Fabian Hurzeler was appointed Albion manager in June 2024, signing a deal that runs until June 2027.

The German became the Premier League's youngest ever full-time manager when he took the job aged 31. Fabian arrived at the Amex after a successful stint in charge of German club St. Pauli, guiding the Hamburg based club from near the bottom of 2. Bundesliga to league winners in 2024.

The former midfielder initially joined St. Pauli in 2020 as assistant manager to Timo Schulz, but was appointed first team coach in December 2022 on an interim basis, before taking over permanently later that month. Fabian came through the youth ranks with Bayern Munich, representing their second team, as well as having stints with 1899 Hoffenheim II and FC Pippensreid.

With the latter, he took his first head coach role in 2016, alongside roles with Germany under-18s and under-20s.

Jonas joined us from German club Augsburg in July 2024.

He became assistant manager there in 2017 and he worked under seven different head coaches.  

He previously spent ten years on the coaching staff of SV Waldeck-Obermenzing.

Daniel Niedzkowski joined Albion in January 2025.

Daniel was previously  head of the German football federation’s coaches training programme where his former pupils included Albion head coach Fabian Hurzeler.

He began his coaching career in 2012, working with Germany’s under-20 team before spending three years as assistant coach with Bayer Leverkusen.

During his time with Leverkusen they reached the Champions League three times between 2013-16.

In 2016, he took over as coach of Germany’s under-21 team and led them in 73 matches including the 2021 Olympic Games tournament in Tokyo.

Since 2018 he has become a highly respected coach educator with the German federation (DFB) as head of its UEFA Pro License Course and its technical director of coach education.      

Born in London, Stern grew up an Albion fan in Sussex having moved to Heathfield at the age of eight.

He was an academy player at Wimbledon, and played for Burgess Hill Town and Lewes, before making the decision to focus on his coaching career at the age of 21.

Having gained his goalkeeping coaching qualifications while at university, he worked at West Bromwich Albion in their academy.

During his time at the Hawthorns he qualified for his UEFA B licence in football and goalkeeping, and took his A licence in Canada, after moving to Montreal in 2014.

He moved to Cincinnati in 2018, just before their elevation to the MLS, and left them at the end of the 2021 season to take the role with Albion.

Marco joined Albion as a part of Fabian Hurzeler's backroom staff in summer 2024. He had a 13-year career as a player at regional level in his native Germany before he embarked on his coaching career at Bochum in 2006, working with various age group teams until 2011.

He then joined RB Leipzig, coaching their U19s until 2016 when he took up a similar role with Borussia Dortmund.

He took his first senior coaching role in Turkey with Fenerbahce in 2020 and then spent a year with Danish club Nordsjaelland.

Marco joined St. Pauli in 2022 and worked with Fabian when he took over as first-team coach in 2022.