On 16 May 2018 became head coach of Eintracht Frankfurt. He started as coach on 1 July 2018. His first match was a 0-5 loss versus Bayern München in the German Supercup. Afterwards Eintracht Frankfurt was knocked out in the first round of the German Cup by fourth division SSV Ulm. Also in the Bundesliga there was a weak start(just 4 points in five matchdays. But they did'nt loose the next 11 games. the second half of the season was sucessful. They reached the semi-final of the Europa League where they drew two times and lost on penalties against Chelsea. At the end of the season, Hütter was voted by readers of German newspaper Bild as Coach of the Year while Eintracht Frankfurt was voted as the Team of the Year. The union of professional football players also voted Hütter as Coach of the Year.