René Marić

René Marić (born 4 September 1992) is an Austrian football coach. He recently served as the assistant head coach at Premier League side Leeds United.[2]

René Marić
Marić with RB Salzburg in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-09-04) 4 September 1992
Place of birth Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria[1]
Managerial career
Years Team
2015–2016 TSU Handenberg (Assistant)
2016–2017 Red Bull Salzburg (U18) (Assistant)
2017–2019 Red Bull Salzburg (Assistant)
2019–2021 Borussia Mönchengladbach (Assistant)
2021–2022 Borussia Dortmund (Assistant)
2022–2023 Leeds United (Assistant)

Career

Early career

Marić started his coaching career at his local side TSU Handenberg, at the age of 17.[3] Alongside coaching, Marić studied Psychology at University. He also wrote for the website Spielverlagerung, which helped open up doors for consultancy and coaching roles within football.[4][5]

RB Salzburg

Marić struck up a friendship with Salzburg’s under-18 coach, Marco Rose, and was subsequently appointed his assistant in 2016. [6] Marić was promoted to the assistant of the first team, in the summer of 2017, with Rose succeeding Oscar Garcia as head coach of RB Salzburg.[7]

Borussia Mönchengladbach

In 2019, René Marić joined Borussia Mönchengladbach, as Assistant Manager to Marco Rose.[8]

Borussia Dortmund

At the end of the 2020-21 Bundesliga season Marić left Mönchengladbach along with Rose and Zickler to join Borussia Dortmund as Assistant Manager.[9] However at the end of the season Dortmund decided to part company with Rose along with Maric, Alexander Zickler and Patrick Eibenberger.[10]

Leeds United

On 30th July 2022, Marić was appointed as the Assistant Head Coach, to Jesse Marsch, at Leeds United.[11] He departed Leeds United on 6 February 2023, following the sacking of Marsch.[12]

Personal life

Marić is of Croatian descent. He initially sought to play professional football but was forced to switch to coaching due to lack of playing opportunities. Marić, along with several other football enthusiasts, started an online blog called Spielverlagerung where he would rate and analyse performances of Bundesliga teams. An assistant of Thomas Tuchel's at Mainz 05, who had been following Marić's blog analysis of the team's performances, came in contact with Marić and invited him to Mainz for cooperation.[13]

Honours

Assistant manager

Red Bull Salzburg

Red Bull Salzburg – Youth

References
  1. "René Marić".
  2. "René Marić named assistant head coach". 30 July 2022.
  3. "Football tactics explained – by one of the best young minds in the game".
  4. Honigstein, Raphael. "Football tactics explained – by one of the best young minds in the game". The Athletic. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  5. Ames, Nick (19 September 2018). "From chatroom to the bootroom: Rene Maric's very modern coaching journey | Nick Ames". the Guardian. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  6. "The brains behind FC Salzburg's rapid rise". 26 April 2018.
  7. "Rose wird Coach bei RB Salzburg - Co-Trainer ist 24".
  8. "Offiziell: Rose wird im Sommer Trainer in Gladbach" [Official: Rose becomes Gladbach manager in summer]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  9. "Rose won't take Gladbach players with him to Dortmund".
  10. "Borussia Dortmund ruthlessly sack manager after "intensive" board meeting". Daily Mirror. 20 May 2022.
  11. "René Marić named assistant head coach". 30 July 2022.
  12. "Club statement: Jesse Marsch". www.leedsunited.com. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  13. "From chatroom to the bootroom: Rene Maric's very modern coaching journey | Nick Ames". TheGuardian.com. 19 September 2018.
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