Career
He is assistant manager of the German Bundesliga side Football Club Bayern Munich. Gerland spent his entire professional career from 1972 to 1984 playing at VfL Bochum. He played as a striker until 1975, when he switched to defence, where he played until the end of his career.
He made 204 Bundesliga appearances and scored four goals.
Gerland"s career as manager began in 1984 as the assistant manager at VfL Bochum. In 1986 Gerland took over as manager from Rolf Schafstall at VfL Bochum.
In 1988, he made a switch within the Bundesliga and became coach of 1. Football Club Nürnberg, where he stayed until 1990.
Beginning with the 1990-1991 season, he concurrently coached Bayern Munich Amateure as well as Football Club Bayern Munich Juniors.
In 1991, he quit the Juniors. He continued coaching the amateurs until 1995. In addition, Gerland was the assistant manager of Football Club Bayern during the 1991-1992 season.
In the 1995-1996 season, he again coached 1.
Football Club Nürnberg, who were playing in the 2. Bundesliga. He managed Tennis Borussia Berlin from 1997 to 1998 in the 2.
Bundesliga. Foreign the 1999–2000 season, Gerland was the manager of Arminia Bielefeld, who were relegated at the end of the season.
He was let go during the following season. Foreign the remainder of the season, he worked for SSV Ulm 1846 in the 2.
Bundesliga. From 2001–2009, Gerland has been manager of Bayern Munich World War II At the end of the 2008-2009 season he took over the job as assistant coach of the first team
Foreign the 2010-2011 season, he was again manager of the reserve side and is currently assistant manager of the first team