"Hello, I'm the director, Park Chulwoo" The fans were the first to hear it! "We wanted to tell our fans first," said Woori Card's reverse idea"

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"Hello, I'm director Park Chulwoo."

The professional volleyball Woori Card Woori WON volleyball team impressed the "Jangchungi" who shared the "Miracle Run" with the reverse idea of informing fans directly, not a roundabout announcement through the media.

Woori Card's volleyball team said around 2:15 p.m. on the 11th, "Park Chul-woo (41), acting coach, was appointed as Woori Card's fifth coach." The contract period will be three years, and the detailed contract terms will not be disclosed by agreement between the club and the manager himself, he officially announced.

Coach Park Chul-woo, who served as a commentator after retiring from active duty two years ago, was appointed as a coach to Woori Card under former coach Mauricio Paes in April last year. Woori Card under manager Paes was sluggish with 6 wins and 12 losses. It was evaluated that it did not save enough good players, and Woori Card's leadership made a super-strong move to replace the head coach.

Coach Park, who suddenly took an important role, focused on reviving the atmosphere of the team. The starting lineup was changed based on the player's condition and performance in training ahead of the game.

He gave the sluggish and tired main players a break and gave them time to look back on themselves. The backups were given a role to take advantage of the player's strengths. By boldly putting the player in from the first set, not just giving him a role, he gave me a clear motivation to play at any time as long as I worked hard.

In a way, this simple decision changed the Woori Card team 180 degrees. In addition to winning eight away games, he showed an exceptional move with 14 wins and 4 losses in 18 games in the second half. Woori Card, which once fell to sixth place, confirmed spring volleyball on its own in the last game.

As such, most fans expected, and in a way, Woori Card added speciality with the pre-release of fan meetings to the appointment of a coach. Shortly before distributing it to the media, Woori Card's volleyball team first informed about coach Park's appointment to about 210 members of the 2025-2026 season gathered at Jangchung Gymnasium in its home stadium.

On this day, Woori Card was scheduled to hold a fan meeting from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. for pre-applicants among this season's membership members. It was known that coach Park, coaches, all domestic players, and foreign player Rafael Araujo (registered name Araujo) attended.

However, around 2:10 p.m., after the team's entrance and general manager Lee In-bok's fan thank-you, the video of "Pak Chul-woo's appointment" was shown on the electronic display in Jangchung Gymnasium, drawing an explosive response. The "Fan First" surprise event was finally completed as a press release for "Director Appointment" was distributed on one side of the venue.

According to Woori Card officials, fans who attended the fan meeting were surprised because they did not expect it at all.

It wasn't just some fans who attended the event that were moved by the special event. Upon hearing the news, Woori Card's official SNS also said it was impressed by the appearance of the volleyball team that put fans first.

"I wanted to be the first to tell the fans who support and support Woori Card's volleyball team about the appointment of the coach," a Woori Card official said. "Coach Park Chul-woo also responded by saying, "Thank you for proposing to be the first official coach to greet the fans who have shown a lot of love for a season."

The "Fan First" and "One Team" spirit, which Woori Card owner Jin Sung-won and general manager Lee In-bok have always emphasized, shone until the last minute of the 2025-2026 season. An official from Woori Card's volleyball team said, "We recognized the achievement of successfully leading the team by taking the role of acting coach under difficult circumstances. Based on your leadership, I expect to maximize the strengths of the players to further develop the team," he said.

Coach Park said, "I feel very different to be the director of Woori Card, which took its first step as a leader. I sincerely thank the club for trusting me and giving me the manager's position. We will do our best to make Woori Card a strong team that can continue," he said.

"Jangchungi (Woori Card fan nickname)" who are looking forward to next year than this year due to the miraculous second half of the year will be able to wait for the 2026-2027 season with more excitement.

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