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Bernd Hollerbach (born 8 December 1969) is a German professional football manager and former Football player. He last managed Hansa Rostock.
Throughout his playing career, he operated as a left-back for Würzburger Kickers, FC St. Pauli, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, and Hamburger SV, with the latter being the club where he spent the most extended period of his career, spanning over eight and a half years.
Upon concluding his playing tenure, Hollerbach transitioned into coaching, initially undertaking roles with VfL 93 Hamburg and VfB Lübeck. Subsequently, from 2007 to 2012, he served as an assistant coach under Felix Magath at VfL Wolfsburg—during which they secured the Bundesliga title in 2009—and Schalke 04. Following this period, Hollerbach assumed the position of head coach for Würzburger Kickers from 2014 to 2017, successfully guiding them from the Regionalliga Bayern to the 2. Bundesliga. However, his tenure concluded after the club's relegation in their inaugural season in the second division. He then had a short stint as manager of Hamburger SV in 2018, before moving to Belgian football where he coached Mouscron and Sint-Truiden between 2019 and 2023.
Hollerbach gained a reputation as a resilient left-back, earning the moniker "Holleraxt" ( Holler-axe). His robust style of play resulted in consistently accumulating over ten yellow cards almost every season. Throughout his Bundesliga career, he received a total of 93 yellow cards, three yellow-red cards, and three red cards. Only Stefan Effenberg and David Jarolím received more bookings, albeit with significantly more appearances.
For the 2009–10 season, Hollerbach, still in collaboration with Felix Magath, moved to Schalke 04 as an assistant coach, maintaining this role until March 2011. However, following Felix Magath's dismissal on 16 March 2011, Hollerbach, along with his coaching colleague Werner Leuthard, terminated their contracts with Schalke 04 a day later. Subsequently, on 18 March 2011, they reunited with Felix Magath at VfL Wolfsburg. Hollerbach voluntarily departed the club on 25 October 2012, following Magath's dismissal.
On 12 March 2018, merely seven weeks after his appointment, Hollerbach was relieved of his duties as HSV found themselves in 17th place, trailing seven points behind the relegation play-off spot, with eight matchdays remaining in the season. Christian Titz succeeded him as head coach. The club suffered its first relegation to the 2. Bundesliga at the end of the season.
Despite securing the license for the 2020–21 season through the intervention of the Belgian Court of Arbitration for Sport, Mouscron encountered financial constraints, resulting in a reduction of Hollerbach's salary. On 10 June 2020, an agreement was reached between the club and Hollerbach to terminate his still-valid contract for another year.
The 2020–21 season saw Hollerbach without employment. However, for the 2021–22 season, he returned to coaching, taking on the role of head coach at Sint-Truiden upon their return to the top division. The team finished the season in ninth place, narrowly missing out on the UEFA Europa Conference League play-offs due to a less favorable goal difference.
In December 2022, Hollerbach announced his impending departure from Sint-Truiden at the end of the season, as the club finished in 13th place at the end of the season.
| + Managerial record by team and tenure | |||
| VfL 93 Hamburg | 1 July 2005 | 31 May 2006 | |
| VfB Lübeck | 1 July 2006 | 28 February 2007 | |
| VfL Wolfsburg II | 1 July 2008 | 31 December 2008 | |
| Würzburger Kickers | 1 July 2014 | 30 June 2017 | |
| Hamburger SV | 22 January 2018 | 12 March 2018 | |
| Mouscron | 1 July 2019 | 10 June 2020 | |
| Sint-Truiden | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2023 | |
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