Melvin Boel
Melvin Boel is a Dutch professional football manager who is the head coach of Eredivisie club Go Ahead Eagles.
Personal life
Boel played as a footballer in the academy of BVCB, but had to stop at an age of 16 due to shin splints. He studied at the Inter College Business School in The Hague. At an age of 18, he had his own consultancy firm in business management. In 2010, Boel was involved in a heavy car incident.Managerial career
Early career
Boel worked as a coach in BVCB's academy, before working at CVV Be Fair, SV DSO and RKSV Spartaan'20. In 2012, Boel started to participate in the UEFA A course, where he shared a class with Ruud van Nistelrooy, Boudewijn Zenden and André Ooijer. For the course, he started an internship at the Feyenoord Academy in 2013. After completing the course, Boel became the head coach at BVCB, which had been relegated to the Tweede Klasse, in 2014. He combined his job as BVCB head coach with a job as International Development Coach at Feyenoord. In the summer of 2017, he used a clause in his contract at BVCB to join the Feyenoord Academy, where he became head coach of the under-17 team for three years. In 2020, he became the head coach of the under-18 team.On 3 May 2022, Boel was appointed as head coach of Feyenoord's under-21 team. During the 2023–24 season, Boel had an internship at Go Ahead Eagles under the guidance of head coach René Hake for his UEFA Pro License. In the same season, Feyenoord under-21 won the league and cup double. However, the team was unable to promote due to results in the Tweede Divisie.