Marinus Dijkhuizen

Dijkhuizen was born in 's-Gravenzande. A forward, he spent the majority of his 14-year professional career in the top two divisions of Dutch football, most notably with two spells at both Excelsior and Cambuur. He was a part of the SC Cambuur team which secured promotion to the Eredivisie in the 1997–98 season and later played top-flight football with Utrecht. He had a loan spell with Scottish Premier League club Dunfermline Athletic during the 2000–01 season. He retired at the end of the 2008–09 season after a player-coach spell at hometown club 's-Gravenzandse SV.

's-Gravenzandse SV

In 2008, Dijkhuizen took up a coaching role at Eerste Klasse club 's-Gravenzandse SV, the club where he began his career. He left the club in 2009.

Utrecht

During the 2012–13 Eredivisie season, Dijkhuizen worked as a forward coach at former club Utrecht. In January 2018, he returned to the club as assistant to manager Jean-Paul de Jong. Dijkhuizen served as interim manager of the club for one match early in the 2018–19 season, following the sacking of de Jong and prior to the appointment of Dick Advocaat. Dijkhuizen remained in his assistant manager and video analyst role until January 2020.

VV Montfoort

Dijkhuizen began his managerial career with Eerste Klasse Saturday club VV Montfoort in 2009. He led the club to two successive promotions in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, taking the club to the Topklasse. He departed at the end of the 2011–12 season.

VV De Meern

Dijkhuizen signed a two-year contract with Derde Klasse Sunday club VV De Meern in January 2012. After officially starting work on 1 July 2012, he managed the club until December 2013.

Excelsior

On 1 January 2014, Dijkhuizen was announced as manager of Eerste Divisie club Excelsior on a contract running until the end of the 2013–14 season. He took over from Jon Dahl Tomasson, who had departed for Eredivisie club Roda JC. Starting out in seventh position in the table, Dijkhuizen encouraged the club to be more attacking and pushed striker Lars Veldwijk further forward. Veldwijk's 17 goals since the Dijkhuizen's arrival helped fire the Kralingers to third-place in the table and promotion to the Eredivisie, after a 4–2 aggregate victory over RKC Waalwijk in the playoffs. The club endured a difficult 2014–15 season in the top-flight, finishing one place above the relegation zone, though a new defensive style contributed to 14 draws, the most in the division. Dijkhuizen departed the club in May 2015, despite having signed a new two-year contract in December 2014.

Brentford

On 1 June 2015, Dijkhuizen was announced as head coach of English Championship club Brentford,…

From 2008 to 2012, Dijkhuizen worked as an analyst for Excelsior, researching and providing data on the club's upcoming opponents.