The Brazilian Bernardinho, considered one of the best volleyball coaches in the world, has resigned from his post as coach of the France team, Olympic champion in title, announced Tuesday March 22 the French Federation, in search of a two-year successor to the 2024 Olympics. Double Olympic champion (2004 and 2016) and triple world champion (2002, 2006, 2010) with Brazil, Bernardinho had agreed in the spring of 2021 to take over from Laurent Tillie, who occupied the coach of the Blues for nine years, from the summer of 2012 to the summer of 2021. But barely seven months after the start of the adventure which was to take him to the 2024 Olympics, he submitted his resignation, accepted by the French Federation, because of ” personal problems that no longer allow him to invest with the France team “. The French Federation will now have to look for a coach, as the major deadline, the Olympic tournament in the summer of 2024, is fast approaching. Before that, France will play the League of Nations in June and the 2022 World Cup from August 26 to September 11.