VfB Stuttgart have revealed former U.S. international Steve Cherundolo as one of Tayfun Korkut’s assistant coaches. The recently promoted club fired Hannes Wolf after a string of bad results, believing that new blood would help avoid a relegation fight.
Cherundolo, 38, spent his entire playing and coaching career with Hannover 96 and recently managed the club’s U-17 academy side. Affectionately known as the “Mayor of Hannover”, he made 370 league appearances and captained Die Roten before retiring due to a knee injury.
What would lead the ex-one-club man to Stuttgart? In 2014, Cherundolo – or “Dolo” to American fans – was promoted from youth coach to an assistant position by Korkut, who managed Hannover from 2013 through 2015.