After a spell at Bryne, Hansen was player-coach at Stavanger IF for three seasons, and has later been head coach of Bodø/Glimt.

As Stavanger IF is a small club with limited economic means, they were relegated in their first season on a national level.

Hansen returned home to Northern Norway and Bodø, where he started working as marketing director for the local handball side.

Bodø/Glimt announced one month later that Hansen would lead the team for the remainder of the 2011 season,[5] and he led the team from the bottom of the table to fight for promotion, the club signed him for another season, with Tom Kåre Staurvik as assistant coach.

[6] After the 2012 season, Bodø/Glimt hired Jan Halvor Halvorsen as head coach instead of Hansen.