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James Madison University | Official Athletics Site
Jason Klinkradt Named Field Hockey Assistant Coach
7/14/2023 12:45:00 PM | Field Hockey
HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison Field Hockey Head Coach Christy Morgan announced Jason Klinkradt as an assistant coach for the 2023 season.
"I'm so excited to welcome Jason to our JMU hockey family," said Morgan. "He is a brilliant tactician! He has worked with elite-level teams, and he will bring great game knowledge, tactical awareness, and passion to our program. He clearly fits into the high-performance environment here at JMU. We are so happy to have him!"
Klinkradt comes to Harrisonburg with a wealth of coaching experience of over a decade with stops in Ireland and South Africa. Most recently, he was the Sports Coordinator and Head of Hockey at The Teresian School in Dublin, Ireland for two years, while also serving as the head coach for YMCA Club Dublin for the past nine years.
Prior to holding those positions, Klinkradt held various roles for the Irish Hockey Association such as assistant coach of Ireland's senior men's team, support coach for Ireland's senior women's team, and a lead performance analyst.
Klinkradt was also a head coach at the U21 level, mentoring Free State Province (South Africa) and Leinster Province (Ireland). During that time, his South African quad medaled three times, while his Irish team earned two medals.
The South African native also spent time with Hockey Ireland's U21 men's program as an assistant coach and performance analyst from 2016-2018. In 2014, he became the senior boys' head coach and junior girls' coach at Wesley College in Dublin. There, he helped produce international players at the U18 and U21 levels before leaving the position in 2020.
Other involvements in the sport include being named to the Top Coaches Programme in Europe in 2022, working as a technical director of camps for SportWays since 2011, serving as a member of the players representative for the Free State Hockey Association (2009-2011), and competing as a captain of the University of Free State Hockey Club (2008-2012).
Klinkradt received a master's of science degree in sport performance analysis from the Institute of Technology, Carlow in 2020.He earned a Level 3 Coaching Certificate from the University of South Africa, as well as a High Performance Coaching Certificate, Level 2 Coaching Facilitator Certificate, and Coaching Education Certificate from the South African Hockey Association.
"I'm so excited to welcome Jason to our JMU hockey family," said Morgan. "He is a brilliant tactician! He has worked with elite-level teams, and he will bring great game knowledge, tactical awareness, and passion to our program. He clearly fits into the high-performance environment here at JMU. We are so happy to have him!"
Klinkradt comes to Harrisonburg with a wealth of coaching experience of over a decade with stops in Ireland and South Africa. Most recently, he was the Sports Coordinator and Head of Hockey at The Teresian School in Dublin, Ireland for two years, while also serving as the head coach for YMCA Club Dublin for the past nine years.
Prior to holding those positions, Klinkradt held various roles for the Irish Hockey Association such as assistant coach of Ireland's senior men's team, support coach for Ireland's senior women's team, and a lead performance analyst.
Klinkradt was also a head coach at the U21 level, mentoring Free State Province (South Africa) and Leinster Province (Ireland). During that time, his South African quad medaled three times, while his Irish team earned two medals.
The South African native also spent time with Hockey Ireland's U21 men's program as an assistant coach and performance analyst from 2016-2018. In 2014, he became the senior boys' head coach and junior girls' coach at Wesley College in Dublin. There, he helped produce international players at the U18 and U21 levels before leaving the position in 2020.
Other involvements in the sport include being named to the Top Coaches Programme in Europe in 2022, working as a technical director of camps for SportWays since 2011, serving as a member of the players representative for the Free State Hockey Association (2009-2011), and competing as a captain of the University of Free State Hockey Club (2008-2012).
Klinkradt received a master's of science degree in sport performance analysis from the Institute of Technology, Carlow in 2020.He earned a Level 3 Coaching Certificate from the University of South Africa, as well as a High Performance Coaching Certificate, Level 2 Coaching Facilitator Certificate, and Coaching Education Certificate from the South African Hockey Association.
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