Indian Hockey Coach List: Best Indian Hockey Coaches, the game of hockey has always attracted players in India because of its national importance
A coach is a person who teaches people to accomplish certain sports. Who trains players is more important than who plays the game. A coach is a mentor, teacher, friend to a player. So here are the top 5 Indian coaches of hockey.
Indian Hockey Coach List
1- Vasudevan Baskaran
Age- 70 years
He is an erstwhile professional hockey coach from Tamil Nadu. He was the captain of the Indian hockey team which won the gold medal in the Olympics in Moscow. Thus he trained and mastered many Indian team players. He was also honored with Arjuna Award for hockey. that’s why is the number 1 among the top 5 Indian coaches of hockey.
2- Rajinder Singh Jr.
Age- 62 years
He is foremost known as Rajinder Sir, previously he was a hockey player and presently he is a hockey coach. He was awarded Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award in 1984, Dhyan Chand Award in 2005, Dronacharya Award in the year 2011.
3- Jugraj Singh
Age- 38 years
He is a former hockey player who belongs to Punjab. His hockey career was broke up by a car accident in the year 2003. He was later a defender but now has become a coach. He has won a gold medal at Junior World Cup in the year 2001 and silver in Asian Games in 2002.
4- Anjaparvanda Bopaiah Subbaiah
Age- 60 years
A.B. is an erstwhile Indian hockey goalkeeper and a coach now; He is a gold medallist and has won 2 silver medals in Asian Games. He is now a trainer, former manager and an administrator, and selector as well. Subbaiah is also a part of the 12 member Indian hockey committee.
5- Mir Ranjan Negi
Age- 63 years
He was a professional hockey goalkeeper and presently is a hockey coach. Mir was intricate with the initiation of the 2007 hit film, Chak De India. Once in an interview, he appreciated India and stated that nothing is important to me more than playing for my country. Now he is working as director of sports in Acropolis Institute of Technology and Research in Indore.
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