Henk de Jong

De Jong studied at the Central Institute for Sports Education (CIOS) in Heerenveen, where his instructors included Foppe de Haan, and his peers included Wiljan Vloet, Gertjan Verbeek, and Jan de Jonge. He played for Drachtster Boys until age 19 before joining SC Heerenveen's first team, but a knee injury ended his playing career prematurely.

De Jong's coaching career began at Drachtster Boys, where he coached the youth teams for seven years before taking charge of the first team in the Hoofdklasse for three years. In 1997, he moved to Sunday Hoofdklasse club Sneek. Two years later, in 1999, he joined Heracles Almelo as an assistant coach under Fritz Korbach. After one season, De Jong left the club and spent two years as an assistant coach at Heerenveen, where he helped the youth teams win national titles. He then moved to Groningen, where he served as coach of the reserves and as assistant to the first team under Ron Jans before returning to the amateur level to coach Harkemase Boys. His time at Harkemase Boys was marked by success, as he led the team to championships in the Eerste Klasse and Hoofdklasse, and in his final season, he achieved promotion to the Topklasse as runners-up. In May 2009, he won the named Rinus Michels Award for Manager of the Year in Amateur Football. In early 2011, De Jong joined Cambuur as an assistant coach. At the end of the 2012–13 season, he became interim head coach and guided the club to the Eerste Divisie title. Despite his success, De Jong narrowly missed passing a professional football coaching course by one point, preventing him from coaching in the Eredivisie. Instead, he worked as the assistant to Dwight Lodeweges. De Jong was then appointed manager of Cambuur in April 2014, succeeding Lodeweges who had left the club after it was announced he would become the manager of the…

As of match played 24 April 2026

Cambuur

Eerste Divisie: 2012–13, 2020–21 Individual

Rinus Michels Award: 2008–09, 2021