HEAD COACH ALEX GHEORGHE

HEAD COACH SACRED HEART GREENWICH 2012- PRESENT

HEAD COACH USA MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM INDOOR 2019-2020

USA WOMEN’S NATIONAL INDOOR TEAM COACH 2017-2019

ROMANIAN NATIONAL TEAM (ALL AGES)

PROFESSIONAL/SEMI-PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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• Coach of the year New England's and CT State 2019-2020
• Former Head Coach East Coast High Performance Boys U21
• Head Coach Mens Indoor National Team 2019-2020

• Former USA National Indoor Women's Coach 2017-2019

•  AAU Junior Olympic Games Coach

• Founder/Director AGH Hockey Club (curently ranked top 5 in nation)

• Futures National Championship Coach U16

• Rye Field Hockey Academy – Co-Founder/Co-Director

• Romanian National Hockey Team, Head Coach–Women's (Gold Medalist)

• Sacred Heart, Greenwich CT – Varsity Head Coach

• USA Futures Program Coach Level 1

• European Balkan Youth Summer Camps, Albena (Bulgaria) - Head Coach

• Sportive Club “Antilopa/CSS4”- Head Coach (multiple gold medalist)

• FIH Youth Leadership Certificate of Coaching, Umpiring & scouting for Romania

PLAYING EXPERIENCE

• Romanian National Team Player (All ages)  (Gold Medalist)

• NEFHA League -The largest adult league In East Coast

• Cal Cup Super Division , JDH Team

• 4 Goals Cup Gold Medalist

• USA Indoor National Club Championship Gold Medalist

• USA Big Apple International Tournament

COACH ABDEL EL KETTANI

Italian Men's National Team Member

(U16, U18 & U21)

Abdel grew up in Italy, playing for the Cus Torino Hockey Club advancing to the 1st Division at age 15 where his team won 3 division titles.  A striker and midfielder, he continued his field hockey career in France where he played for the Paris Jean Boin team for 2 years in the 1st Division. In 2014 Abdel returned home to Turin, Italy where his team won the league championship. Coach Abdel has a long history of coaching and developing youth players and was responsible for coaching U12s at the young age of 15.  Abdel has also worked full time in schools, working with children from 6 to 17 years of age.  In the US, Abdel coaches club and he competes in the NEFHA league for Rye FHC