Pronk married Marjan Meier in 1969. Their son, Robin, used to work as a youth coach for Ajax and FC Utrecht and is currently a coordinator at the academy of Polish club
Zagłębie Lubin. After retiring as a player, Pronk was appointed as scout at Ajax and
Louis van Gaal named him chief scout in 1991 until he retired in 2007. He died of
ALS in August 2016 in
Purmerend. ==Honours==