Rinus Michels Award

The Rinus Michels Award is an annual prize in Dutch football. It is supported by the official football coaches union ("Coaches Betaald Voetbal"). The award is named after Rinus Michels, who was named coach of the century by FIFA in 1999.^[1]

Rinus Michels

Categories

• Manager of the year in the Eredivisie
• Manager of the year in the Eerste Divisie
• Manager of the year in amateur football
• Youth academies of the year in professional football
• Youth academies of the year in amateur football
• Overall oeuvre prize

Winners Manager of the Year Eredivisie

Season	Best Coach	Club	Sources
2003–04	Co Adriaanse	AZ	[2]
2004–05	Guus Hiddink	PSV	[3]
2005–06	Guus Hiddink	PSV
2006–07	Louis van Gaal	AZ	[4]
2007–08	Fred Rutten	Twente	[5]
2008–09	Louis van Gaal	AZ	[6]
2009–10	Steve McClaren	Twente	[7]
2010–11	Michel Preud'homme	Twente	[8]
2011–12	Ronald Koeman	Feyenoord	[9]
2012–13	Frank de Boer	Ajax	[10]
2013–14	Frank de Boer	Ajax	[11]
2014–15	Phillip Cocu	PSV	[12]
2015–16	Erik ten Hag	Utrecht	[13]
2016–17	Peter Bosz	Ajax	[14]
2017–18	Phillip Cocu	PSV
2018–19	Erik ten Hag	Ajax	[15]
2019–20	not awarded as season was terminated early
2020–21	Erik ten Hag	Ajax
2021–22	Arne Slot	Feyenoord	[16]
2022–23	Arne Slot	Feyenoord	[17]
2023–24	Peter Bosz	PSV	[18]

Winners Manager of the Year Eerste Divisie

• Maurice Steijn (2017)
• Michael Reiziger (2018)
• Marino Pušić (2019)
• Henk de Jong (2021)
• Dick Lukkien (2022)^[19]
• Dick Schreuder (2023)^[17]

Winners Manager of the Year in Amateur Football

Season	Best Coach	Club	Sources
2003–04	Gert Aandewiel	Quick Boys	[2]
2004–05	Jan Zoutman	SV Argon	[3]
2005–06	Jack van den Berg	ASWH
2006–07	Michel Jansen	HHC Hardenberg	[4]
2007–08	Hans van Arum	Sparta Nijkerk	[5]
2008–09	Henk de Jong	Harkemase Boys	[6]
2009–10	Dennis Demmers	Excelsior '31, Colmschate '33	[7]
2010–11	Peter Wesselink	SVZW
2011–12	Eric Meijers	Achilles '29
2012–13	Marcel Groninger	Be Quick 1887	[10]
2013–14	Simon Ouaali	Sparta Nijkerk	[11]
2014–15	Adrie Poldervaart	VV Zwaluwen	[12]
2015–16	Wilfred van Leeuwen	VVSB	[13]
2016–17	Jan van Raalte	SC Genemuiden
2017–18	Paul van der Zwaan	Quick Den Haag
2018–19	Laurens Knippenborg	RKZVC

Lifetime prize winners

The following managers have been awarded the lifetime prize for their contributions spanning their entire career:

• Kees Rijvers (2004)^[2]
• Piet de Visser (2005)^[20]
• Wiel Coerver (2008)^[21]
• Foppe de Haan (2009)^[6]
• Leo Beenhakker (2010)^[7]
• Louis van Gaal (2013)^[10]
• Guus Hiddink (2015)^[12]
• Johan Cruyff (2016)^[13]
• Co Adriaanse (2017)
• Dick Advocaat (2021)^[22]
• Bert van Marwijk (2022)^[19]

References

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