Graham Reid steps down as Indian men's hockey team chief coach following World Cup debacle

13.02.2023 - 17:49 timesofindia.indiatimes.com

India finished joint-ninth along with Argentina after failing to make it to the quarter-final stage. Read AlsoTime to ponder for India as Germany take home the Men's Hockey World Cup'The Capital of hockey', 'the number one country for hockey'.

Those two adjectives used by Germany coach Andre Henning on Sunday to describe India hold a lot of context. That's how the world looks at India when it comes to hockey.

But what's left for 'the number one country for hockey' at the end of The 58-year-old Australian was appointed India coach in April 2019 and led the team to a historic bronze medal finish at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

Reid and his team of support staff have also been a part of India’s silver medal campaign at the 2022 Commonwealth Games as well as securing third place in the FIH Hockey Pro League season in 2021-22."The team's analytical coach Greg Clark and scientific advisor Mitchell David Pemberton also submitted their resignation.

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Australian David John along with BJ Kariappa and Shivendra Singh will serve as the Indian men's hockey team's interim coaches after Graham Reid stepped down as the nation's head coach following the FIH hockey World Cup. Physiologist David John served as the high-performance director for Hockey India. He is acknowledged as having a big impact on Indian teams' ability to acquire the required levels of fitness prior to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Shivendra Singh played as a forward for the Indian men's senior squad, and BJ Kariappa previously coached the junior Indian hockey team.

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Hockey India Names David John, BJ Kariappa, Shivendra Singh As Interim Coaches

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