Craig Fulton has been appointed the trainer of the Indian males’s hockey group, Hockey India showed on Friday. The announcement was once made, forward of the group’s house suits within the FIH Hockey Pro League ranging from tenth March. The 48-year-old South African, with just about 25 years of training enjoy, will sign up for the group on the earliest upon finishing formalities.
Fulton, a real believer in management, has proven exemplary ends up in his earlier roles. His upward thrust to repute began with a stint with the Irish Men’s Team because the Head Coach between 2014 to 2018 when the group certified for the Rio Olympic Games 2016. This was once the Irish group’s first Olympic qualification in 100 years. This historical feat additionally received him the FIH Coach of the Year in 2015. Following this, he labored because the Assistant Coach with the reigning Olympic Champions Belgium, the place the Belgium group received the gold medal in Tokyo.
“It is an honor to be appointed in the role of Chief Coach for the Indian Men’s Hockey team. India has a deep history and legacy of the sport and I look forward to working to take this forward with the current team which has some very promising talent,” Fulton stated.
He was once additionally a part of the Belgian Coaching Staff when the group lifted the World name in 2018, in Bhubaneswar. Fulton was once named Belgium Coach of the Year 2023 after training the Belgian membership which received the Belgium League. He has additionally been part of the Belgium nationwide group’s upward thrust in global hockey, taking the group to World No. 3 in 2023 from World No.5 in 2018.
In his illustrious occupation as a hockey participant with the South African squad, Fulton has 195 world caps over a span of 10 years enjoying world hockey. He has performed for his house group South Africa at Atlanta Olympics 1996 and Athens Olympics 2004. He has additionally performed on the World Cup and Commonwealth Games.
“I am very pleased to state that Hockey India has finalized Craig Fulton for the Chief Coach’s role with the Indian Men’s Hockey team. I have had the honor of playing against him and now I look forward to working closely with him in this new phase for the Men’s Hockey team. He comes with tremendous experience in coaching and his work ethic induces confidence of raising the team’s performance in world hockey. I welcome Craig to India and wish him the best,” Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey stated.