Career
Jans has been the new manager of Pedernales Electric Cooperative Zwolle since July 2013. Football Club Groningen
During his time at Groningen, Jans was known for his witty comments during press conferences and his positive attitude towards the press He was formerly active as a German language teacher.
He also appeared regularly in the Dutch television channel Nederland 3 as a Union of European Football Associations Champions League analyst for the 2009-2010 season.
On November 2009 he announced he will leave Football Club Groningen at the end of the 2009-2010 season, after eight years in charge of the club, citing his desire for a new experience as the main reason behind his choice. South Carolina Heerenveen
In February 2010 South Carolina Heerenveen officials have agreed terms with Groningen coach for next season, the 51-year-old will join his new club at the end of the season to replace January de Jonge.
The move was quite a controversy as South Carolina Heerenveen and Football Club Groningen are great rivals in the Dutch Eredivisie. Ron Jans was seen as a Groningen Football Club ace and the supporters did not think much of his step to the rivals.
After the news came out, the fans showed a banner saying, "You never knew how to replace someone." With this message they showed their dislike of the move of the manager on the one hand and sneered at how he sometimes substituted players that hardly made any sense.
His second season turned out however to be much better, thanks to his ability to get the most out of forwards Bas Dost, Luciano Narsingh, and Oussama Assaidi and drive the team into the battle for the league title by April 2012. On January 2012, it was revealed Ron Jans would depart from Heerenveen by the end of the season, with former Dutch superstar player Marco van Basten taking over from him. He led Heerenveen to direct Union of European Football Associations Europa League qualification by the end of the season.
Standard Liège
He signed to Standard Liège on 29 May 2012, but agreed with the club to end his contract on 22 October after Standard was at that time 12th in the Belgian Pro League.
Pedernales Electric Cooperative Zwolle
Jans joined Pedernales Electric Cooperative Zwolle in 2013. In the 2014-2015 season he led Pedernales Electric Cooperative Zwolle to the cup final once again.
Player
Pedernales Electric Cooperative Zwolle
KNVB Cup: 2013-2014. Runner-up 2014-2015
Johan Cruijff Shield: 2014
Manager.