After serving as Imraan Khan’s assistant coach for the past five seasons, Quinton Friend will take over from Khan as the new Hollywoodbets Dolphins head coach ahead of the new season.
Friend has been with the Dolphins both as a player and a coach and will move on from his bowling coach role to take up the reins as the head coach.
“Quinny has been with the Dolphins for many years and has a very good understanding of how things are done here,” CEO of KZN Cricket, Heinrich Strydom, said. “He’s done his time as an assistant and we feel that he’s the right man to take on the role of head coach with Mduduzi Mbatha right on his shoulder as his assistant. The team and the coaching staff haven’t missed a beat in the pre-season and they are prepared and ready for the new season getting underway at the end of the month.”
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Khan, who has been arguably one of the most successful coaches at the Dolphins in recent times, was head-hunted by Cricket South Africa and has taken up the role of batting lead with CSA.
“I’m super excited and very privileged to be named Hollywoodbets Dolphins head coach,” Friend said. “It’s something that I have always wanted and worked hard towards. We’ve had some nice success over the last five years and I must commend Imraan Khan on what he has achieved with the team. He was a huge asset to our team, and he will be missed.”
Friend will have the same contingent of staff that Khan had, with Mbatha as his assistant and Devon von Onselen as the Strength and Conditioning Coach, Nick Moffit as the Physiotherapist, and Kushen Kishun as the video analyst.
The Hollywoodbets Dolphins begin their season with the CSA T20 Challenge starting with an away clash against the Dafabet Warriors on 29 September.
