Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ya ƙare aikinsa na wasa tare da kulob din Red Bull Salzburg na Austrian, inda ya ɗauki matsayin da ba na wasa ba na kocin tawagar kuma daga ƙarshe ya zama mataimakin manajan a ƙarƙashin manajan ƙungiyar Ricardo Moniz. A watan Janairun 2013, Kovač ya karbi ragamar kungiyar kwallon kafa ta kasa da kasa ta Croatia kuma a watan Oktoba 2013 ya karbi ragamar kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Croatia bayan da aka kori Igor Štimac. Kovač ya jagoranci Croatia a gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ta 2014, sannan ya zama babban kocin Eintracht Frankfurt a 2016, inda ya lashe gasar
2018 DFB-Pokal Final tare da ƙungiyar. A Bayern, Kovač ya lashe sau biyu a cikin gida a 2019 bayan kyakkyawan karshen kakar wasa, amma ya rasa aikinsa daga baya a wannan kaka. A lokacin bazara na 2020, an nada Kovač manajan Monaco.