BAM Still Searching for a Malaysian Coach

The race to become Malaysia’s next national mixed-doubles head coach remains open, with several local names under consideration after Nova Widianto left the Badminton Association of Malaysia.

National doubles coaching director Rexy Mainaky said Tan Bin Shen, Jeremy Gan, Yap Kim Hock and Lee Wan Wah remain among the candidates. BAM is discussing the options with performance committee chairman Lee Chong Wei, but will not make a final decision until after the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, scheduled for Sept. 19 to Oct. 4.

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Yes, we have many local options. We still have Tan Bin Shen, Jeremy Gan, Kim Hock, Wan Wah and many other names.

The search is complicated by the fact that several experienced coaches already work overseas. Tan Bin Shen and Jeremy Gan are with Hong Kong, Lee Wan Wah coaches Japan’s men’s doubles team, and Yap Kim Hock works at the Zhengzhou Badminton Academy in China. Lee Wan Wah is reportedly committed to Japan through 2028, while Jeremy Gan has a contract with Hong Kong through the same year.

In the meantime, Teo Kok Siang has taken responsibility for the mixed-doubles team and traveled with Chen Tang Jie and Cheng Su Yin to the China Masters. His official start date was Sept. 1, but he began on Aug. 26 to accompany the pair because BAM had no coach available after Nova’s departure on July 31. Lutfi had moved to Pontianak and Hazwan was overseeing the team in Malaysia.

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He officially starts on September 1, but he began here on August 26 because he needed to accompany Tang Jie and Su Yin at the China Masters.