Hockey India has announced the name of the new coach of the Indian hockey team. Hockey India on Friday (March 3) informed that Craig Fulton of South Africa will take over as the head coach.
Indian Hockey team will enter the FIH Hockey Pro League from March 10. Fulton’s name is stamped before that. The 48-year-old coach will have the challenge of uniting Indian Hockey team India. He has been appointed India coach after the resignation of Graham Reid.
Craig Fulton has over 25 years of coaching experience. He will join the Indian Hockey team as soon as possible after completing the formalities. A firm believer in leadership, Fulton has delivered stellar results in his previous roles. His name came in the discussion between 2014 and 2018. Then he was the coach of the Ireland team. Moreover, under his coaching the Irish men’s team qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games.
In addition, Fulton also served as the FIH Coach of the Year in 2015. He then worked as an assistant coach with then-Olympic champions Belgium. Then the Belgian team won the gold medal in Tokyo. He was also part of the coaching staff of the Belgium team that won the 2018 World Cup in Bhubaneswar. He was the best coach of Belgium in 2023 after coaching the Belgian club that won the Belgian league. His contribution to the spectacular performance of the Belgian national team in world hockey was immense. The team was fifth in 2018. Now they are occupying the third position.
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On the other hand, Fulton had a stellar performance as a hockey player with the South African team. He played 195 international matches in 10 years. Moreover, he played for his home team South Africa at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 2004 Athens Olympics. Fulton has also played in the World Cup and Commonwealth Games.
