As a youth footballer, Nørgaard grew up learning from his father Benny, who had two Danish Superliga seasons as head coach of Ikast FS in 1993–94 and 1994–95.
[2] Nørgaard followed his father to Herning Fremad, but the effects of a bicycle accident led to him quitting his playing career in order to become head coach of the club's U15 team.
[3] He moved into Vejle BK in 2003 and held various youth roles, which culminated in his appointment as head coach of the U17 team on 1 January 2008.
[14] Following the sacking of head coach John Lammers on 16 September 2019,[15] Nørgaard was named caretaker manager and presided over six matches prior to the appointment of Lars Olsen.
[22] He presided over six matches before moving to England to join Premier League club Brentford as assistant to head coach Thomas Frank on 5 December 2022.
[2] Taking inspiration from his father Benny, Nørgaard supplemented his part-time football coaching income by working as a teacher.