Barry Dancer
Jagbir Singh
Mohammad Riaz
This was decided in a meeting of the leadership team of
Jaypee Punjab Warriors here on Saturday.
Former Indian hockey star, Jagbir Singh will be the coach
and manager of the team while Mohammad Riaz, former Indian captain has also
been roped in as coach. Zafar, Jagbir and Riaz are all Arjun awardees.
The Rs 20,000 Crore Jaypee Group, which has held two highly
successful F1 races at their Buddh International Circuit, has taken Punjab
franchise to promote hockey in India ,
and provide a platform to young Indian players to train to excel at
international level.
All these coaches have had an illustrious career in hockey
and the franchise promoters are excited about their participation from their side.
“We have put together a highly competent coaching team, and
are confident that we will be able to raise a highly competitive team
of young and experienced players. We have taken the first step to promote
hockey in India by participating in the league, and will continue to provide
best training and coaching facilities to young Indian players so that they can
play at international level and bring India back at top of the world hockey
again,” said Manoj Gaur, Chairman of Jaypee Group.
Brief Profile
Barry Dancer – Head Coach, Jaypee Punjab Warriors
Barry Dancer was Head Coach of Australian and Great Britain ’s men hockey team for close to a
decade and is currently working as the High Performance Director at Queensland
Academy of Sport in Australia .
Under his guidance, the Australian men’s hockey team won the 2008 & 2005
Champions trophy and Gold medal in 2006 & 2002 Commonwealth Games. He will
now be the Head Coach of the Jaypee Punjab Warriors team in the Hockey India
League.
Zafar Iqbal – Advisor, Jaypee Punjab Warriors
Former India
hockey star and Arjuna Awardee Zafar Iqbal was a member of the 1980 Summer
Olympics field hockey team that won the last Olympic Gold Medal for India . He has
captained Indian squad in various international events, among them
being Asian Games, in 1982, 1983 Champions Trophy, and the 1984
Summer Olympics. He has also served as Chief National Coach and national
selector for the Indian men’s hockey team.
Jagbir Singh – Coach & Manager, Jaypee Punjab
Warriors
Former India Captain and Arjuna Awardee Jagbir Singh was a
member of the Indian men’s hockey team from 1985-95 and represented the
country in all the major competitions like Olympic Games, World Cup, Asian
Games, Asia Cup, Champions trophy etc. He also has the honor of being selected
from India
to represent the all star Asia XI, World XI and is one of the very few Indian
players ever invited to play for the premier Club HTC Stuttgart Kickers in the
German Hockey League from 1992-97. In 2004, Mr. Singh was appointed the coach
of the national men’s hockey team that participated in 2004 Athens Olympic
Games, Champions Trophy, India-Pak Test Series, India-France Test Series and
India-Spain Series etc.
Mohammad Riaz – Coach, Jaypee Punjab Warriors
Former Indian hockey team captain, Mohd Riaz has been Indian
national hockey team’s coach for the past several years, including working as
Asst coach during the 2012 London
Olympic games and 2012 Champions Trophy. Riaz is recipient of several sports
awards, including 1998 Arjuna Award.
Press release
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