Eric Hellemons

Eric Hellemons (born 2 June 1971) is a Dutch former footballer and current football coach, as assistant manager of Eredivisie club NAC Breda.

Playing career A former defender, Hellemons played in the youth at SC Kruisland before he arrived at RBC Roosendaal. Between 1988 and 2005 he played 358 matches in the first team, also captaining the club, and owns the club record as the player with the highest number of played games.

Coaching career After retiring, he stayed at RBC as a coaching staff member, serving since January 2006 as assistant coach. In June 2011 he was about to be named as new head coach, a move that did not come to fruition as the club went bankrupt. Hellemons then agreed to pair with former RBC manager Fuat Çapa as assistant coach at Gençlerbirliği SK in Turkey. In January 2013, it was announced he would become new head coach of Derde Klasse amateurs SC Gastel, effective from July 2013; he left his role in October 2014.

In July 2014 he joined Eredivisie club NAC Breda as an assistant coach, while maintaining his role as head coach at SC Gastel. In October 2014, Hellemons was named caretaker manager of NAC Breda following the dismissal of Nebojša Gudelj.