Career
He was selected by the Atlanta Flames in the 12th round (196th overall) of the 1978 National Hockey League Amateur Draft. Engelbrecht began his coaching career in 2001 with EV Landshut. He was a coach with the Germany men"s national ice hockey team at the 2001 IIHF World Championship.
Engelbrecht took over the head coaching duties for the Straubing Tigers during the 2010-2011 DEL season.