Akademi Badminton Malaysia (ABM) coaching director Rexy Mainaky said the 52-year-old coach was informed of the decision after a meeting this morning.
“We thank Hendrawan because he has contributed to BAM for 15 years. He also helped BAM get a silver medal at the Olympic Games and charted Lee Zii Jia’s rise to fame as a champion,” he said after a national team training session at ABM here today.
Hendrawan began his journey in Malaysia in 2009, initially serving as the national men’s singles back-up coach.
The 2001 world champion also guided former national men’s singles champion Lee Chong Wei to the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Meanwhile, Rexy announced a restructuring of the coaching lineup for the senior and national back-up squads, especially for the men’s and women’s singles and women’s doubles departments.
“We hope that with this restructuring, we can produce more champions. Right now, the men’s and women’s singles departments are quite stagnant, so we need new coaches who can bring in new knowledge and fresh ideas.
“We have identified several candidates,” he said.
Under the new structure today, only the head coaches of the mixed doubles and men’s doubles, Nova Widianto and Tan Bin Shen respectively, have retained their positions while the head coaches for the men’s and women’s singles, as well as, women’s doubles have yet to be confirmed.
In addition, several back-up coaches will be promoted, including back-up head coach Jeffer Rosobin, who will now take on the role of women’s singles coach.
Women’s doubles head coach Hoon Thien How and men’s singles coach Tey Seu Bock were given new responsibilities to train the back-up squads.
Below is the full BAM coaching panel:
Director of coaching: Rexy Mainaky
Men’s singles
Head coach: to be confirmed
Coach: Alvin Chew, K Yogendran
Back-up head coach: Tey Seu Bock
Back-up coach: Goh Giap Chin
Women’s singles
Head coach: to be confirmed
Coach: Jeffer Rosobin, Misbun Ramdan
Back-up head coach: Aaron Lee
Back-up coach: Sylvia Kavita
Men’s doubles
Head coach: Tan Bin Shen
Coach: Muhammad Miftakh, Poh Chai Boon
Back-up head coach: Pang Cheh Chang
Back-up coach: Hoon Thien How
Women’s doubles
Head coach: to be confirmed
Coach: Ching Kai Feng
Back-up coach: Amelia Alicia Anscelly
Mixed doubles
Head coach: Nova Widianto
Coach: Lutfi Zaim
Back-up coach: Hazwan Jamaluddin