new delhi hockey india on tuesday invited applications for the vacant post of national mens teams chief coach in its website just three days after removing dutchman roelant oltmans unceremoniously from the helm of affairstaking a cue from the bcci the hi advertised for the position for the first time in its websiteaccording to the advertisement the chief coach will be given a threeyear term till december 31 ie 2020 tokyo olympic games cycle subject to the satisfactory completion of a sixmonth probation periodthe selected chief coach will report to hi high performance director david john and ceo elena norman and his principal employer sports authority of india saithe advertisement further states that the chief coach will be responsible for leading the national senior mens team for the olympic qualification 2018 with a view to achieving success at world level hockey and olympic gamesin addition the chief coach will need to oversee the development and preparations of the national junior mens team during the termthe chief coach will also be required to submit regular reports to the management on the status of the national teams and the core probables programmeas per the advertisement the applicant should possess high performance coaching qualifications level 3 of international hockey federation fih or experience of successful achievements at the international level in a coaching capacitythe desired applicant should also have the knowledge of other mens international teams with the ability to provide offensive and defensive strategies among othershe should also have the ability to attain excellence from players coaches staff and all stakeholders through the establishment of a winning culturethe desired candidates should submit their applications via email including a cover letter to hi ceo by september 15oltmans who came to india four years back as high performance director before assuming the role of coach in 2015 following paul van ass removal was sacked last saturday citing a string of poor performances in the recent past