 In the past, he led the Spanish women's national field hockey team from 1999 to 2000 and the Dutch women's national field hockey team from 2000 to 2008.Under his guidance the Dutch team won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.Later he also coached the Belgian men's national field hockey team until 2014, with whom he became European vice-champion.