Overview
- The Pakistan Hockey Federation has officially appointed Herman Kruis as National Hockey Coaching Advisor on an initial two-year contract to lead technical reforms.
- Kruis is a Dutch high-performance coach with decades of international experience and a track record in building coaching structures and developing young players.
- He will join the Pakistan squad at the start of the upcoming FIH Hockey World Cup to work with current staff in a transition role and then take charge of preparations for events such as the Asian Games.
- His remit covers coach education, talent identification, specialist technical guidance across disciplines, and establishing a sustainable high-performance framework for senior and junior teams.
- The PHF says this is the first phase of a broader revival programme and that additional international specialist coaches will be named in the coming months, though no further hires have yet been announced.