Field Hockey
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- rpeekel@scarletknights.com
- Phone:
- 732-445-6232
Roland Peekel enters his sixth season as an assistant on the Rutgers field hockey staff in 2016. Peekel holds international experience as both a coach and a player.
Prior to arriving "On the Banks," Peekel began his coaching stint in the United States in 2009 with Total Dutch Field Hockey, in Somerset, N.J. Peekel covered an array of tasks, including individual training sessions, formulating skills class curriculum, managing the club website and serving as the Club Manager.
Before coming to the United States Peekel spent two years with Hockey Club Vlissingen as the field hockey coordinator. In addition to coaching athletes from ages 10 to 26, the Dordrecht, Netherlands native was responsible for the Youth Development Plan, as well as hosting and chairing the monthly meetings for trainers. Peekel spent two years playing for the club on the men's team as a center midfielder.
In 2008 Peekel became the president of Roland Peekel Hockey Training. The company provided professional Field Hockey Clinics for children aged 10-18, all of which was coordinated and implemented by Peekel himself.
In 1997 Peekel began his coaching career as a volunteer with Hockey Club Zevenbergen, where he spent 10 seasons assisting with a variety of age groups. Peekel spent 14 seasons playing with Zevenbergen as a forward and a midfielder.
Peekel has received certificates in KNHB trainer/coach A, as well as a youth trainer coach course.
