Thomas Frank

Thomas Frank began his coaching career in his native Denmark with the youth teams of Frederiksvaerk BK. He subsequently worked at Hvidovre IF, B93 and Lyngby. In July 2008, he was appointed manager of the Denmark national U16 and U17 teams. In 2011, Frank led the Danish U17 team to the European U17 Championship finals for the first time in eight years, advancing to the semi-finals. He also took the team to the U17 World Cup for the first time ever and the following year he was promoted to the Denmark U19 manager’s job. In 2013, he was named as manager of Danish Superliga club Brondby, his first position in senior football. He achieved top four finishes with the club in his first two seasons in charge. He was appointed assistant manager of EFL Championship club Brentford in 2016 and was promoted to the top job in October 2018, leading the team to the play-off final at Wembley in 2020 after finishing third in the league.