Klinsmann, whose side play Germany, Portugal and Ghana in the group stage in Brazil next summer, has agreed to a four-year contract extension. The German has been the US head coach since July 2011, however his new deal gives him the additional title of the US Soccer Federation's technical director.
"One of the reasons we hired Jürgen as our head coach was to advance the program forward, and we've seen the initial stages of that happening on the field and also off the field in various areas," the USSF president Sunil Gulati said.
"In the past two years he has built a strong foundation from the senior team down to the youth teams, and we want to continue to build upon that success."
The US have won 27 and drawn seven of 44 games under Klinsmann, qualified for its seventh straight World Cup and won this year's CONCACAF Gold Cup.
"I am very fortunate to continue the work we started more than two and half years ago," Klinsmann said. "The role of technical director is a huge challenge and also a huge opportunity as we look to keep connecting the dots to the youth national teams, coaching education, the development academy and the grassroots efforts in this country."
After winning the 1990 World Cup with West Germany and the 1996 European Championship with Germany, Klinsmann retired as a player in 1998 and moved to California. Now 49, Klinsmann coached Germany from 2004-06, leading the team to a third-place finish at home in the 2006 World Cup and then quit. He coached Bayern Munich in the 2008-09 season.
