 On 10 July 2009 he became goalkeeping coach of the Belgian national team but was sacked on 6 October 2009 for having allegedly given a journalist from the Flemish newspaper "Het Laatste Nieuws" details about team selection before it had been officially announced.The Belgian goalkeeper Stijn Stijnen retired from the Belgian football team on the same day in connection with this incident.He was from 2007, the goalkeeping coach at Excelsior Mouscron until June 2009, and a short time later became the goalkeeper coach at RAEC Mons.