Roman Rotenberg

RIHF First Vice-President, Hockey Operations

Head of the Russian national ice hockey team headquarters, including the analytical and statistical departments.

Vice President of the “Gazbrombank” JSC.

Member of the Board of Directors, Deputy Head of the Board of the Continental Hockey League.

Member of the Board of Directors, Vice President of the SKA hockey club.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of “Arena Events”, a management company.

Consultant on external communications of “Gazprom Export” LLC. 

Bruno Marty

As Executive Director of Infront’s Winter Sports unit, Bruno Marty utilizes his extensive expertise and sports knowledge to commercialise and expand Infront’s winter sports properties.

Bruno is responsible for the relationships to all Olympic winter sports federations, plus to other winter sports bodies such as CHL and ISMF, in relation to media/marketing rights and various service partnerships as well as to the generation of new business opportunities across these properties Bruno’s impressive sports background includes experience as former CEO of the Swiss Ski Federation, launching two sports schools and building up the Sports Practice for McKinsey & Co. (in addition to heading McKinsey’s Swiss Practice). Bruno holds a business degree from the University of St. Gallen and an INSEAD MBA.

Sean Finn

Sean Finn is a Canadian ice hockey specialist who has worked in 5 countries in roles of a coach, mentor and development specialist.  He currently serves in the role as the Head Coach of Professional Player Preparation for HC Lokomotiv, where he is in his 4^th season.  His work with Lokomotiv is to help improve the club’s strategy and processes in development of young players for the first team; currently the youngest team in KHL.  Sean’s work continues to build upon a structure that improves the quality of all training processes as well as the overall learning environment for players at all stages of development. 

Oleg Bratash

Russian hockey player (goaltender) and coach .

Since 2016 Mr. Bratash keeps post of the Russian National Olympic team, the closest reserve o the major national team.

Oleg is also a well known hockey commentator on TV Channel “Russia-2”. As a play-by-play announcer and anchor man he worked for KHL regular Championship coverage, Olympic Winter Games and IIHF World Championship.

Elena Shmeleva

The organizer of the Educational Center "Sirius" (Sochi) and the head of the educational fund "Talent and Success". Elena was the dean of the Graduate School of Management and Innovation of Lomonosov Moscow State University (2012-2014), PhD, author of two monographs and 32 scientific articles. Elena is a member of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation on science and education (since 2015), and the chair of the initiative group for the nomination of Vladimir Putin as a candidate in the presidential election in 2018. She was the co-chairman of the election headquarters of the President of the Russian Federation and the candidate for the position of head of state in the elections in 2018, Vladimir Putin.

Alexander Martynov

Co-founder, CEO and Visionary of ICEBERG Sports Analytics

Alexander has a bachelor's degree in business administration (Business Administration, BBA) from York University (Toronto) and a bachelor's degree in finance from the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation.

In 2015, together with Vladislav Martynov, he founded ICEBERG Sports Analytics – a digital analytics system for hockey matches. Starting with a small technology startup, today the company has more than 60 professional employees and operates in 13 markets in Europe, North America and Asia.

ICEBERG today is a key analytical tool for more than 85 hockey clubs and sports organizations around the world, including the NHL and KHL clubs, the Russian Hockey Federation and the top clubs of the leading European leagues.

Key topics:

Advanced analytics of hockey matches due to the complexes of mathematical algorithms: improving the efficiency of training, optimizing the budget of hockey clubs and increasing the probability of winning a team;

Machine learning technologies, big data, computer vision and predictive analytics;
Automation of sports analytics;

The impact of advanced technologies on the effectiveness of national development programs for hockey players;

Daniel Mason

Professor of University of Alberta, Canada

Degrees

PhD (Physical Education), University of Alberta, 1999

MA (Human Kinetics), University of British Columbia, 1994

BPE (Sport and Leisure Management) University of British Columbia, 1992

Background

Lecturer at the University of British Columbia while completing PhD

Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, 1998-2002

Consulted with City of Edmonton and other North American cities on arena development projects

Worked with prospective Major League sports team ownership groups

Organized hockey development  programs in China

Dr.Mason’s research focuses on sports leagues and franchises, cities, events, and infrastructure development. He has used several different theoretical approaches to underpin his research, including Urban Regime Theory, Stakeholder Theory, Agency Theory, the Resource Based View of the Firm, Status, Media Framing, and Contingent Valuation Method.

