German Coaches Discussion Thread

FC Nürnberg continuing their youth centric approach towards management, as they promote U19 coach Boris Schommers as the assistant to Michael Köllner.

http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/...mmers-wird-neuer-co-trainer-in-nuernberg.html

 

http://www.squawka.com/news/naglesm...s-new-schalke-boss/958269#kLTxk6H2uOvOPcYl.97

Naglesmann effect? 31-year-old Domenico Tedesco appointed as new Schalke boss

Schalke have appointed 31-year-old Domenico Tedesco as their new manager.

Tedesco managed to save FC Erzgebirge Aue from relegation to the third tier of German football after taking charge for the final eleven games of the campaign.

This appointment comes after another young manager, 29-year-old Julian Nagelsmann, enjoyed a fine season at Hoffenheim, guiding the club to a place in the Champions League play-off round.

Tedesco replaces Markus Weinzierl, 42, in the Schalke top job.

“We have assessed the whole season to lay the foundation for a successful season for FC Schalke 04,” said general manager Christian Heidel.

“The result of our deliberations is that we must make changes to drive the development we want. This also includes a new appointment of the head coach.

“This decision was not easy for me. My thanks go to Markus Weinzierl, whom I wish all the best for the future.”

Schalke finished in tenth place in the Bundesliga this season and will hope that the appointment of Tedesco will lead to them faring rather better next campaign.

The club got off to a woeful start this campaign as they lost their first five Bundesliga games in a row and, although matters improved a little thereafter, the season as a whole was still rather frustrating.

Schalke managed to create 331 chances in the Bundesliga but were disappointing defensively and it is clear that there is much work for Tedesco to do in order to improve the club’s fortunes.

 

http://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/B...uld-be-bundesligas-best-young-boss-446350.jsp

Better than Nagelsmann? Schalke's new coach Tedesco could be the Bundesliga's best young boss

Domenico Tedesco is the curveball appointment charged with bringing the good times back to Schalke - but who is the fledgling head coach and where has he been hiding?

Tedesco shot to prominence with Erzgebirge Aue towards the end of the 2016/17 Bundesliga 2 season. Making the step up from the Hoffenheim Under-19s, the Italian strategist steered a side that was rock bottom when he came in in early March to second-tier safety.

Although he only oversaw 11 matches, comprising six wins, two draws and three defeats, the former Stuttgart U-17's boss showcased an acute eye for detail and instilled a match-winning mentality in his squad with some unusual techniques, sometimes even using a rugby ball in training, that belied his status as senior first-team coaching novice.

“He’s very meticulous,” explained 27-year-old Aue forward Dimitrij Nazarov. “He has all the information on the opposition. Some details even surprised me, and I’ve been around a good while. We always played attacking football, too. The coach stuck by that regardless of the opposition. It’s great fun for every footballer who plays under him.”

"If I have to choose between winning 4-3 and 1-0, I'd take 4-0," the impish Tedesco said last season, though his Aue players also learned the self-confessed Juventus fan's sharp sense of humour comes with an equally acute belief in discipline. "Education is important. To say hello to each other, please and thank you. Those are the little things that can take you a long way."

"The biggest thing the coach has done for the team?" Aue president Helge Leonhardt was asked. "The team has grown up."

All of that is welcome news in Gelsenkirchen, where sprits are in dire need of a lift following a transitional campaign to forget under Markus Weinzierl. Schalke finished tenth in 2016/17, missing out on a place in Europe for the first time in seven years as a result. It didn’t click for Weinzierl, but the club hierarchy are convinced Tedesco is the man to guide Die Knappen out of the hole into which they have dug themselves.

"Domenico Tedesco does not have a great deal of experience in professional football, but he assured us in our talks how he wants to shape the future of Schalke,” sporting director Christian Heidel explained. "Like a number of other clubs, we’ve opted for a very young, but also a particularly innovative coach. The entire Schalke board supports the decision."

The Royal-Blue stamp of approval aside, Tedesco is stepping into unchartered territory. He only completed his UEFA Pro licence a year ago, while his experience is limited to the youth leagues and the final throes of a Bundesliga 2 relegation battle. He is also the sixth man to fill the role of Schalke head coach since Ralf Rangnick - the last to bring silverware to the club - stepped down due to exhaustion in September 2011. Of his five predecessors, only Jens Keller lasted more than 18 months.

“It’s not an easy job at Schalke because expectations are high and there is a certain pressure,” commented Germany head coach Joachim Löw of Tedesco’s appointment. “I don’t know him personally and I don’t know how he will handle it, but he did a very good job and picked up a lot of points in a short space of time at Aue.”

