According to the official website of the railway workers, the contract with the mentor is designed for three years.

He replaced the Canadian Mike Pelino at this post. Since 2018, the skabelka has been headed by Barys from Nur-Sultan. In April, the Kazakhstan club announced the departure of Skabelka, as the parties did not agree on the terms of the contract.

Earlier it was reported that Metallurg extended contracts with Vasily Koshechkin and Nikolai Kulemin.