BACKROOM STAFF · 2025/26

Yellow Red KV Mechelen backroom staff

We hold the names of 38 people on Yellow Red KV Mechelen's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Frederik Vanderbiest manages the first team, with Frank Magerman as assistant manager. Yellow Red KV Mechelen's is the 7th longest staff list of the 17 Belgian Pro League clubs we hold.

STAFF NAMED38

COACHING12

MEDICAL9

SCOUTING AND ANALYSIS11

NATIONALITIES2

MEDIAN AGE44

Coaching staff

The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 12 people

Yellow Red KV Mechelen coaching staff in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Frederik Vanderbiest	Manager	First team	47	Belgium	-
Sven Lyphout	Manager	Under-18s	31	Belgium	-
Frank Magerman	Assistant manager	First team	47	Belgium	K Beerschot Voetbalclub Antwerpen
Jan Verlinden	Coach	First team	48	Belgium	RSC Anderlecht Futures before that RSC Anderlecht
Eric Asante	Coach	Under-18s	39	Belgium	-
Iliesse Najib	Coach	Under-18s	32	Belgium	Racing White Daring Molenbeek Brussels
Robby Van Kelst	Coach	Under-18s	47	Belgium	-
Wouter Keulemans	Coach	Under-18s	32	Belgium	-
Gunter Van Handenhoven	Set-piece coach	First team	46	Belgium	KV Kortrijk before that RSC Anderlecht
Stef Pauwels	Goalkeeping coach	First team	49	Belgium	-
Gianni Chiffi	Fitness coach	First team	28	Belgium	K Beerschot Voetbalclub Antwerpen
Symon Neutjens	Fitness coach	First team	28	Belgium	-

Medical and sports science

Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 9 people

Yellow Red KV Mechelen medical and sports science in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Robin Vanhoudt	Chief doctor	Club-wide	47	Belgium	-
Hendrik Gevers	Club doctor	First team	50	Belgium	-
Olivier Meul	Head physio	Club-wide	35	Belgium	K Beerschot Voetbalclub Antwerpen
Bart De Bruyn	Physio	First team	65	Belgium	-
Christophe Sintebin	Physio	First team	41	Belgium	-
Paulien Custers	Physio	First team	28	-	-
Robrecht Bex	Physio	First team	29	Belgium	-
Robin Van Beeck	Physio	Under-18s	28	Belgium	-
Thomas Naeye	Physio	Under-18s	27	Belgium	-

Scouting and analysis

Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 11 people

Yellow Red KV Mechelen scouting and analysis in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Tim Willocx	Chief scout	Club-wide	39	Belgium	-
Fi Van Hoof	Scout	Club-wide	84	Belgium	-
Jeroen Goossens	Scout	Club-wide	33	Belgium	-
Steve Van Tongelen	Scout	Club-wide	54	Belgium	-
Tom Janssens	Scout	Club-wide	50	Belgium	-
Joris Arnauts	Recruitment analyst	Club-wide	30	Belgium	-
Nathan De Ridder	Recruitment analyst	Club-wide	26	Belgium	-
Quiten Van Looveren	Recruitment analyst	Club-wide	25	Belgium	-
Tim Buysen	Performance analyst	First team	31	Belgium	-
Ward Geeraerts	Performance analyst	First team	22	Belgium	-
Sven Swinnen	Performance analyst	Under-18s	50	Belgium	Oud-Heverlee Leuven

Football management

The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 1 person

Yellow Red KV Mechelen football management in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Bart Struyf	Head of youth development	54	Belgium	KSC Lokeren

Owners and directors

Who owns Yellow Red KV Mechelen and sits on its board

Yellow Red KV Mechelen owners and directors in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Philippe van Esch	Owner	60	Netherlands	-
Frank Lagast	Managing director	58	Belgium	-
Eddy De Reys	Director	62	Belgium	-
Gert Van Dyck	Director	56	Belgium	-
Tom Caluwé	Director	47	Belgium	SV Zulte Waregem before that Club Brugge KV

Backroom staff at every Belgian Pro League club

The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26

RSC Anderlecht 65 Club Brugge KV 50 KAA Gent 44 K Racing Club Genk 40 KVC Westerlo 39 R Antwerp FC 39 Yellow Red KV Mechelen 38 KSV Cercle Brugge 37 KV Kortrijk 37 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 33 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 33 Lommel SK 32 Royal Charleroi Sporting Club 30 R Standard de Liège 28 RAAL La Louvière 28 K Sint-Truidense VV 27 SV Zulte Waregem 24

Yellow Red KV Mechelen's list is the 7th longest of the 17, against a median of 37 across the division. RSC Anderlecht names the most, 65. SV Zulte Waregem names the fewest, 24.

