Julian Nagelsmann's family witnessed a sad time in their lives when his Dad Erwin passed away. This changed a lot of things in his family. Him being the last child and son of the family, He had to man-up in order to take care of his family and had a lot of responsibilities.

Pursuing his dreams, he went through a roller coaster rider. While his teammates went on to establish themselves in the Bundesliga, a knee injury sustained kept him away from enjoying his footbal.
Julian Nagelsmann's knee injury refused to heal.

Sadly at that same young age of 20, Julian Nagelsmann's life finally got tornadoed, no thanks this same cruciate ligament damaged. This time, he was forced to retire prematurely from the game.

Poor Julian went weeks without sleeping well while wrestling with the decision of what to do with his life after ending his career at the age of 20. After surrendering his ambitions of playing, he went through a period of time where he kept to himself avoiding everything.

It was Tuchel who took care of him during this time. The tactician, 14 years his senior could relate to Nagelsmann's pain because he himself also endured a serious knee injury that curtailing his days as a footballer.

Initially, he diverted Nagelsmann's trajectory by making him become his scout. While Nagelsmann's worked as a scout for Tuchel at Augsburg ll, he had no idea he would become a coach. One day, boss Tuchel walked to him, advising him to try the coaching route.

After a few months of applying for coaching jobs, an offer camne for him to work for 1860 Munich as their Under-17 assistant coach in 2008. A happy Nagelsmann decided to give it a try.

Thus came the road to Managerial Fame, The Baby Mourinho.
Julian Nagelsmann's first taste of success came when he won the 2013-14 Under 19 Bundesliga title with Hoffenheim's U19 junior team.

The young tactician was appointed as head coach of Hoffenheim. With this appointment, Nagelsmann became the youngest permanent head coach in Bundesliga history.  Hoffenheim was in 17th place and Julian Nagelsmann lifted them to safety by the end of the campaign.

This feat led to him getting voted as "the 2016 Coach of the Year".

The death of his dad gave him
responsibility, one that helped him grow and develop first as an academy player and later, a senior footballer.

Julian once said " It all made me more  mature and grown in my life. I did maybe things that were not normal for somebody my age."

All my Respect I hope he succeeds with us

Source: Life Blogger, The Football stories