Tonda Eckert

Tonda Eckert is a German professional football coach who is the head coach of club Southampton.

Coaching career

After coaching the youth teams of 1. FC Köln, RB Salzburg and Bayern Munich in his native Germany, Eckert was appointed assistant manager to Gerhard Struber at Barnsley in August 2020 until January 2022. In January 2022, he joined Genoa as assistant to Alexander Blessin.
In July 2025, Eckert was appointed Under-21s head coach at Southampton. Following the dismissal of Will Still on 2 November 2025, Eckert was appointed interim head coach. His first match as head coach was a 2–1 victory away to Queens Park Rangers on 5 November. This was followed by further victories: 3–1 at home to Sheffield Wednesday on 8 November and 5–1 away to Charlton Athletic on 22 November. On 5 December, Eckert was appointed as manager on a permanent basis.