Later, Boskamp became a manager, and coached
Belgian clubs
Lierse,
Dender,
Beveren,
Kortrijk,
Anderlecht and
Gent. He then moved to
Georgia in 1999 to manage
Dinamo Tbilisi, as well as the
Georgia national team. After a return to Belgium with
Genk, he moved to the Middle East and managed the
United Arab Emirates side
Al Wasl, and the
Kuwaiti club
Kazma. He became manager of English side
Stoke City for the
2005–06 season. Stoke's Icelandic board wanted the club to start mounting a serious attempt at gaining promotion to the
Premier League, and so decided a change in style was required, with Boskamp replacing
Tony Pulis. He brought in a number of foreign players, which included
Carl Hoefkens,
Hannes Sigurðsson,
Junior N'Galula and
Martin Kolář, as well as domestically-based players such as
Marlon Broomes,
Paul Gallagher,
Mamady Sidibe,
Peter Sweeney and
Luke Chadwick. He also broke the club record transfer fee with a £950,000 signing of
Standard Liège striker
Sambégou Bangoura. However, results were often poor, and after a number of heavy home defeats to
Watford,
Wolverhampton Wanderers and
Cardiff City, supporters began asking questions. Bangoura then went on a good run of form scoring seven goals in six matches, as Stoke won six matches in November and December to give them a platform to build on going into the new year. Stoke began 2006 in terrible form, winning just one match in ten, and scoring a mere six goals in that time. With the Icelandic board failing to gain promotion to the
Premier League, and with debts now at around £5 million, chairman
Gunnar Gíslason put the club up for sale, and he sold the club back to former chairman
Peter Coates. Coates then re-appointed
Tony Pulis as manager, who had spent the season with
Plymouth Argyle. Boskamp was then briefly manager at
Standard Liège in 2006. In November 2007, he became coach of another
Belgian club:
Dender. On 19 May 2009, he quit
Dender after an argument with his coaching assistant Patrick Asselman, who was subsequently named as his replacement. In June 2009, Boskamp signed with
Beveren, but was sacked in December 2009 after poor results. In June 2024, Boskamp put an end to his career as an analyst and Standaard Uitgeverij published in collaboration with Boskamp's partner the autobiography
Boskamp - Mijn leven (
Boskamp - My Life). ==Career statistics==