Overview
- Willem II moved this week to replace John Stegeman and asked long-time club figure Adrie Koster to step down from an advisory role into the dugout to provide immediate stability.
- Koster, 71, becomes the oldest active head coach in Dutch professional football and begins his third spell in charge after previous stints in 1990–91 and 2018–2021.
- Technical director Freek Heerkens made the request directly and Koster accepted an explicitly short-term assignment that he says could last a week, two weeks, or slightly longer.
- Koster has said he will not overhaul the team’s approach, intends to keep tactics similar to his predecessor’s and prefers forward, attacking football drawn from his experience as a former striker.
- Koster will lead the squad in Saturday’s home match against SC Cambuur, giving the club breathing room to search for a permanent coach while players and fans adjust to the change.