Jan Everse (born 5 January 1954 in Rotterdam) is a retired Dutch football player and manager, who is currently head coach at amateur side BVCB.
He made his professional debut for Feyenoord in a November 1973 Eredivisie match against Roda JC and also played for their arch rivals Ajax in the 1970s. In 1980 Everse was forced to retire from professional football due to a heavy injury, his final game was in December 1979 against Excelsior.[1]
Everse made his debut for the Netherlands in an April 1975 friendly match against Belgium and he won his second and final cap in May that year against Yugoslavia.[2]
After his player career, he coached several amateur sides before taking charge of FC Zwolle in 1996. He then managed Sparta[3] and Finnish outfit FC Jokerit, where he left after a row with the club's chairman.[4] He then had spells at amateur sides Zwart-Wit '28 and Excelsior Maassluis before joining Zwolle for a second spell in 2006. He was given the sack in March 2009 after a highly publicized incident involving the son of a member of the club's board.[5]
On 6 February 2010 SC Heerenveen officials hired Everse as their coach until June 2010, replacing Jan de Jonge.[6] He coached Sparta for a second time during the 2010–2011 season,[7] but left the club in February 2011 due to poor results.[8] In 2015, he managed Dutch Eredivisie side FC Dordrecht, only to quit in March 2016 over a feud with technical director Marco Boogers.[9] He was appointed head coach at BVCB Bergschenhoek in summer 2017.[10]
Everse lives in Bergschenhoek. His father Jan Everse sr.[11] played 3 games for Netherlands. They were the first father and son to play for the Oranje.[12]