The Dutchman met coaches and club representatives of six I-League teams -- four from Kolkata and two from the northeastern region.
"We must have a strong base of coaches at the grassroot level. That will help develop the standard of football at the age-group level," Koevermans told reporters after his meeting with the club representatives.
He also emphasised on the need to have a proper youth development programme.
"If we have a proper programme in place, we will start getting a pool of players. But again for this to happen we need to have good coaches at the age group level," he said.
"The AIFF should take a call on it," Bhutia said.
Koevermans will watch the IFA Shield final between East Bengal and United SC tomorrow.