Rohit Shirgaonkar: The Multi-Skilled Coach

Rohit Shirgaonkar is a man of many talents. From being a cricketer himself to coaching at numerous levels is not an easy task. Talking about his career, Rohit started off as a cricketer and competed in the infamous Harris and Giles Shield tournament at the school level. After he passed out, Rohit played competitive club cricket in the Mumbai maidans for almost a decade before switching to coaching. He was talented enough to play in the C Division of the Mumbai leagues. Apart from club cricket, Shirgaonkar also represented Air India in corporate leagues. His most successful tenure as a captain was for the Warriors Cricket Club which lasted for 4 years and yielded numerous championships.

Soon enough in the early 2020’th decade, Shirgaonkar switched his focus to full-time coaching. 

The noteworthy assignment was his stint with the Mumbai Cricket Association as a coach. Spending time the environment with supreme talents and well groomed cricketers, Rohit designed the professional cricket coaching programs for youth under the leadership of Vinod Kambli for age group of 08- Mid 40 Years. 

Rohit is a Level O certified coach certified by the Mumbai Cricket Association with an ICC Foundation Certificate course’s completion on the way. He started his coaching career at the Podar Sports Academy in Santacruz from 2009. After a few overs, he took over intriguing projects such as the Head Coach of the Oberoi International School (Goregaon) as well as working as a coach for 1-on-1 training sessions at the Lions Club in 2012. After coaching their Goregaon counterpart, the management of  Oberoi International School hired him as a head coach again but for the Jogeshwari institution. After leaving the Podar Sports Academy in 2015, he was given the assignment of the Podar Enrichment Academy where he was appointed as the head coach.

His coaching efforts didn’t go unnoticed; Rohit Shirgaonkar was honored for his monumental hard work at the 2019 Indian Sports Award organised by the Sportz Revolution of India in Delhi.

Despite his numerous successful ventures, Rohit seeks to improve his knowledge. Apart from a coaching course, Rohit also trains athletes as a personal trainer from 2019. If this wasn’t enough, the cricketer-turned-coach set out and completed a certified Yoga and Power Yoga Instructor course under IFSA. He believes that his combined knowledge will help the cricketers.