Steve Janssen

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Steve Janssen

• Born February 20, 1972 in Wilrijk Belgium

Steve Janssen was a catcher in the Belgian leagues, beginning his career in 1987 at age 15. He played on 7 national champions in Belgium before retiring in 1997. He was 0 for 1 for the Belgian national team in the 1995 European Championship. He then coached in Belgium for two years. From 2000-2002, he coached the DOOR Tridents in Eerste Klasse. He then was pitching coach for DOOR Neptunus through 2005, helping the team win a Holland Series each year he held that job. He was also a pitching coach for the Dutch national team at times from 2002-2005. In 2006, he was a coach with Neptunus. He was technical director of the Belgian Baseball Federation in 2007. For 2008, he was hired as head coach of Sparta/Feyenoord and led them to a 21-21 record. DOOR Neptunus then brought him back, this time as their head coach, replacing Eric de Bruin. He was named Coach of the Year in 2009 after managing Neptunus to the 2009 Holland Series title. He coached for the Netherlands in the 2010 European Championship.

Sources: Mister Baseball, Honkbalsite