The 46-year-old coach worked on the bench of the second-leagued Sporting Lokeren last season. He started his coaching career in lower competitions. For the first time he drew attention was on the bench of Lommel SK. He fought with the team to advance to the highest Belgian competition twice. In the season2014/2015, he finished second, but did not succeed in the promotion draw. However, he still joined the Jupiler League as the coach of Waasland-Beveren. Thanks to the twelfth place, he has achieved the greatest success in the history of the club.

In the season 2016/2017, he managed to get Breda to the highest Dutch competition through a draw from the fifth place in the table of the second league. They eliminated Nijmegen from the highest competition. He kept the newbies in the competition Eredivisie the following year.

As a player, he wore the jersey of the youth teams and also visited the national team "De Rode Duivels". A native of Hasselt, Flanders, he played for Mechelen, Ghent and Utrecht in his rich club career, where he spent four years and became one of the club´s most popular players. He subsequently played in Kaiserslauterne, Arnhem, Omonia and The Hague.