Zsuzsanna Kolbenheyer

Born on July 3, 1977 in Budapest, Hungary. Kolbenheyer was the first registered female ice hockey player in Hungary, starting her career in 1990. She represented Hungary in 55 games with the national team. After her playing career she became the general manager of the women's national teams. As a lawyer she has been a member of the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation’s Disciplinary Committee since 2009, and member of the governing board since 2012. She is married, and has three children. 

Yan-Yu Ngok

Founder and chairman of “Kunlun Red Star”, China

Sergey Altukhov

Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Sport Management Centre of Lomonosov Moscow State University, PhD, Russia

Dr. Sergey Altukhov is Deputy Director of the Sport Management Centre of Lomonosov MSU (2011). He graduated from the Faculty of Journalism MSU (1992) and received his doctorate degree in economics in 2007. The theme of his research "Governance and market self-regulation of professional sport economy in the Russian Federation." Sergey Altukhov is one of the most famous sports managers in Russia with practical experience in the organization of more than 130 major international tournaments - World Championships and European Championships, World Cups, Grand Prix Series and other international tournaments in Moscow. Sergey actively engaged in research of problems in sport management, theory governance in sports, he is a doctoral researcher of the Economic Faculty of MSU and author of the textbook "Event Management in sport" (2013), collection of case studies "Championship marked "Urgent!" (2015), “The tree Σ of sport management. How to Maneuver within the Labyrinths of the Profession” (2016). Scientific interests also include topics such as "Sport in the national assesment qualification system", "Sports reform in China", "The rules of protocol and diplomatic etiquette in sports", "Ethics and governance in Sport", etc.  Sergey Altukhov have an active community work. He is a member of the Expert Council for Committee of physical culture and sport of the Federal Council of the Russian Federation, member of the Olympics Compliance Task Force – 2024, member of World Association of Sport Management, member of International Association of Sport Economists (IASE). He is co-author of the books “World Hockey Forum: Strategies of Ice Hockey Development in the Global World (2017); “World Hockey Forum II: Innovations for the future of ice hockey around the world” (2018).

Igor Baradachev

Deputy General Director of the "Charitable Foundation of Elena and Gennady Timchenko", head of the program "Sport". Igor more than 10 years working in the nonprofit sector, having risen from an ordinary Manager to Vice-President of the Siberian center for support of public initiatives.  In 2007-2012 Igor led social projects at RUSAL, has extensive experience of work in Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The author of over 20 publications on the topic of youth policy, development of corporate social responsibility of business.

STEPHEN NORRIS

Adjunct Professor in Department of Physical Education & Recreation Studies Faculty of Health & Community Studies Mount Royal University of Calgary, PhD, Canada

Dr. Stephen Norris is a leading performance consultant and sport scientist currently working with a select group of international organizations engaged in the performance of sport, business, and military objectives. Specific projects currently involve; Hockey Canada, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the Saudi Arabia Olympic Committee (SAOC), the Professional Golfer’s Association of America (PGA), LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®, several sport development and corporate speaking engagements worldwide.

Previously, Stephen was the Director of Sport Physiology & Strategic Planning at the Canadian Sport Centre Calgary where he was focused on Canada’s Winter Olympic teams for three Olympic cycles (Salt Lake City 2002, Torino 2006, & Vancouver 2010) within the multidisciplinary team headed by Dr. David Smith. He continues to work with Canada’s Winter Olympic Teams as a lead performance consultant, including the preparation for the most recent Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.

In addition, Stephen played a key role as a primary consultant to the ‘Own The Podium’ program high performance/technical group (led by Dr. Roger Jackson), which was the agency tasked to spearhead Canada’s Winter Olympic Sport performances in the 5 years prior to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games.

