Johannes Gerardus Adrianus "John" Lammers (, is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Eerste Divisie club Heracles Almelo. Playing career Lammers started his professional career in the 1982–83 season. He played for Willem II Tilburg, RKC Waalwijk, VVV-Venlo, Toulon, NAC Breda, RBC Roosendaal and New Zealand club Auckland Kingz. Coaching career After his active career he started to work as an assistant coach, and also served as striker coach at Feyenoord Rotterdam's youth complex. He was subsequently signed by SBV Excelsior as Alex Pastoor's aide at the small Rotterdam-based club. In June 2011, after the departure of Pastoor to NEC, he was promoted as head coach for the new season. After one year to serve as head coach, he left Excelsior in charge of Eerste Divisie club FC Eindhoven. He signed a two-year contract with the club. In June 2017 he was named new head coach of Danish Superliga club Esbjerg fB. He was dismissed in September 2019. On 25 June 2022, Heracles Almelo appointed Lammers as head coach on a two-year deal with an option for another year, after the club had suffered relegation to the second-tier Eerste Divisie. References External links Profile 1963 births Living people Footballers from Tilburg Association football forwards Dutch footballers Dutch football managers Dutch expatriate football managers National Soccer League (Australia) players Dutch expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Dutch expatriate sportspeople in France Football Kingz F.C. players NAC Breda players RBC Roosendaal players RKC Waalwijk players VVV-Venlo players Willem II (football club) players SC Toulon players Ligue 1 players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Excelsior Rotterdam managers FC Eindhoven managers Danish Superliga managers Heracles Almelo managers Expatriate football managers in Denmark Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate association footballers in New Zealand Dutch expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand