Jacco Verhaeren (born April 4, 1969 in Rijsbergen, North Brabant) is a Dutch swimming coach. He is currently the sporting director of the Dutch swimming team and the Nationaal Zweminstituut Eindhoven. He is best known for guiding Pieter van den Hoogenband and Inge de Bruijn to Olympic gold medals. Although there were several other countries interested in signing him, he decided to remain with the Dutch team until 2013.[1]