Graham Reid (field hockey)
Graham John Reid (born 9 April 1964)[1] is a former Australian field hockey player who played as a defender and midfielder for the Australian national team. He managed the Indian men's national team that won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2][3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Graham John Reid | ||
| Born | 9 April 1964 Redcliffe City, Queensland | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Defender / Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | India (coach) | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Australia | 130 | (36) | |
| Teams coached | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2009–2014 | Australia (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2016 | Australia | ||
| 2017–2019 | Netherlands (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2019 | Amsterdam | ||
| 2019–2023 | India | ||
Medal record | |||
He was a member of the team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.[1] Afterwards he played club hockey for the Dutch top team Amsterdam for two seasons (1993, 1994)[4] returning in 1995 to play the Europa cup.
Reid played 130 internationals for Australia scoring 36 goals including two Olympic Games (1988, 1992),[1] one World Cup (1990) and nine Champions Trophies (1984, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, and 92). He has also won the Olympians medal (WA Best and Fairest medal) 3 times (1995, 96, and 98) whilst playing for Victoria Park Panthers.[5]
He wasan inaugural member of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) hockey unit in Perth, Western Australia in 1984[6] and despite stints back in Queensland, Amsterdam and Bangalore, Reid has his home in Perth. He and his wife Julia have two children, Scott (1998) and Emma (1997).
Managerial career edit
In 2009, he was appointed assistant coach of the Australian Men's Hockey Team (Kookaburras).[7] During this time he was given the opportunity to take on the head coach position for the Champions Trophy in Melbourne in 2012. He guided the team to their 5th consecutive Champions Trophy gold medal.[8] In October 2013 he was given another opportunity to lead the Kookaburras at the Oceania Cup in Stratford, New Zealand. Here the Kookaburras won the Oceania Cup by defeating New Zealand 5 - 2 in the final and qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Den Haag. .[9]
In 2014[10] he and Paul Gaudoin co-coached the Kookaburras to a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. In September 2014[11] he was announced as the head coach of the Kookaburras following the retirement of Ric Charlesworth.
During 2015 the Kookaburras continued their successful reign as world number 1 with qualification for the 2016 Rio Olympics by winning the World League Semi-Final[12] tournament in Antwerp after beating Belgium after the final whistle. The World League final was held in December 2015 in Raipur, India. Australia again was victorious in the final of this competition defeating Belgium again,[13] capturing the only World title to have alluded Australia.
On 21 November 2015 Graham was inducted into the Queensland Hockey Hall of Fame.[14]
In the Olympic year, the Kookaburras won the 14th Champions Trophy held in London in June 2016.[15] It was Reid's 2nd Champions Trophy title as head coach. It finished controversially after Australia defeated India in the final after sudden death penalty shootouts (3-1).
After the 2016 Summer Olympics, he stepped down[16] as the Australia head coach and in 2017 he became the head coach of his former club Amsterdam and the assistant coach of the Dutch national team. In March 2019, he was dismissed as Amsterdam coach after an 8–2 loss to HGC in the league and alleged interest from the Indian national team for his services.[17]
Coach of Indian men's team edit
In April 2019 he was appointed as the head coach of the Indian national team, which also meant he had to leave his position as assistant coach of the Dutch national team.[18]
At the Tokyo Olympics, under his coaching, the Indian team won the bronze medal, defeating Germany in the bronze-medal match. It was India's first podium finish in field hockey after the 1980 Olympics.
He was the coach at the 2021 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup held in Bhubaneswar where the team finished fourth.[19]
He stepped down as Indian men's hockey team chief coach following poor performance of Indian team in 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.[20] He is holding the record for longest service coach of Indian National Hockey Team.[21][22]
References edit
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.
Full name: Graham Leslie Reid
- ^ Olympics 2021 | India vs Japan is like a quarter-final: Indian men's hockey coach Graham Reid Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 30 July 2021
- ^ Olympics: India win bronze medal in Tokyo, first Olympic medal in hockey since 1980 Hindustan Times. Retrieved 5 August 2021
- ^ Amsterdam tegen wil en dank titelkandidaat (translation)
- ^ http://www.hockeywa.org.au/2006_lifemembers.cfm?awardType=Olympians'%20Medal Olympians Medal Winners
- ^ AIS Annual Report 1984-85, p40
- ^ 7 March 2010
- ^ . Archived from the original on 19 August 2014.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Kookaburras take gold with easy win over India". 3 August 2014.
- ^ "Kookaburras start new era".
- ^ "Kookaburras steal late win in World League".
- ^ "Australia's Kookaburras win World League Final, beating Belgium 2-1 in Raipur".
- ^ "Hockey Queensland Hall of Fame recipients".
- ^ "Kookaburras win 14th Champions Trophy in London".
- ^ "Kookaburras coach quits following Rio disappointment". ABC News. 13 October 2016.
- ^ "Coach Graham Reid per direct weg bij Amsterdam". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ "Graham Reid appointed new Indian men's hockey team chief coach". The Times of India. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "Argentina win Junior Hockey World Cup, India finish fourth".
- ^ "Graham Reid steps down as Indian men's hockey team chief coach following World Cup debacle | Hockey News - Times of India". The Times of India. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ "Reasons for hockey coach Graham Reid's resignation: Performance, team selection and tactics". The Indian Express. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ "After Team India's poor show at Odisha Hockey World Cup, Chief Coach Graham Reid resigns". 30 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
External links edit
- Graham Reid at the International Hockey Federation
- Graham Reid at the Australian Olympic Committee
- at the Wayback Machine (archived 16 March 2016)
- Graham Reid at Olympics.com
- Graham Reid at Olympedia