 He left Cercle in June 2010 and was named the manager of Germinal Beerschot who were looking for a successor to Jos Daerden who left to become an assistant coach at Dutch club Twente.On 30 November 2010, after continuous bad results and disagreements on the management board, he was fired as coach from Germinal Beerschot.At the start of the season 2011–2012 De Boeck was appointed as the new manager of VVV-Venlo, but halfway through the season on 6 December 2011, following a 7-0 defeat to Heracles Almelo, he resigned as manager of VVV-Venlo.