Hermann "Tiger" Gerland (born 4 June 1954) is a German professional football manager and former player who has most recently worked as an assistant coach of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich.

[2] In addition, Gerland was the assistant manager of FC Bayern during the 1991–92 season.

[22] He left the club during the 1998–99 season[19] and had his final match on 13 November 1998, a 3–1 loss to SpVgg Unterhaching.

[24] During the 1998–99 season, Gerland led Tennis Borussia Berlin to the quarter–finals of the German Cup after defeating Hannover 96, Stuttgarter Kickers, and Hertha BSC.

Bundesliga club SSV Ulm 1846 hired Gerland on 31 October 2000 for the remainder of the season.

[31] Although hired on 31 October, Peter Assion managed the 2–0 German Cup win against Energie Cottbus on 1 November 2000[32] and made his debut in the 3–1 win against Alemannia Aachen on 5 November 2000.

[39] The reserve team kept eight clean sheets during the season[39] including a 9–0 win against Borussia Fulda on 7 April 2002.

[41] During the 2002–03 season, the reserve team participated in both the Regionalliga Süd and the German Cup.

[50] The reserve team opened up the 2003–04 season with a 2–0 win against Rot-Weiß Erfurt on 2 August 2003.

[51] The reserve team opened the season with an 18–match undefeated streak that spanned from 2 August 2003 to 22 November 2003.

FSV Mainz 05 0–0 and 1–1, and defeated VfB Stuttgart II 2–1 and lost 2–1.

[57] During the 2004–05 season, the reserve team defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach in a shootout[58] and Alemannia Aachen[59] and Eintracht Braunschweig[60] in regular time to get to the quarter–final of the German Cup where they lost to Werder Bremen 3–0.

[62] The reserve team started the 2005–06 season with a 1–0 win against Jahn Regensburg on 6 August 2005.

The reserve team lost 4–0 to TuS Koblenz,[64] 3–0 to FC Augsburg,[65] and 4–0 to SpVgg Bayreuth.

[68] The reserve team started the 2006–07 season with a 2–0 loss to Hessen Kassel on 5 August 2006.

[77] The reserve team started the 2008–09 season with a 2–1 win against Union Berlin on 27 July 2008.

[78] On 27 April 2009, Bayern sacked Jürgen Klinsmann, along with assistants Martin Vasquez and Nick Theslof.

[79] Jupp Heynckes took over as manager for the remainder of the season[79] and Gerland became the assistant.

[83] Gerland replaced Mehmet Scholl as reserve team manager at the beginning of the 2010–11 season.

[85] Andries Jonker became the interim manager and Gerland and Marcel Bout became assistants.

[85] Gerland continued to be an assistant under Jupp Heynckes,[86] Pep Guardiola,[87] and Carlo Ancelotti.

[89] Gerland became the number one assistant to Ancelotti after Paul Clement was hired by Swansea City.