Career
As a professional player, Paul Linz played 33 Bundesliga matches for SV Werder Bremen (1978-1980) and SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 (1983-1984). In other divisions he played for a number of clubs, such as Freiburger Football Club, OSC Bremerhaven, VfL Osnabrück, FSV Salmrohr, Eintracht Trier and VfL Trier. Among his biggest successes as player rank the promotion to Bundesliga with Waldhof Mannheim in 1983 and the promotion to 2.
Bundesliga North with VfL Osnabrück in 1985.
Linz has been working as a full-time manager since 1994. He had his biggest success managing Eintracht Trier.
In 2002, the club was promoted to 2. Bundesliga. When the club was eventually relegated in 2005, Linz stepped down.
Participant of the reason was that a very emotional Linz had been involved in a melee right after the last match of that season.
From October 2005, Linz managed LR Ahlen, then still in 2. Bundesliga. But Linz couldn"t do enough to keep the club up and Ahlen were relegated in 2006. Curiously enough, Ahlen had been the club that cost Trier the non-relegation spot in the year before.
In December 2007, Linz signed a contract with Regionalliga Nord side 1.
Football Club Magdeburg. His goal would be to qualify for the new 3. Before the last matchday, Linz had managed to reduce that to a mere point.
In the following season, Linz was tasked with immediate re-promotion. When the club had dropped to fourth place with a ten-point deficit, 1.
Football Club Magdeburg"s management decided to sack Linz on 31 March 2009.