[1] Graduating from the Cologne Coaching School,[2] Grabowski was manager of the Zambia national team from 1983 to 1984,[3] earning a salary 6500 dollars[4] and came to Zimbabwe as part of a government exchange program in 1985.
[4] Assistant of the Poland squad that participated in the 1978 FIFA World Cup,[5] Grabowski took the role of head coach of the Zimbabwe national team in 2002 even though the fans were hoping for Bruce Grobbelaar to take the job.
[6] Tasked with selecting a roster able to reach the 2004 African Cup of Nations, the trainer named a 21-man squad for a series of training camps, leaving out key player Maxwell Dube because of his corpulence so he needed to lose weight.
[7] Despite delaying Grabowski's firing as coach,[8] the Zimbabwe Football Association eventually announced his official sacking in May 2002, abashed by a 0-2 loss to Swaziland in the quarter-final of the 2002 COSAFA Cup.
[2] Besides being club owner of DT Africa United, he is a tourism ambassador with his wife Krystyna who is a representative consul from Poland and they are both involved in an eleemosynary institution for autistic children.