Career
He was formerly the sporting director of the Dutch swimming team and the Nationaal Zweminstituut Eindhoven. On October 17, 2013 Verhaeren was named the head coach of the Australian swimming team He is best known for guiding Pieter van den Hoogenband, Inge de Bruijn, and Ranomi Kromowidjojo to multiple Olympic gold medals.
Inge de Bruijn
Pieter van den Hoogenband (retired after the Beijing Olympics)
Kirsten Vlieghuis
Marcel Wouda
Mitja Zastrow (retired after the Beijing Olympics)
Klaas-Erik Zwering
Marleen Veldhuis
Inge Dekker
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Sharon van Rouwendaal.
