Chivas have announced that their new head coach will be Serbian Veljko Paunovic. New sports director Fernando Hierro has appointed him after parting ways with Ricardo Cadena. Paunovic has a short coaching career where his biggest accomplishment to date has been winning the 2015 U20 World Cup with Serbia, although his club coaching career following that has left much to be desired.
Although Coach Ricardo Cadena got Chivas to the Repechaje, the failure to once again advance to the Liguilla, as well as the departure of sports director Ricardo Pelaez meant changes were coming to Chivas. Ex-Spanish international Fernando Hierro, an important figure in Spanish football, came in as sports director in a big move.