Increasingly sought after as pivotal speaker and presenter internationally, Stephen focuses upon the understanding and creation of sustainable systems and cultures aimed at performance and excellence. These are areas of attention for both sport and business endeavours as organizations move from early inspiration to continual implementation of specific processes, behaviours, and habits. Stephen is also a qualified LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Facilitator and utilizes this method in a highly customized manner to assist groups become more effective in the pursuit and achievement of their specific objectives.

Dongfeng Liu

Professor of sport management and Co-Dean of the School of Economics and Management at Shanghai University of Sport, PhD, China

Dr. Liu Dongfeng is a professor of sport management and Co-Dean of the School of Economics and Management at Shanghai University of Sport. He was doing his post-doc studies on sports events and urban development at the Sport Industry Research Centre of Sheffield Hallam University between 2009 and 2010. He serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, and Journal of Shanghai University of Sport. He is a member of China Sports Strategy Society, a think tank of China’s Sports Ministry. He is also guest professor with University College Dublin, Ireland, Kufstein University, Austria, and EM Lyon Business School, France.

His main research interests include sport events management, sports events evaluation, sport and urban development, and sport policy studies. He has over 40 publications including books, refereed journals articles, refereed conference articles, and industry reports. His articles are published in journals such as Tourism Economics, and European Sport Management Quarterly. His book (co-author) The Global Economics of Sport (2012) was published by Rutledge. He has completed a dozen research projects for government departments, including Chinese General Administration for Sports, Shanghai Education Commission and Shanghai Sports Bureau.

Professor Liu has presented on various topics in sport management and sport events at conferences in China, Europe and Asia.

William Crossan

Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Sport Management at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, of the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.

Dr. Crossan received his Bachelors of Science in Finance and Bachelor of Arts in Speech/Broadcasting from Berry College, in Rome, Georgia, USA, in 1992. He later continued his studies and earned a Masters of Education in Sports Administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA in 2006. His doctorate degree in Kinanthropology was received from the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, of the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, in 2013.

He teaches primarily on sport event planning, sport globalization and leadership in sport organizations.  His research and publication interests are focused on sport migration, the use of values in sport and sport chaplaincy.  He has published numerous articles examining migration in the sport of basketball; focusing on its effects on fan attendance, competitive balance, winning, sport growth, and its use in marketing.  Recently he has begun to turn his attention to ice hockey migration, tracing the flow of sporting migrants out of and into the Czech Republic in light of the primary cultural position of the sport in the culture and the position of Czech ice hockey on a global scale.

He also lectures for the Czech Olympic Committee in their coaching education program on the use of values in sport coaching. Additionally, he works as a sport chaplain with the organization Athletes in Action.  He initially moved to the Czech Republic in 1993 as a professional runner, and has lived there with his wife since 1999.

Yulia Rodygina

Professor, First St. Petersburg State Medical University by Academic I. P. Pavlov, Russia;

Yulia Rodygina, Ph.D., Professor, member of the Russian Psychological Society, head of psychological direction of the "Dobryi led" charitable programme of Elena and Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation, supervises undergraduate and graduate educational programs on psychology of sport, the head of research on psychological support of the successfulness of physical culture and sports activities, the author of over 60 scientific papers and textbooks, including "Psychology of Administration" (2013), "Psychology of Personality" and "Clinical Psychology" (both 2014), "Psychological support in winter sports" (2015), "Psychological support in working with young hockey players" (2015), and co-author of the monograph "Russian hockey in the changing world: from the present through the past to the future" (2016). A member of the dissertation council on specialty 13.00.04 "Theory and technique of physical training, sports training, health-improving and adaptive physical culture" (psychological sciences).

Julie Stevens

 Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sport Management at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.

Dr. Stevens received her Bachelor of Physical and Health Education and Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) from Queen’s University, in Kingston Ontario, Canada, in 1989. She continued her studies and earned a Masters of Arts (Sport Sociology) from Queen’s University in 1992, and her doctorate degree in Business and Sport Studies from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in 2001.

