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Waltherus Marijne appointed Indian men's hockey coach, Harendra Singh to coach women

Sports minister Rajyawardhan Rathore made the announcement on Twitter on Friday.

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Waltherus Marijne will be the new chief coach of Indian senior men's hockey team. Marijne, also known as Sjoerd Marijne, is the present coach of Indian women’s team on tour in Europe.

Junior World Cup winning-coach Harendra Singh takes over from him. He has been appointed the High Performance Specialist coach for India women's  team.

The decisions were announced by newly-appointed Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on his official twitter page.

"Current Chief Coach of Indian Senior Women Hockey Team, Mr. Waltherus Marijne,will take over as Chief Coach of Indian Senior Men Hockey Team," Rathore tweeted.

"Pleased to announce appt of Sh Harendra Singh, Dronacharya Award winner, as High Performance Specialist Coach fr Indian Snr Women Hockey Team," the Minister added.

According to a top Hockey India official, both Marijne and Harendra have been given a tenure till the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The decision came was a bolt from the blue as Hockey India had advertised for Roelant Oltmans' successor on its website just three days ago. HI had set September 15 as the deadline to apply for the post. However, the official said HI withdrew the advertisement on Thursday.

"The advertisement has been withdrawn as both HI and the Sports Authority of India felt Marijne is the best candidate for the job having spent more than six months in the country," the official said.

It has been learnt that Marijne was initially reluctant to take up the role. The 43-year-old Dutchman, who was appointed as the Indian women's coach in February earlier this year, has never worked with a national men's team before. But he agreed after HI and SAI convinced him.

The position for men's coach had fallen vacant after Oltmans was sacked last Saturday following a string of poor performances in the recent past. Oltmans came to India fours years ago as a High Performance Director before assuming the role of coach in 2015 following Paul van Ass' removal.

(With PTI Inputs)

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