Manuel Baum

Manuel Baum (born 30 August 1979) is a German football manager and former player. He currently manages FC Augsburg in the Bundesliga.

Coaching career Baum became head coach of SpVgg Unterhaching on 4 January 2014, after two years working as director at the club.

In the summer of 2014, Baum was hired as youth coach at FC Augsburg. On 14 December 2016 he was promoted to the first team. He was sacked on 9 April 2019.

On 21 June 2019, Baum joined the DFB as head coach of the Germany under-20s. 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. After Schalke could not win any of ten Bundesliga games with him, he was fired on 18 December 2020.

In December 2025, he was named manager of FC Augsburg on a short term contract until the end of the season. In May 2026, his contract was extended until 2028.

Managerial statistics Team From To Record SpVgg Unterhaching 4 January 2014 FC Augsburg II 11 November 2015 31 December 2015 FC Augsburg 14 December 2016 9 April 2019 Germany U20 21 June 2019 30 June 2020 FC Augsburg 1 December 2025 present Total—