Lichte passed his coaching course in 2009 as the best on the course. He had taken the course at the Hennes-Weisweiler-Academy alongside
Sascha Lewandowski, amongst others. Lichte was assistant manager at Bundesliga side
Bayer Leverkusen from 2012 until 2014. For the 2014–15 season, he switched to
Hannover 96 as assistant manager and was responsible for the youth teams at the club the following season. From the
2017–18 season, Lichte was assistant manager of
Mainz 05. On the seventh matchday of the
2019–20 Bundesliga, he was responsible for managing the side against
SC Paderborn due to a
red card shown to manager
Sandro Schwarz in their previous match. He became head coach of the club in September 2020 on a temporary basis after they parted company with manager
Achim Beierlorzer. He was sacked on 28 December 2020. His final match was a
DFB-Pokal against
VfL Bochum on 23 December 2020 where Mainz lost in a shootout. He finished with a record of one win, four draws, and seven losses. ==Personal life==