Hockey - FULTON Craig Arthur

Ireland
Hockey
 
Male
Head Coach

Events Entered

Discipline Event Rank
HOC Hockey Men
IND
India
 1

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium
Preliminary Men's Pool A
#2
IND
India
16
UZB
Uzbekistan
0
Finished
Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium
Preliminary Men's Pool A
#7
IND
India
16
SGP
Singapore
1
Finished
Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium
Preliminary Men's Pool A
#18
JPN
Japan
2
IND
India
4
Finished
Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium
Preliminary Men's Pool A
#24
PAK
Pakistan
2
IND
India
10
Finished
Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium
Preliminary Men's Pool A
#28
IND
India
12
BAN
Bangladesh
0
Finished
Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium
Men's Semifinal
#33
IND
India
5
KOR
Republic of Korea
3
Finished
Gongshu Canal Sports Park Stadium
Men's Final
#38
IND
India
5
JPN
Japan
1
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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He represented South Africa in hockey, and was a member of the team at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. (fih, 27 Jan 2016)
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He was head coach of the KHC Dragons men's club team that won the 2020/21 Belgian League title. (espn, 03 Mar 2023)

He led the Ireland men's national team to qualification for the 2018 World Cup, where they made their first World Cup appearance since 1990. (SportsDeskOnline, 16 Jun 2023; the42, 10 Jun 2018)

In 2015 he coached the Irish men's team to their first Olympic Games qualification in more than 100 years, helping the team earn a spot at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (fih, 27 Jan 2016)

He guided the Irish men's team to an undefeated first-place finish at the 2014/15 World League Round 2 in San Diego, CA, United States of America, and a fifth-place finish, the team's highest ever, at the 2014/15 World League Semi-Final in Antwerp, Belgium. His Ireland team matched that result at the 2016/17 World League Semi-Final. (fih, 22 Jul 2017, 08 Mar 2015; rte, 27 Jan 2016)

He coached the Ireland men's national team to third place at the 2015 EuroHockey Championship in London, England, which was their first top-three finish at the competition. (rte, 29 Aug 2015)

In 2009 he was a player-coach with Irish men's hockey club team Pembroke Wanderers when they claimed the Irish Hockey League title, the Irish Senior Cup title, and the EuroHockey Club Trophy. He was in the same role when the team won a second consecutive Irish Hockey League title in 2009/10. (fih, 27 Jan 2016)
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He received the 2020/21 Coach of the Year award in Belgium while head coach of the KHC Dragons club team. (espn, 03 Mar 2023)

He was named 2015 Coach of the Year by the International Hockey Federation [FIH]. (the42, 27 Jan 2016)
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2023
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Before his appointment as head coach of the Indian men's national team, he had been an assistant coach with the Belgium men's team since 2018. Before that he was head coach of the Ireland men's national team from 2014 to 2018. Previously he was an assistant coach for the Irish men's team from 2006 to 2009, the South African women's national team in 2011, and the South African men's national team from 2013 to 2014. He has also spent time as coach of Belgian club team KHC Dragons and Irish club team Pembroke Wanderers.

Additional Information

General
PHILOSOPHY
After being appointed head coach of the Indian men's national team, he said he would place an emphasis on both defence and attack with the team. "I think philosophy-wise I'd like to defend to win. I'd like to have our defensive structures in place because that's the first step of attacking. If we try to play a counter-attacking style it doesn't help if you can't defend, so you would never win the ball back to counter attack. At the same time what happens if you are 2-0 down? You can't sit in your own half and you have to make the game then. You're going to have to high press, you're going to have to put the opposition under pressure. We're going to need to do both. I'm a very forward, attacking coach. I like to score goals, but I also like to do a very solid defensive play." (scroll, 17 May 2023)

SPORTING RELATIVES
His brother Grant and his wife Natalie both represented South Africa in hockey. (espn, 03 Mar 2023)
Legend
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