Graham Reid steps down as Indian males’s hockey group chief coach following World Cup debacle | Hockey Information – Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: The Indian males’s hockey group chief coach Graham Reid on Monday give up from his put up following the group’s dismal outing on the just-concluded World Cup in Bhubaneswar.
India completed joint-ninth together with Argentina after falling to make it to the quarter-final stage.

The 58-year-old Australian was appointed India coach in April 2019 and led the group to a historic bronze medal end on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Reid and his group of help employees have additionally been part of India’s silver medal marketing campaign on the 2022 Commonwealth Video games in addition to securing third place within the FIH Hockey Professional League season in 2021-22.
“The team’s analytical coach Greg Clark and scientific advisor Mitchell David Pemberton also submitted their resignation. All three will be serving their notice period over the next month,” said a Hockey India launch.
“It was not the result any of us wanted. I have no further comment to make,” Crew India’s analytical coach Clark advised TimesofIndia.com.

Reid tendered his resignation to Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey a day after the conclusion of the World Cup, the place Germany emerged champions after beating Belgium in a penalty shoot-out.
“It is now time for me to step aside and hand over the reigns to the next management,” Reid mentioned.
“It has been an honour and privilege to work with the team and Hockey India and I have enjoyed every moment of this epic journey. I wish the team all the very best,” Reid added.
Reid took the choice after HI chief Tirkey and secretary normal Bholanath Singh met with the gamers and help employees to debate the group’s efficiency and technique going ahead.
Having accepted Reid’s resignation together with Greg and Mitchell’s, Tirkey mentioned, “India will all the time have gratitude in the direction of Graham Reid and his group of help employees who’ve introduced good outcomes to the nation, notably the Olympic Video games. As all journeys transfer to totally different phases, it’s now time for us to maneuver on in the direction of a brand new method for our group.”
Hosts India began the event as fifth in world rankings however didn’t qualify for the quarterfinals, shedding to lower-ranked New Zealand in a shoot-out within the cross-over match.