Tedesco’s success owes as much to his methodological approach as it does to his down-to-earth personality. A humble sort with no airs and graces, and someone who prescribes to the ‘Do to others as you would have them do to you’ school of thought, he should fit in well at a club with proud roots in the old mining communities of Gelsenkirchen.

“We had an almost father-son relationship, a blind trust,” recalled Leonhardt. “He talks to the players. He shows them their flaws on video and immediately finds solutions. He’s also multilingual, speaking English, Spanish, Italian and German, which is increasingly important in football today and a huge advantage. There’s no doubt Tedesco belongs in the Bundesliga.”

Given his surname means 'German' in Italian, it was perhaps inevitable Tedesco, who was born in the Italian region of Calabria but moved to Germany with his family aged two, should eventually find himself in a Bundesliga dug-out.

He no doubt has also benefitted from the success of Julian Nagelsmann, two years his junior, at the Rhein-Neckar-Arena. The 29-year-old's stunning work in Sinsheim has given credence to candidates for senior roles that clubs would previously have only considered for their youth teams or backroom staff.

As Tedesco actually finished top of the class at the DFB's coaching academy ahead of his Hoffenheim counterpart, Schalke have potentially snared themselves the very best young coach in the country.

 

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Claude Puel sacked by Southampton with Thomas Tuchel on list of potential replacements

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/06/14/claude-puel-sacked-southampton/

 

I want to see Tommy Tuchel chopping thin air on the St Mary's touchline, to be honest. pic.twitter.com/3OxnVZJBKh

— Luke Osman (@lukeosman_) June 14, 2017

 

http://www.footballparadise.com/hoffenheim-nagelsmann-charting-course-extraordinary-duo

Hoffenheim and Nagelsmann: Charting the course of an extraordinary duo https://t.co/RgxofJXKvQ pic.twitter.com/EbsxB80Qt7

— Football Paradise (@Football_P) June 12, 2017

 

Huddersfield’s David Wagner can be a Claudio Ranieri tribute act

http://thesefootballtimes.co/2017/0...-wagner-can-be-a-claudio-ranieri-tribute-act/

 

Tuchel not interested in the Soton job

BREAKING: Former Borussia Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel has ruled himself out of the vacant manager’s job at @SouthamptonFC #SSNHQ

— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) June 15, 2017

 

Marco Rose has been promoted as RB Salzburg's new senior team head coach. He was previously in charge of their U19 squad who won the UEFA Youth League.

https://www.transfermarkt.de/offiziell-rose-neuer-salzburg-coach-vertrag-bis-2019/view/news/277914

 

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— FC Red Bull Salzburg (@RedBullSalzburg) June 15, 2017

 

Happy 50th birthday to El Kloppo.

Happy birthday to Jürgen Klopp! 🎉 pic.twitter.com/Tp0I04DKNH

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) June 16, 2017

 

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Liverpool have won more tackles (110) & created more chances (759) in the final third than any Premier League side since Klopp took over.

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— Squawka (@Squawka) June 16, 2017

 

Thomas Letsch takes over as head coach of Erzgebirge Aue. He was previously in charge of RB Salzburg's farm club, FC Liefering.

http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/...-trainer-im-erzgebirge_letsch-coacht-aue.html

 

http://www.espnfc.com/schalke-04/st...not-bothered-by-julian-nagelsmann-comparisons

Domenico Tedesco 'not bothered' by Julian Nagelsmann comparisons

Tedesco becomes the second-youngest manager in Europe's top five leagues, after Nagelsmann, and he has been compared with the 29-year-old because of his age and his path through the Hoffenheim academy.

"I am not bothered by them," Tedesco told a news conference about the comparisons with Nagelsmann. "We are both young, we are both from Hoffenheim, and both went through the same coaching course. I like Julian a lot. And everything's just fine."

 

Tedesco to invite Schalke fans to join in and be more involved during team training sessions.

http://www.90min.de/de/posts/518657...s-tedesco-moechte-mehr-oeffentlich-trainieren

 

Peter Perchtold joins Schalke as assistant coach to Tedesco.

http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/...d-wird-tedescos-assistent-bei-schalke-04.html

 

David Wagner and assistant coach Christoph Bühler sign 2-year contracts to remain with Huddersfield Town.

https://www.htafc.com/news/2017/june/david-wagner--christoph-buehler-sign-new-contracts/

 

David Wagner sticks with Huddersfield Town for Premier League adventure

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jun/30/huddersfield-david-wagner-great-adventure

 

Naldo has good praise for Schalke's new coach Tedesco.

http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/...aldo-schuetzt-weinzierl-und-lobt-tedesco.html

 

📷 Jürgen Klopp was surprised by belated birthday celebration at Melwood earlier today!

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— Liverpool FC (@LFC) July 5, 2017