John Herdman, who coached the Canadian women’s team to international prominence, has been named coach of the men’s national team.
Herdman, 42, has been coach of the women’s team for the past six years. In that time the team rose from No. 12 in the world to No. 5 in the latest rankings. The Canadian women won the bronze medal in each of the last two Olympic Games and advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2015 Women’s World Cup.
“It is easy to point to John’s record with Canada to demonstrate his effectiveness as a high-performance coach.