Echteld became a coach after his playing career and began managing the amateur branch of
FC Omniworld. He did an internship at Ajax for the
KNVB diploma. In the 2006–07 season he was a youth coach at DoCoS. From 2007, he became active at
Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, first as a youth coach and in 2009 as head coach. He then took over as manager of
DWV in January 2013. In 2014, he started working as a youth coach at
AZ. He took over as manager of
Zeeburgia in January 2015, but left that position at the end of 2015, when he was appointed assistant coach of the first team where succeeded
Marco van Basten in that position. In the summer of 2018, Echteld left for
Paris Saint-Germain to become manager of the
reserves competing in the
Championnat National 2. In 2019, however, PSG decided to dissolve the second team and Echteld's contract was not renewed. Echteld was added to the staff of
PEC Zwolle in July 2020, where he became responsible for coaching the first-team
strikers as well as overseeing the transition of players from under-21 team to first team. On 5 July 2022, Echteld was appointed the new head coach of
Tweede Divisie club
De Treffers. On 14 July 2023, he was appointed assistant coach to
Michael Reiziger for the
Netherlands U21 team, while continuing as head coach of De Treffers. On 20 January 2024, Echteld was appointed head coach of
Jong AZ. On 18 January 2026, he was appointed as head coach of
AZ's first team for the remainder of the season, following the dismissal of
Maarten Martens. ==Career statistics==