Manuel Baum (born 30 August 1979) is a German footballmanager and former player, who last coached Schalke 04.
Coaching career
Baum became head coach of SpVgg Unterhaching on 4 January 2014, after two years working as director at the club.[1]
In the summer of 2014, Baum was hired as youth coach at FC Augsburg.[2] On 14 December 2016 he was promoted to the first team.[3] He was sacked on 9 April 2019.[4]
On 21 June 2019, Baum joined the DFB as head coach of the Germany under-20s.[5] He also had a brief stint in charge of the under-18s in 2020.
On 30 September 2020, Baum signed a two-year contract with Schalke 04.[6] After Schalke could not win any of ten Bundesliga games with him, he was fired on 18 December 2020.[7]