Steijn would like to collaborate again with Said Bakkati, who was one of his assistant trainers at Ajax, and also has the desire to include Max de Jong as a goalkeeper coach in his staff. All this is not just realized, because staff members such as Nourdin Boukhari and Frank Kooiman have continuous contracts and Sparta is still looking for the right composition of the staff.
Maurice Steijn has a clear vision about crucial duel from Sparta with PSV: ‘There are tires’
In November last year, Steijn was appointed as the successor of the Jeroen Rijsdijk, who is inactive, and managed to lead Sparta from the bottom regions to twelfth place. Earlier, De Hagenaar was more than a seasonal trainer at the castle. In April 2022, Steijn was appointed successor to Henk Fraser and he managed Sparta in the final phase of the season from Onder de Rode Streep to the safe fourteenth place. The following season, Steijn was sixth with Sparta, the highest position since 1996. Steijn then earned a transfer to Ajax, for which he was only active as a trainer for a short time.