Maurice Steijn

ADO Den Haag

Steijn has a Bachelor of Education and has taught in primary education. As a coach, he started as an assistant to Bob Kootwijk at the ADO Den Haag amateur branch and also coached youth teams. After this, he became assistant for the first team and until 30 March 2010 also coached the ADO reserves, before being appointed caretaker manager of the ADO first team after the dismissal of Raymond Atteveld. After the departure of John van den Brom to Vitesse on 30 June 2011, Steijn was appointed head coach of ADO. On 5 February 2014, after three years as head coach, Steijn was dismissed after a loss against Heracles, and was succeeded by his assistant, former defender Henk Fräser.

VVV-Venlo

Maurice Steijn was appointed head coach of VVV-Venlo in July 2014 and held the position until June 2019. In his first two seasons, the team finished seventh and second in the Eerste Divisie, but failed to secure promotion through the play-offs. In the 2016–2017 season, VVV-Venlo won the Eerste Divisie title under his leadership, earning promotion to the Eredivisie. The club maintained its top-flight status in the following two seasons, finishing fifteenth and twelfth respectively. In June 2019, Steijn left VVV-Venlo to become the head coach of Al-Wahda in the United Arab Emirates.

Al-Wahda

Maurice Steijn was appointed head coach of Al-Wahda in June 2019 but was dismissed in October 2019 after just three games in charge.

NAC Breda

Maurice Steijn…

Steijn is the father of the Dutch footballer Sem Steijn, and managed his son's debut at VVV-Venlo on 6 December 2018.

VVV-Venlo: 2016-17 Eerste Divisie

Eredivisie Manager of the Month: January 2026