Fritz Schmid (football manager)

Fritz Schmid (born 10 September 1959) is a Swiss football coach.

He spent seven years as the assistant manager of FC Basel under head coach Christian Gross, a period in which the club won the Swiss Cup four times and qualified for the UEFA Champions League twice. In 2018, he was appointed manager of the New Zealand national football team.

In April 2022, Schmid stepped in as interim head coach of Ghanaian team Kotoku Royals F.C. for the remainder of the 2021/22 season.

On 15 February 2024, he was appointed as the technical director of Grasshopper Club Zürich's academy.