She examines both macro and micro level change through various organization theories, namely neoinstitutionalism and contemporary versions of agency theory. Her research explains the transformation of sport organizations over time. She also employs various models of organizational development to analyze dynamics of change and organizational design within sport.

For the past 25 years, she has conducted diverse and transdisciplinary hockey research. Dr. Stevens has published on the development of hockey that emphasizes but is not limited to women’s hockey. Specifically she has published on topics such as institutional development, large-scale change, innovation, governance, managerial logics and practices, player development models, and ethics. She is co-author of the book Too Many Men on the Ice: Women's hockey in North America, and has published work on the socio-historical evolution of women's hockey.

Dr. Stevens is a North American Society for Sport Management Research Fellow. She has been awarded major Canadian federal government research grants by the National Social Science and Humanities Research Council and is an advocate of international hockey scholarship having co-chaired the 2010 Hockey on the Border: An international multidisciplinary conference.

Daniel Bochnerk

Player development coach, RIHF.

Played 5 seasons of Junior Hockey in Canada before moving to Europe to play for 2 seasons. Represent Israel at 13 IIHF World Championships winning a Gold Medal in 2004/2005 (D2) & 2010/2011, a Silver Medal in 2000/2001 (D2), and a Bronze Medal in 2001/2002 & 2006/2007 (D2).

Daniel has been developing and delivering systematic hockey development models applicable to players and hockey organizations worldwide for over a decade. He established Universal Hockey development academy based in Toronto, Canada. He has been hired to conduct Master Classes worldwide for clubs, federations and schools.

He is a Hockey Canada High Performance skills coach with extensive certifications and qualifications in individual technical and tactical player development.

Daniel has worked with and graduated numerous players to the NHL and professional hockey.

Education :

1. HC High Performance Hockey Coach Certification
2. HC Developing High Performance Defensemen 1
3. HC Developing High Performance Defensemen 2
4. HC Developing High Performance Defensemen 3
5. HC Developing High Performance Skating 1
6. HC Developing High Performance Skating 2
7. HC Developing High Performance Skating 3
8. HC Developing High Performance Skills 1
9. HC Developing High Performance Skills 2
10. HC Developing High Performance Skills 3
11. HC High Performance Checking Skills
12. HC Concussion Awareness

Victor Blazheev

Since July 2007 President of the Moscow State Legal Academy МГЮА (from 2012 president of the O. Kutafin University.

Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation.

Honorary Worker of the Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation.

Honorary worker of Science and Technology of the Russian Federation

Vice president of the Russian Association of Legal Education.

Co-chairperson of Russian Lawyers Association.

Council on Humanitarian and Social-Economic Education, member,

Expert Council for Education under the State Duma Senate Education Committee of the Russian Federation, member

Council under he Russian Federation Duma Senate Committee for Local Self-government, member

Expert Council for Securing of Education under the Senate for Science & Education Committee, member

Science-Consultative Council under The Supreme Court of The Russian Federation, member.

President of the Russian Arbitrage Tribunal for Sport under the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC),

Judge of the International Commercial Arbitrage Tribunal under the Chamber of Commerce of the Russian Federation,

Expert Board of the Russian Council for School Children Olympiades on Legal Matters, member.

Public Councilor to Pavel Krasheninnikov, Chairman of the State Duma Senate Committee for Russia’s Government and Legislation.

Per Goran Fahlström

PhD, Associate Professor at the Department of Sport Science at Linnaeus University in Växjö, Sweden.

His PhD thesis on Coaches in Swedish ice hockey was the first Swedish dissertation on Sports coaching. He has a background as badminton coach with experience from all levels even as national coach both on junior and senior levels in Sweden and abroad. 

PG Fahlstrom's areas of interest are mainly sports coaching, leadership, talent development in sports and sport management. During the last 35 years he has been engaged lecturer/teacher in coach education in many sports, both in Sweden and abroad. PG Fahlstrom was President of EASM, the European Association for Sport Management during the years 2013-2017.

