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Head coach quits Wolfsburg after five months
Schmidt told Wolfsburg he was stepping down "to improve the current situation with new impulses from the coaching bank", the club said in a statement.
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The 50-year-old Swiss had only been at the helm for five months.
Schmidt's last game was Saturday's 2-1 home defeat by runaway league leaders Bayern Munich, who needed a 91st-minute penalty to seal the win.
Wolfsburg say Schmidt walked away to "relieve the increasing public pressure -- and especially against him personally -- on the club".
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He took over in September after predecessor Andries Jonker was sacked.
Schmidt leaves with the 2015 German Cup winners 14th in the table and only one point above the relegation play-off place.
The club said a caretaker coach will be announced on Tuesday ahead of Friday's league game at Mainz, who are third from bottom.
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