Evert-Jan 't Hoen

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Evert-Jan 't Hoen
Manager
Born: (1975-11-08) 8 November 1975 (age 48)
Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Men’s Baseball
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
European Baseball Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Netherlands National team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Italy National team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Netherlands National team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Czech Republic National team
Manager for Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Czech Republic National team

Evert-Jan Axel Charles 't Hoen (born 8 November 1975 in Alphen aan den Rijn) is a Dutch baseball coach and former player who is the current manager of the Netherlands national baseball team.

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Playing career

't Hoen represented the Netherlands at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, in which the Dutch finished sixth. He also participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where they finished fifth, and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where they finished sixth.

Coaching career

't Hoen managed Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse from 2013 to 2016. Under 't Hoen, Neptunus won the Dutch championship four times in a row from 2013 to 2016 and became European champions in 2015 after winning the 2015 European Champions Cup. [1]

In April 2018, 't Hoen was appointed manager of the Netherlands baseball team. [2] In 2021, he was part of Hensley Meulens's staff as bench coach for the Netherlands in the 2020 Olympic Baseball Qualifier, where the Dutch team failed to qualify to the Olympics. [3] 't Hoen managed the Netherlands in the 2023 European Baseball Championship held in Czech Republic, where the team finished third, claiming the bronze medal. [4] [5]

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References

  1. Stoovelaar, Marco (19 September 2016). "Neptunus and Head Coach 't Hoen separate after season". Grand Slam * Stats & News Netherlands. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  2. "Evert Jan 't Hoen new manager of Dutch Baseball National Team". wbsc.org. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  3. "Hensley Meulens to manage Netherlands at final WBSC Olympic Baseball Qualifier". wbsc.org. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  4. "Evert-Jan 't Hoen: "Iedereen is gebrand om Europees Kampioen te worden"". HonkbalSoftbal.nl (in Dutch). 23 September 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  5. "Netherlands edges out Germany in Extra-Inning to capture Bronze Medal at Baseball European Championship". wbsceurope.org. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2024.