Coach DNA
Playing style
direct
Style consistency
More consistent than 42% of multi-club coaches
Club record
League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.
Eintracht Braunschweig
Aug 2025 – Mar 2026 · 26 matches
1.04 points per game in 2. Bundesliga (25 matches).
Eintracht Braunschweig with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.11 (117 matches, 5 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −69 below the league average under him, −74 under the others.
Most used
- R. Hoffmann2,176' · Elo 1,693
- K. Ehlers1,971' · Elo 1,732
- Max Marie1,942' · Elo 1,716
- M. Aydın1,836' · Elo 1,750
- E. Yardımcı1,684' · Elo 1,745
- J. Gómez1,609' · Elo 1,755
- R. Heußer1,608' · Elo 1,697
- S. Köhler1,441' · Elo 1,673
- F. Di Michele Sanchez1,330' · Elo 1,686
- L. Frenkert1,329' · Elo 1,682
Alemannia Aachen
Aug 2024 – May 2025 · 39 matches
1.32 points per game in 3. Liga (38 matches).
Alemannia Aachen with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.64 (47 matches, 2 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −64 below the league average under him, +18 under the others.
Most used
- M. Hanraths3,325' · Elo 1,663
- S. El-Faouzi3,246' · Elo 1,961
- B. Bahn2,943' · Elo 1,450
- S. Strujić2,806' · Elo 1,347
- L. Scepanik2,521' · Elo 1,626
- G. Gaudino2,181' · Elo 1,692
- L. Yarbrough2,153' · Elo 1,557
- J. Rumpf2,059' · Elo 1,567
- F. Heister2,047' · Elo 1,433
- A. Heinz1,859' · Elo 1,468
Players under Heiner Backhaus
Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.
Rose most
- A. Heinz+513
in 29 matches · Alemannia Aachen
- S. Strujić+503
in 36 matches · Alemannia Aachen
- L. Scepanik+454
in 30 matches · Alemannia Aachen
- F. Heister+437
in 29 matches · Alemannia Aachen
- L. Yarbrough+382
in 27 matches · Alemannia Aachen
Fell most
- S. Polter−82
in 11 matches · Eintracht Braunschweig
- L. Bell Bell−58
in 20 matches · Eintracht Braunschweig
- F. Flick−46
in 18 matches · Eintracht Braunschweig
- R. Hoffmann−40
in 24 matches · Eintracht Braunschweig
- F. Kaufmann−40
in 10 matches · Eintracht Braunschweig
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−43in 3 matches · Dynamo Dresden
−19N. Fröling1535
in 3 matches · Dynamo Dresden
−14T. Schreiber1751
in 3 matches · Dynamo Dresden
−6N. Hauptmann1759
in 3 matches · Dynamo Dresden
−6J. Lemmer1691
in 3 matches · Dynamo Dresden
Nemeses
+75O. Batista Meier1687
in 3 matches · Preußen Münster
+40F. Gruber1996
in 3 matches · 1. FC Nürnberg
+39L. Lokotsch1730
in 3 matches · Preußen Münster
+37S. Russo1791
in 4 matches · Arminia Bielefeld
+27F. Roggow1708
in 3 matches · Hannover 96
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
Hardly any coach lost Elo against him.
Nemesis coaches
- +52
Alexander Ende1789
in 4 matches · Preußen Münster
- +25
Michél Kniat1768
in 4 matches · Arminia Bielefeld
- 0
Thomas Stamm1754
in 3 matches · Dynamo Dresden
Playing style
How Heiner Backhaus's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)
Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.
Career average
One shape blending all 2 clubs (2016+).
The baseline — each polygon on the right shows how one club's style deviates from this.
+0.10style consistency across 2 clubs
More consistent than 42% of multi-club coaches.
A high score means the same playing style travels from club to club — well above the random-coach baseline (-0.01), so it's a signature, not the squads.
Eintracht Braunschweig26 matches
Alemannia Aachen24 matches