He has managed many German clubs and secured promotion for SC Freiburg, returning them to the Bundesliga.

He is the son of a German mother and an Indian Bengali father named Sabyasachi Dutt from Kolkata.

[1] Dutt played amateur football in the fifth, sixth, and seventh divisions in Germany.

The highlight came in the 2006–07 season when the Kickers beat Bundesliga side Hamburger SV 4–3 in extra time in the DFB-Pokal.

Dutt was dismissed from his post on 1 April 2012,[6] after a poor run that included a 7–1 away defeat at Barcelona in the round of 16 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, in which Lionel Messi became the first player to score 5 goals in a Champions League match.

[7] In August 2012, Dutt replaced Matthias Sammer as sporting director of the German football federation (DFB).

[14] In April 2021 Wolfsberger AC announced, that Robin Dutt was going to be their coach from August 2021.