The Irish Hockey Association has announced a restructure in the senior personnel of its high performance and national team set-ups that will result in the appointment of full time professional senior national coaches.
In a move aimed at strengthening Irish hockey's bid to qualify its national teams for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and compete in the 2012 London Olympics.
National coaches will have direct responsibility for the coaching of the senior and development squads and line manage the national coaches of the junior age group (JAG) teams.
The creation of the two fulltime senior coaching/player performance roles has been made possible due to added financial support by the Irish Sports Council.
