Since May in the coaching team
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Kevin Großkreutz lost his first coaching job at the Westphalian sixth division SV Wacker Obercastrop after just seven games of the new season. The 37-year-old was part of a coaching duo in the association league. After the fifth defeat in two draws in the seventh game, the deficit of the bottom of the table was greater.
“After a sporting analysis, both sides have decided to resolve the existing contractual relationship mutually,” said the association. “This ends the collaboration of SV Wacker Obercastrop with the coaching team around Kevin Großkreutz and Jimmy Thimm.”
Großkreutz played 176 Bundesliga games for Borussia Dortmund and ten for VfB Stuttgart. With Dortmund he became a cup winner and twice champions. In 2014 he was part of the German national team that became world champion in Brazil, but was not used in the seven World Cup games. In 2021 he ended his professional career. In Obercastrop, Großkreutz has initially been active as a player since July 2023, from October 2024 as an assistant coach and since May 2025 as part of the coaching duo.