Early Coaching Years
After retiring as a player, Derwall took up coaching first in Switzerland with FC Biel (1959–1961) and FC Schaffhausen (1961–1962). With Fortuna Düsseldorf he once more reached the cup final, then, in 1962, losing to 1. FC Nuremberg 1-2 after extra time. Afterwards he became coach of the regional association of Saarland for six years.
In 1970 he was appointed as successor to Udo Lattek as the German national team's assistant coach under the legendary Helmut Schön. At the 1972 Summer Olympics he was responsible for the German team, taking it into the last eight.
Derwall served as Schön's assistant until after the 1978 World Cup. When Schön retired from coaching, also in light of the achievements in the tournament, Derwall was chosen to take his place as manager of Germany. His major rivals for this appointment were his coaching staff colleague Erich Ribbeck and Helmut Benthaus, then chief with the reigning German champions VfB Stuttgart, who received no release from his contract.
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