Adam Sherlip

Who is Adam Sherlip?

Adam Craig Sherlip is the first person to be the head coach of the India national ice hockey team, which competed in the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, hosted by Abu Dhabi, UAE, in 2009 and in Dehradun, India in 2012, the location of India's first ice arena. It was in the 2012 tournament, with Adam as Head Coach, that India won its first international ice hockey game. He started coaching ice hockey in India as part of an initiative he started, called "The Hockey Volunteer".

As a result of "The Hockey Volunteer" initiative, Sherlip founded The Hockey Foundation, a non-profit that uses ice hockey to help improve life in the communities. The Hockey Foundation's pilot program operates in Ladakh, in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Sherlip and The Hockey Foundation are the subject of the documentary "Disputed Ice," which is currently in development.

Adam used to work for the New York Islanders. He currently coaches hockey at the City Ice Pavilion in Long Island City.