During the last 10 years Fahlstrom has accomplished several research projects funded by the Swedish Sport Confederation. The projects has covered areas as talent identification and development, sports career pathways, sports retirement, and successful sports development environments. 

Jyri Backman

PhD, Associate Professor, Master of Laws and M.Phil. in Sport Sciences. Researcher and teacher in the Department of Sport Sciences at Malmö University and Business School at Linnaeus University, Sweden. 

Backman’s research and teaching area is sports law, commercial law, tax law and sport management generally, with special interest in Swedish and Finnish elite ice hockey’s commercialization and professionalization. In his research, the challenges and tensions the American Major League-model and the European model of sport arises is analyzed in relation to elite ice hockey and football. In his research Backman has published several articles (in English and Swedish) where the complexity and tension of commercial and professional elite ice hockey and football is studied. Backman has also published several textbooks in sports law, focus on Swedish legislation. In his current research task Backman is analyzing the Swedish and Finnish elite ice hockey and how the influences from NHL and later KHL, upraised by Jokerits move to KHL, creates new challenges, opportunities and demands. In his university teaching, Backman is mainly involved in courses in sports law, commercial law and tax law as well as sport management in a wider context. Students in sport management and business administration (auditor) are the main ones. As a sportsman, Backman has in younger days played ice hockey and football, but currently running, skiing and tennis.

James Hudziak

MD Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, Pediatrics and Communication Sciences & Disorders, Director of the Vermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families and The Division of Child Psychiatry, Thomas M Achenbach Endowed Chair of Developmental Psychopathology, Director of the UVM Wellness Environment (WE), University of Vermont College of Medicine/Fletcher Allen Health Care, Visiting Professor, Erasmus MC, Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry (Child), Washington University School Of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Adjunct Professor in Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. USA;

W. Graeme Roustan

Graeme Roustanlead the acquisition of Bauer Hockey from NIKE in 2008 and served as its Chairman of the Board, taking the company public on the Toronto Stock Exchange (NYSE-TSX Performance Sports Group). He spent time in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States from 2008 - 2012 expanding the Bauer business into the Russian and Eastern European markets. Roustan has worked with NHL teams and numerous municipalities and organizations, building community ice rinks and arenas around the world. Roustan is the owner of The Hockey News, Christian Hockey, Torspo Hockey and is a graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors ICD.D program at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Board Leadership Fellow, a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee and the past Governor of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League.

Anders Vahlström

Manager child- and youth ice hockey at the Swedish Ice Hockey Association.

Been a part of the organization since 2017 after close to ten years as Manager of child- and youth sports at the Swedish Sports Confederation.

Stanislav Yarushin

Producer of sports and ice hockey projects, Russia.

He was a professional hockey player till 18 years old.

Marta Zawadzka

IIHF Council Member, Poland

Marta Zawadzka was elected as a new Council member. She has been a board member and delegate of the Polish Ice Hockey Association four years.

Sergej Gontcharov

He studied international sports management at the ISW Business School in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, and graduated with an international sports manager diploma.

He was an assistant to the general manager for the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia from 2004 to 2007 and participated as a team staff member at three World Championships, three World Junior Championships and at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.

Between 2007 and 2011 he was the General Secretary of the Belarusian Ice Hockey Association. During this period he led the bid for hosting the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Minsk, organized several events including the 2010 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship in Minsk, the KHL All-Star Game 2010, was involved in the founding and negotiation process of Dynamo Minsk joining the Russian-based KHL, assisted in the construction and running of the 15,000-seat Minsk Arena and worked as a team leader for the national team at several World Championships and the 2010 Olympics.

In 2011 he joined the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine as an advisor to the President, led the Lviv 2022 Olympic Winter Games bid as the CEO and has continued to work as an executive adviser to Ukrainian IOC Executive Board member Sergei Bubka.

Since November 2014 he’s back with the Belarusian Ice Hockey Association as an advisor to the Chairman and since March 2016 as a board member. On 31 May 2016 he was elected as Vice President of the board.

