IFK Norrköping — quick club profile

• Full name: Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping (IFK Norrköping)
• Founded: 1897
• City: Norrköping, Östergötland, Sweden
• Colours / kit: White shirts and blue shorts (traditional)
• Home ground (mid‑1990s): Idrottsparken (commonly called “Parken” by supporters)
• Nickname: “Peking” (commonly used by fans and media)

Context around the 1995/96 period

In the mid‑1990s IFK Norrköping was an established Swedish club competing in the national league system. For season‑by‑season details (league tier and final placing, full match list, squad and stats, cup runs) the best primary sources are the Swedish Football Association archives and historical databases such as RSSSF, worldfootball.net and Transfermarkt.

About the coach name you gave — “Michael Coad”

I could not find reliable records in major online archives (Swedish FA, RSSSF, worldfootball.net, Transfermarkt, digitized newspaper archives) that list a Michael Coad as IFK Norrköping’s senior team head coach in 1995/96. Possible explanations include:

• the name is misspelt or incomplete (for example a different spelling such as “Coady” or another variant)
• the person held a non‑senior role (youth coach, assistant, scout or administrative role) that is less well documented in public season summaries
• a short or interim appointment not widely recorded in the major online summaries

Useful sources to confirm season and staff details

• Swedish Football Association (svenskfotboll.se) — official competition records and registrations
• RSSSF — historical Swedish league tables and season summaries
• worldfootball.net — season squads, fixtures and personnel
• Transfermarkt — club seasons, staff and player histories
• Local archives and newspapers (e.g., local Norrköping papers) often have match reports and announcements for coaching appointments

What I can provide next

I can retrieve season‑specific information for IFK Norrköping (1994, 1995, 1996): league tier and final position, match results, official head coach listing, and the registered first‑team squad — using the sources above and club archives — and will flag any appearance of the name “Michael Coad” (or close variants) in those records.