Ralf Rangnick

Ralf Rangnick (born 29 June 1958) is a German football manager and former amateur player. In the 2015–16 season, he served as manager of RB Leipzig, who had just been promoted to the 2. Bundesliga and guided the team to promotion to the Bundesliga. Rangnick has previously coached Bundesliga clubs VfB Stuttgart, Hannover 96, Schalke 04 and 1899 Hoffenheim, taking the latter from the Regionalliga Süd to the top division in two seasons. Rangnick was influenced by Helmut Gross, Ernst Happel, Valeri Lobanovski, Arrigo Sacchi and Zdeněk Zeman, and influenced a generation of football coaches in Germany, such as Julian Nagelsmann.