Kammala wannan jumla: A matsayin koci, ya dauki FC Twente kuma ya horar da tawagar har tsawon shekaru shida, tare da kyakkyawan sakamako. Bayan waɗannan lokutan nasara, ya koma PSV Eindhoven. Ya jagoranci tawagar don lashe Kofin UEFA na 1977 <unk> 78. Ya kuma ci nasara tare da PSV taken Eredivisie uku, a 1975, 1976 da 1978, da ninki biyu a 1976. Bayan barin PSV, ya dauki ragamar tawagar kasa kuma ya gabatar da matasa 'yan wasa kamar Ronald Koeman, Ruud Gullit da Marco van Basten. Netherlands ta kasa cancanta zuwa Euro 1984 da samun mafi kyawun bambancin manufa a kan Spain har zuwa ranar ƙarshe ta cancanta, amma bayan
Spain ta ci Malta da ci 12-1, Netherlands ta zama ta biyu a rukunin. Bayan haka, KNVB ta kori Rijvers kuma ta maye gurbinsa da Rinus Michels.