Career
Innauer retired from competitions in 1980 due to an ankle injury. In 1987, he graduated from the University of Graz with a degree in philosophy, psychology, and sports science. His thesis was on the sociology of ski jumping.
Between 1987 and 1989, he was a ski jumper and ski jumping coach.
In 1989–1992 and 2001/02, he trained the Austrian ski jumping team In 1993–2001 and since 2002, he has been director of Nordic skiing in the Austrian Ski Federation (ÖSV).
He is also the ski jumping expert for German television channel ZDF. This mark has been matched by only five others since: Kazuyoshi Funaki at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Sven Hannawald and Hideharu Miyahira at the same 2003 competition in Willingen, Germany, Wolfgang Loitzl at Bischofshofen, Austria in 2009 during the 2008/09 Four Hills Tournament. and Peter Prevc in 2015 competition in Planica
Standings
Wins.