A former defender,[2] Hellemons played in the youth at SC Kruisland before he arrived at RBC Roosendaal.
Hellemons then agreed to pair with former RBC manager Fuat Çapa as assistant coach at Gençlerbirliği SK in Turkey.
[3] In June 2012 he was named new head coach of Dutch amateur club HSV Hoek, a position he maintained just until November of the same year.
[4] In January 2013, it was announced he would become new head coach of Derde Klasse amateurs SC Gastel, effective from July 2013;[5] he left his role in October 2014.
In October 2014, Hellemons was named caretaker manager of NAC Breda following the dismissal of Nebojša Gudelj.