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.
Categories Manager of the year in the Eredivisie Manager of the month 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 2004–05 Guus Hiddink PSV 2005–06 Guus Hiddink PSV 2006–07 Louis van Gaal AZ 2007–08 Fred Rutten Twente 2008–09 Louis van Gaal AZ 2009–10 Steve McClaren Twente 2010–11 Michel Preud'homme Twente 2011–12 Ronald Koeman Feyenoord 2012–13 Frank de Boer Ajax 2013–14 Frank de Boer Ajax 2014–15 Phillip Cocu PSV 2015–16 Erik ten Hag Utrecht 2016–17 Peter Bosz Ajax 2017–18 Phillip Cocu PSV 2018–19 Erik ten Hag Ajax 2019–20not awarded as season was terminated early 2020–21 Erik ten Hag Ajax 2021–22 Arne Slot Feyenoord 2022–23 Arne Slot Feyenoord2023–24 Peter BoszPSV
Winners Manager of the Month Eredivisie Robin Van Persie (August, 2025)
Winners Manager of the Year Eerste Divisie Maurice Steijn (2017) Michael Reiziger (2018) Marino Pušić (2019) Henk de Jong (2021) Dick Lukkien (2022) Dick Schreuder (2023)
Winners Manager of the Year in Amateur Football Season Best Coach Club Sources 2003–04 Gert Aandewiel Quick Boys 2004–05 Jan Zoutman SV Argon 2005–06 Jack van den Berg ASWH 2006–07 Michel Jansen HHC Hardenberg 2007–08 Hans van Arum Sparta Nijkerk 2008–09 Henk de Jong Harkemase Boys 2009–10 Dennis Demmers Excelsior '31, Colmschate '33 2010–11 Peter Wesselink SVZW 2011–12 Eric Meijers Achilles '29 2012–13 Marcel Groninger Be Quick 1887 2013–14 Simon Ouaali Sparta Nijkerk 2014–15 Adrie Poldervaart VV Zwaluwen 2015–16 Wilfred van Leeuwen VVSB 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) Piet de Visser (2005) Wiel Coerver (2008) Foppe de Haan (2009) Leo Beenhakker (2010) Louis van Gaal (2013) Guus Hiddink (2015) Johan Cruyff (2016) Co Adriaanse (2017) Dick Advocaat (2021)Dick Advocaat krijgt oeuvreprijs bij Rinus Michels Awards www.ad.nl Bert van Marwijk (2022)
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