Swiss Alpine head coach Rufener to leave in spring (AP)

Publish Date: 12-31-2010 05:49 AM -0500

Switzerland's ski federation says men's Alpine head coach Martin Rufener will leave the team at the end of the season. The federation says in a statement it could not agree a contract to keep Rufener through the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, and has started looking for a replacement. Rufener took charge in 2004 when Switzerland was overshadowed by a dominant Austrian squad.