international midfielder, who was Lamouchi's assistant, will stay on board with Renard.