On May 19, 2016 during the Annual Congress of the International Ice Hockey Federation Sergej Gontcharov was elected as a member of the IIHF Council, and later was appointed as Chairman of the IIHF Officiating Committee. From 2008 to 2016 he was a member of the IIHF Event Committee.

Lars Johansson

The head coach of junior team «Skelleftea» (Sweden, 2007-2008),

general manager of «Skelleftea» (2008-2016),

general manager of «Zurich» (2016-2018).

The champion of Sweden (2013,2014),

silver winner of the championship of Sweden (2011, 2015, 2016)

Johanson is responsible for the game analysis, game model, he

has a rich international experience, makes the analysis of rivals game models.

Kuzmenko Alexander

He had been coaching youth and junior teams «White Bears», «Northern Star» for 10 years before he became an individual trainer. For 11 years he was the chair of sports games at the Yakutsk Institute of Physical Culture, and taught at College of Moskomsport (Moscow sport committee).

Alexander Troshin

The coach of Russian national teams on physical training. He was also engaged in practices for SKA in Saint-Petersburg, JHC Spartak in Moscow. He had been working as a athletics coach for 29 years, before began to deal with hockey players. The sportsmen he trained possess 15 different champion titles of Russia in athletics.

Vladimir Yurzinov

He played for «Dynamo» in Moscow (1957-1972), KOOVEE (Finland, 1972-1974).

Two times world champion (1963,1969), bronze winner (1961)

He started his coaching career in 1972 as a playing coach at KOOVEE, Finland (1972-1974). Occupied the position of the head coach at «Dynamo», Moscow (1974-1979, 1989-1992), «Dynamo» in Riga (1980-1989), TPS (Finland, 1992-1998), «Kloten» (Switzerland, 1998-2005), «Lokomotiv», Yaroslavl (2005-2007)

Head coach assistant of national team of the USSR (1974-1991), head coach of national team of Russia (1997-1998)

Since 2015 - consultant of the Russian national team coach staff

At the position of the head coach – silver winner of the Olympic Games (1998), champion of the USSR (1990, 1991), champion of Russia (1992), champion of Finland (1993,1995), silver winner of the USSR championship (1977-1979,1988), bronze winner of the USSR championship (1976)

At the position of the head coach assistant three times Olympic champion (1976, 1984, 1988), silver winner of Olympic Games (1980), world champion (1974,1975, 1978-1983, 1986, 1989, 1990), silver winner of the world championship (1976, 1987), bronze winner of the world championship (1977, 1985, 1991, 2005).

Bespomoshchnov Vladislav

Graduate of Haaga-Helia University (Vierumäki, Finland) with a Baccalaureate degree in Sport & Leisure Management (with specialisation in Ice Hockey Coaching). During his studies, he worked as contributor for the International Ice Hockey Federation’s Coaching Education Framework, International Ice Hockey Center of Excellence and International Sports Coaching Journal.

At the moment the Head Coach of U17 KJT Haukat SM (highest junior league in Finland) and Player Development Coach for the same organisation. Last year, Vladislav has led his team to a Finnish National Championship 2018 (Suomen-Mestaruus) in (-01) age group.

Pyotr Vorobyov

Pyotr Vorobyov played for «Dynamo» in Kiev and Riga. After having finished the player’s career he worked as a coach in Latvia and Germany and also trained different teams in Russia including junior national team, which won the world championship under his leadership.

In 2006 Pyotr Vorobyov  worked as a head coach of national team in Latvia and as head coach assistant of Russian national team won gold medals of the world championship and silver of the Olympic games.

He guided «Dynamo» of Moscow to win Multinational Hockey League tournament in 1993, «Torpedo» of Yaroslavl to win the championship of Russia and «Lada» of Togliatti – Continental cup. 2010-2014 occupied the position of the head coach in teams of MHL, VHL and KHL.

Pyotr Vorobyov has been working in SKA since 2015. He was a head of «SKA-1946» and  «SKA-Neva», occupied the position of the acting head coach of SKA During the World Cup. Since 2017 he is working as a reserve training vice director of SKA.