Nico Willig | |
Birth Date: | 11 December 1980 |
Birth Place: | Tübingen, West Germany |
Position: | Defender |
Youthclubs1: | TSG Balingen |
Youthclubs2: | TuS Ergenzingen |
Years1: | 2000–2011 |
Clubs1: | TSG Balingen |
Years2: | 2011–2013 |
Clubs2: | TSG Balingen II |
Manageryears1: | 2013–2014 |
Managerclubs1: | TSG Balingen |
Manageryears2: | 2019 |
Managerclubs2: | VfB Stuttgart (caretaker) |
Nico Willig (born 11 December 1980) is a German football coach who last was the caretaker manager of VfB Stuttgart.
Willig began his coaching career at TSG Balingen, where he was the manager for the 2013/14 season before leaving the club. In the summer of 2015, Willig then became manager of the under-19 team of Stuttgarter Kickers.[1] In January 2016, he moved to the youth department of VfB Stuttgart and became manager of the club's U16's.[2] A half year later, he was promoted to U17 manager, which he was until the summe 2018, where he took charge of the U19's.[3]
On 20 April 2019, Willig took over as Head coach of VfB Stuttgart on interim basis until the end of the 2018–19 Bundesliga season.[4]