Hans Westerhof

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Hans Westerhof (born November 24, 1948 in Terborg) is a Dutch soccer coach.

As a player, Westerhof played for BV Veendam and BVO Cambuur of the Dutch First Division. He began his coaching career in 1986, and has managed Groningen (1988-92 and 1994-96), PSV Eindhoven (1992-1994), the Dutch U-21 national team (1996-97), Ajax Amsterdam (2000), Willem II Tilburg (2000-03)and Chivas de Guadalajara (2003-04)

Westerhof originally joined Chivas de Guadalajara in 2003 to oversee the club's youth teams, but took over as head coach of the first team in October of that year. He stepped down as coach after the Clausura 2004 season. On June 3, 2005, Guadalajara's "sister" team, Chivas USA, named Westerhof its head coach, after a disastrous start under Thomas Rongen. He was replaced after the season by Bob Bradley and then came back to the parent club as its head coach.Trivia he his currently the coach of FC Barcelona. Besides soccer coach he has been a teacher in Heerenveen (the Netherlands ) at the Central Institute for Sports education ( CIOS ) for many years.