Yellow Red KV Mechelen against the Belgian Pro League, department by department

Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club

Yellow Red KV Mechelen staff by department against the Belgian Pro League average and the largest department in the division, 2025/26.
DEPARTMENT	YELLOW RED KV MECHELEN	AVERAGE	MOST	AT
Coaching	12	13	26	RSC Anderlecht
Medical and sports science	9	9	13	RSC Anderlecht
Scouting and analysis	11	6	12	KAA Gent
Football management	1	1	3	K Racing Club Genk
Owners and directors	5	7	14	RSC Anderlecht

Backrooms the size of Yellow Red KV Mechelen's, in every league

Yellow Red KV Mechelen's 38 names make the joint 200th longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for

Clubs ranked by the number of staff we hold for 2025/26, from 200th to 212th, with Yellow Red KV Mechelen among them.
#	CLUB	LEAGUE	STAFF
200	Al-Nassr Football Club	Saudi Pro League	38
200	Dynamo Dresden	2. Bundesliga	38
200	Fenerbahçe A.Ş.	Süper Lig	38
200	Millwall	Championship	38
200	Molde FK	Eliteserien	38
200	Panathinaikos AO	Superleague Greece	38
200	RC Lens	Ligue 1	38
200	Sportklub Rapid	Austrian Bundesliga	38
200	U.S. Salernitana 1919	-	38
200	VfL Bochum 1848	2. Bundesliga	38
200	Yellow Red KV Mechelen	Belgian Pro League	38
212	Baltika Kaliningrad	Russian Premier League	37
212	FC Orenburg	Russian Premier League	37
212	FC Rostov	Russian Premier League	37
212	Fussballklub Austria Vienna	Austrian Bundesliga	37
212	Go Ahead Eagles	Eredivisie	37
212	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	League One	37
212	KSV Cercle Brugge	Belgian Pro League	37
212	KV Kortrijk	Belgian Pro League	37
212	Lyngby Boldklub	Danish Superliga	37
212	Mantova 1911	Serie B	37

Where Yellow Red KV Mechelen's former staff work now

On Yellow Red KV Mechelen's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 15 people

People who worked at Yellow Red KV Mechelen in an earlier season and the club and job they hold in 2025/26.
NAME	ROLE NOW	NOW AT
Igor de Camargo	Manager	KRC Jong Genk
Jelle Coen	Manager	RSC Anderlecht Futures
Wouter Vrancken	Manager	K Sint-Truidense VV
Juan Esteban	Manager	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
Dean Cruydt	Fitness coach	Royal Francs Borains
Dennes De Kegel	Fitness coach	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
Glenn Vanrijckeghem	Fitness coach	K Racing Club Genk
Thomas Carpels	Fitness coach	R Antwerp FC
Jonas Criel	Fitness coach	RSC Anderlecht
Dieter Devaere	Physio	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
Thibaut Meyer	Head of sports science	FC Metz
Laurens Paulussen	Scout	Liverpool
Colin de Graaf	Head performance analyst	FC Twente
Jordi Jansen	Performance analyst	Watford
Tom Vermeulen	Head of youth development	Oud-Heverlee Leuven

Frequently asked questions

Who is Yellow Red KV Mechelen's manager?

Frederik Vanderbiest is the Yellow Red KV Mechelen first-team manager, aged 47. Frank Magerman is the assistant manager.

Who is the goalkeeping coach at Yellow Red KV Mechelen?

Stef Pauwels coaches the Yellow Red KV Mechelen first-team goalkeepers.

Who is Yellow Red KV Mechelen's head physio?

Olivier Meul is head physio at Yellow Red KV Mechelen.

Who is Yellow Red KV Mechelen's chief scout?

Tim Willocx is chief scout at Yellow Red KV Mechelen.

How many backroom staff do Yellow Red KV Mechelen have?

We hold the names of 38 people on Yellow Red KV Mechelen's staff for 2025/26: 12 in coaching, 9 in medical and sports science, 11 in scouting and analysis, 1 in football management and 5 owners and directors. That is the 7th longest list of the 17 Belgian Pro League clubs we hold, against a median of 37. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 200th longest of 815.

Where to next

For what Yellow Red KV Mechelen pays its squad, see Yellow Red KV Mechelen player wages. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on Belgian Pro League wages.