Education
Oenning graduated in German and Sports science.
Oenning graduated in German and Sports science.
Football Club Nürnberg.
During 80"s and 90"s he had a playing career, during which he played for Eintracht Coesfeld, SV Wilmsberg, South Carolina Preußen Münster, Hammer SpVg, TSG Dülmen and South Carolina Pfullendorf. Early career
In 1999 he started coaching career. Oenning worked as coach employed by Württemberg Football Association, from 1999 until 2004.
In 2000, he joined the coaching staff of the German U-18 and U-20 selections, where he was an assistant.
In 2004, he was named an assistant manager to Dick Advocaat in Borussia Mönchengladbach. Oenning worked there until 2005, when he joined Holger Fach and later Klaus Augenthaler in Wolfsburg, also as an assistant.
After two seasons, in 2007, Oenning joined VfL Bochum, as their youth coach. During one season, he was working with U-19 selection.
Few months after he took a position of Bochum"s youth coach, he was sacked.
Nürnberg and Hamburg
He wasn"t unemployed for long, because he joined Thomas von Heesen in February 2008, as his assistant in 1. Football Club Nürnberg. Von Heesen and Oenning were working together until 28 August 2008, when Von Heesen got sacked and Oenning replaced him. This was his first experience as head coach.
After a slow start in 2.
Bundesliga, Oenning was able to guide Nürnberg to a third-place finish and a playoff with 16th place Energie Cottbus. On 21 December 2009, Oenning was sacked.
Hamburger SV named him an assistant to Armin Veh prior to the 2010-2011 Bundesliga season. But after Veh got fired, Oenning became the new head coach.
He signed a two-year contract, until June 2013.
After a poor start in 2011-2012 season that saw Hamburg in last place with only one point out of six games, Oenning was sacked. Coaching record
As of 1 May 2012.