De Jonge steps down at Heerenveen

De Jonge steps down at Heerenveen

Published Feb. 4, 2010 12:13 a.m. ET

Jan de Jonge has stepped down as SC Heerenveen coach after a string of poor results.

"It just didn't work," De Jonge said on Wednesday.

He rose from within the Heerenveen ranks to take over from departing Trond Sollied five months ago.

Heerenveen, which lost to VVV-Venlo on Tuesday, is 13th in the Dutch league standings. As the Dutch Cup defending champion, it was eliminated last month following a loss to PSV Eindhoven.

A former striker at FC Groningen during his playing days, De Jonge will return to his old role as head of Heerenveen's youth academy.

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