Adolf "Adi" Hütter is an Austrian former footballer who is the current head coach of German side Eintracht Frankfurt. As a player, Hütter reached the 1993–94 UEFA Cup final, won the Austrian championship three times with Austria Salzburg and won the Austrian Cup with Grazer AK. As a coach he won the Austrian double, again in Salzburg colors, as well as the Swiss championship, with Young Boys.
Playing career
Adi Hütter played for Altach in his youth. The midfielder was then at GAK and Austria Salzburg. There he was 3 times austrian champion and won the Supercup. With Salzburg he reached the UEFA-Cup Final in 1994 where Salzburg lost two times 0:1 against Inter Milano. Hütter played for the Austrian national team 14 times and scored 3 times. 2000 Hütter joined again GAK. After 2 years, he joined first division Kapfenberg. 2005 Hütter joined the amateur team of RedBull Salzburg Juniors and secured promotion to the Austrian first division. After achilles problems he joined the coaching staff as assistant of Gerald Baumgartner, in August 2007.
Coaching career
Salzburg Juniors, Altach, Grödig, Salzburg
Hütter is the former assistant coach and head coach of Red Bull Salzburg Juniors. He finished with a record of 13 wins, seven draws, and 15 losses at Red Bull Salzburg Juniors. He was head coach of Rheindorf Altach between 1 July 2009 and 5 April 2012. In the 2009–10 season, Rheindorf Altach lost to FC Pasching in the first round of the Austrian Cup and finished third in the league. In the 2010–11 season, Rheindorf Altach got to the Round of 16 of the Austrian Cup and finished second in the league. In the 2011–12 season, Rheindorf Altach were eliminated from the Austrian Cup in the first round. He started managing SV Grödig on 1 July 2012. In the 2012–13 season, Grödig were eliminated in the second round of the Austrian Cup. In the 2013–14 season, Grödig were eliminated in the first round of the Austrian Cup. He had led Grödig to a 2014–15 UEFA Europa League spot after 3–3 draw on the final matchday against Wacker Innsbruck. He took over Red Bull Salzburg for the 2014–15 season His first training session was on 16 June 2014. His first match was a 10–1 win against 1. SC Sollenau on 12 July 2014. He resigned on 15 June 2015. He won the double in his only season. His final match was a 2–0 win in the Austrian Cup final on 3 June 2015.
On 16 May 2018, Hütter was confirmed to be Eintracht Frankfurt's next head coach, succeeding Niko Kovač. He started as coach on 1 July 2018. On 12 August 2018, he lost his first competitive match 5–0 to Bayern Munich. Then on 18 August 2018, Eintracht Frankfurt were knocked out in the first round of the German Cup by fourth division SSV Ulm. After a poor start of the 2018–19 Bundesliga season, Eintracht did not lose in the next 11 games, winning 10, in the Bundesliga and Europa League. Frankfurt had a similar winning streak in the second half of the season, and reached the semifinal of the Europa League where they drew two times and lost on penalties against Chelsea F.C.. At the end of the season Hütter was voted by readers of German newspaper Bild as coach of the year, Eintracht Frankfurt was voted as team of the year. The union of professional football players also voted Hütter as coach of the year.
