- News release
Lucas Judge succeeds Haantjes as Nijmegen coach
Nijmegen have found in Lucas Judge the successor to Rob Haantjes, who leaves as men's coach at the end of the season. Judge has signed a two-season deal with an option for a third year.
The born Australian came to the Netherlands as a player in 2004, where he played successively for EMHC and Oranje Zwart. After the Eindhoven merger, he started as head coach at the new Oranje-Rood. He also spent some time as assistant coach of Laren. In that position, he started at SCHC, under head coach Nettie van Maasakker. After her departure, Judge, seventeen-time national team player, became head coach of the Bilthoven side (2018).
With the Bilthoven squad he won the Gold Cup in 2023 and 2024 - the first two major trophies in the club's history - and the national indoor title, also in 2024. He also always participated in the play-offs with SCHC, but each time the club's first ever national title remained out of reach.