Louis Coolen (born 12 January 1952) is a Dutch football manager and retired player who works as an advisor to the board at Helmond Sport.
Coolen was born in Nuenen. A midfielder,[1] during his playing career he played for PSV, Helmond Sport and RKSV Nuenen.
After retiring as a player in 1982, Coolen has managed RKSV Nuenen, Helmondia '55, UDI '19,[2] Helmond Sport and FC Eindhoven.[3] He also was assistant manager at Roda JC for four years.[4]
He moved abroad in September 2008 to become technical director at the Yuri Konoplev Academy in Tolyatti[5] and worked at Russian giants Zenit Saint Petersburg, where he managed their youth coaches in two spells at the club.[6] In between he worked for Roda as technical director and later led the Roda JC academy.[7]
He returned to Helmond Sport in an advisory role in March 2017.[8]