▁appearances ▁the ▁following ▁year , ▁he ▁left ▁V f B ▁Stuttgart , ▁after ▁ 2 0 ▁years , ▁to ▁join ▁Hannover ▁ 9 6 , ▁then ▁managed ▁by ▁R alf ▁Rang nick , ▁who ▁had ▁co ached ▁him ▁at ▁Stuttgart . ▁He ▁spent ▁two ▁seasons ▁with ▁Hannover , ▁and ▁only ▁made ▁eight ▁appearances , ▁and ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁ret ire ▁early ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁due ▁to ▁ill ness ▁brought ▁on ▁by ▁a ▁tick ▁b ite ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁sp otted ▁too ▁late . ▁ ▁Manager ial ▁career ▁ ▁Early ▁career ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁Schne ider ▁took ▁up ▁the ▁co aching ▁of ▁the ▁under - 1 9 ▁team ▁of ▁Bayern liga ▁side ▁FC ▁D ing olf ing , ▁and ▁managed ▁the ▁first - team ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 – 1 0 ▁season . ▁After ▁att ending ▁the ▁H ennes ▁We is we iler ▁co aching ▁a cademy ▁in ▁C ologne , ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁V f B ▁Stuttgart ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁to ▁coach ▁the ▁club ' s ▁under - 1 7 ▁side . ▁ ▁V f B ▁Stuttgart ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 6 ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁Schne ider ▁became ▁the ▁head ▁coach ▁of ▁V f B ▁Stuttgart ' s ▁first ▁team , ▁replacing ▁Bruno ▁L abb ad ia , ▁who ▁was ▁on ▁a ▁ 3 - game ▁losing ▁stre ak . ▁Schne ider ▁was ▁s ack ed ▁by ▁Stuttgart ▁on ▁ 9