Afterwards, he was appointed head coach of Hertha Bachelor of Science, but he was sacked on 4 December 2003.
While active, he played for Fortuna Sittard and He also earned 18 caps for the Netherlands (one goal). Soon after beginning his career as head of youth development at PSV, where he helped bring and develop players and coaches such as Nick Theslof, Stevens became head coach in 1993 with from Kerkrade.
In 1999, the fans of picked Stevens as trainer of the century.
Thereafter he was hired by 1. Football Club, which he coached from 14 June 2004 to 27 May 2005 when he signed a two–year contract with Roda.
Under Stevens, 1. Football Club became champions of the 2.
Bundesliga and were promoted to the 1. Bundesliga. Stevens was at Roda until he returned to the German Bundesliga, becoming the new coach at on 2 February 2007.
By the time Stevens took over, the club was in the relegation zone. Stevens took over the vacancy at after his Herpes simplex virus contract expired at the end of the 2007-2008 season.
lieutenant has been reported he has signed a two-year contract with the Eindhoven club, a club he holds very dearly to his heart.
He resigned from PSV on 28 January 2009 and signed a contract with on 22 April 2009. On 9 February 2010, Stevens extended his contract with until 2012, but he was sacked on 8 April 2011. On 27 September 2011, Huub Stevens returned to and signed a contract until 2013, following Ralf Rangnick"s resignation.
On 16 December 2012, Stevens was sacked by Football Club. Stevens became head coach of PAOK on 25 June 2013.
PAOK released Stevens on 2 March 2014 due to the bad results in the last period.
After his departure from PAOK, Stevens was appointed as the new head coach of German club VfB Stuttgart on 9 March 2014, replacing Thomas Schneider. Stevens started his new position with training on 10 March 2014. His first match in charge was against Werder Bremen.
The match ended in a 1–1 draw.
He resigned as head coach of Stuttgart on 10 May 2014 after a 1–0 loss to Bayern Munich. He finished his stint with a record of three wins, three draws, and four losses in 10 matches.
On 25 November 2014 Stevens returned to VfB Stuttgart. He left Stuttgart at the end of the 2014-2015 season.
He was appointed manager of 1899 Hoffenheim on 26 October 2015 after the club started the season with six points in ten games.
He resigned on 10 February 2016, citing health problems. Playing Managing 2.
PSV Eindhoven Eredivisie: 1975-1976, 1977-1978, 1985-1986 KNVB Cup: 1975-1976 Union of European Football Associations Cup: 1977-1978 Roda JC Eredivisie Runner-up: 1994-1995 Schalke 04 Union of European Football Associations Cup: 1996-1997 DFB-Pokal: 2000-2001, 2001-2002 Bundesliga Runner-up: 2000-2001 Hertha Berlin DFB-Ligapokal: 2002 Köln 2. Bundesliga: 2004-2005 Hamburger SV Union of European Football Associations Intertoto Cup: 2007 PSV Eindhoven Johan Cruijff Shield: 2008 Red Bulletin Salzburg Austrian Bundesliga: 2009-2010.
