A player/coach at SV Gössendorf (2000-2001) and SC Kalsdorf (2001-2004), he then became assistant coach at Sturm Graz (2005-2011) and SC Kalsdorf from 2011 to 2015. Christian Peintinger was on the bench at Young Boys during Adi Hütter's spell in charge, and followed the current AS Monaco coach to Eintracht Frankfurt as assistant coach in July 2018. The two men followed each other again in July 2021 to Borussia Mönchengladbach, in the same role.