U.S. National Team Coaches
Jun Gao
Jun Gao started playing table tennis when she was five. Her father was a table tennis fan, so he sent her to one of the best athletic schools in China. She thanks her father for this, saying without him, she wouldn't have had her table tennis career. In China, athletic schools are special schools for training future professional athletes. Students in Gao's school majored in different fields, including table tennis, gymnastics, and martial arts. Her school was a boarding school. Every day, after academic classes, she would train for several hours. Her first lesson in table tennis was to learn how to use a paddle to bounce the ball against the wall without letting the ball drop. It was a great exercise for steadiness and control. After that, she went on to tables to play, and older students would practice with younger students. Later on, she began competing with other athletic schools in the same province. After winning a silver medal in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games for her native country China, Gao has since become a U.S. citizen and was US National Champion in Women's Singles and Doubles on numerous occasions, as well as the 1994 US Open Champion. Gao has studied economic trade at East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai.
Mark Hazinski
Mark Hazinski is a former U.S. Olympian and current U.S. National Team coach with extensive international experience. A member of the Athens 2004 Olympic Team, he also competed in three Pan American Games, earning Teams Bronze in 2007. During his competitive career, he also won four U.S. National Men’s Doubles titles and one Mixed Doubles title. His direct experience competing on the world's biggest stages now helps him prepare his athletes for success at the highest levels of international competition.
Transitioning from athlete to coach, he first served as Head Coach of the North Texas Table Tennis Center (2016–2019), leading advanced training initiatives and contributing to U.S. National Training Camps. Hazinski began coaching for the U.S. National Team in 2022. To date, he’s coached the U.S. National Teams at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, World Championships events, and the Pan American Championships, Cup and Games. Now a cornerstone of the U.S. Adult and Junior National Teams, he continues to elevate America's presence on the global stage.
Qi Wei
Qi Wei is a U.S. National Team Coach recognized for guiding American athletes to significant international success. Under his leadership, US athletes have won numerous Pan American gold medals and a historic silver medal for the U.S. Boys' Team at the 2021 ITTF World Youth Championships. Wei's elite athlete development system earned him USATT Developmental Coach of the Year honors in 2021.
He followed that distinction with the 2022 USATT National Coach of the Year Award after leading the U.S. Junior National Teams to dominant performances in South America. His U15 Boys' Team won swept gold medals in singles, doubles, and teams at the 2022 ITTF Pan American Cadet Championships. One month later, his Boys' and Girls' teams won 23 medals (including nine golds) at the ITTF Pan American U11 & U13 Championships. Qi Wei has helped build a culture of confidence and international competitiveness as a mentor for the U.S. National Teams. As a leader, he's committed to developing the next generations of American champions.
Qingliang Wang
Hailong Shen
Hailong Shen began his tenure as a coach in the U.S. in 2008, and in that time as a coach, he has mentored several National Champions throughout his coaching career. One of his students, Ariel Hsing, represented the United States in the 2012 London Olympic Games. Another prominent student of Shen is Irene Yeoh, U11 Champion for 2021 and 2022. Yeoh found notable triumphs at the 2022 ITTF Pan American U11 & U13 Championship, earning four gold medals in the U11 Girls’ Singles, Doubles, Mixed Doubles and the Team Event.
Yue Wu
Maggie Tian
Maggie Tian rejoins the U.S. National Team Coaching pool after formerly being selected to the squad in 2016. In the years following, Tian has coached many U.S. National Team members domestically and internationally, bringing the valued experience of numerous international excursions. Tian led U.S. athletes at Junior and Cadet events in Fiji in 2017. She also successfully coached U.S. athletes in Canada, France and Italy in Juniors and Cadets again in 2018. In May of 2022, Tian led the U.S. Team to four bronze medals while coaching at the 2022 ISF World School Summer Games in France.
Hong Lin
Hong Lin has dedicated her career to table tennis as both an athlete and a coach, gaining extensive experience in high-level training and competition. She was selected to the Shandong Provincial Team in 2000 and later participated in China National Team training from 2003 to 2005, developing within one of the most competitive systems in the world. During her playing career, Lin achieved multiple national and provincial results and gained valuable experience competing against elite athletes. These experiences built a strong technical foundation and disciplined approach that continue to shape her coaching philosophy.
Since transitioning into coaching in 2013, Lin has worked with professional and high-performance junior athletes. She's served as Women’s First Team Coach at Shandong Luneng Table Tennis Club, contributing to league preparation and daily high-performance training while mentoring several accomplished youth players. After relocating to the United States in 2017, Hong Lin has focused on developing elite junior athletes, including members of the U.S. Junior National Teams and international-level competitors across North America. She is committed to long-term athlete development, technical precision, and building structured training environments that prepare athletes to compete confidently at the highest levels.Tim Wang
Timothy Wang brings his experiences as a two-time U.S. Olympian and three-time U.S. National Champion to the National Teams. Along with his background as a player, he has the ability to delve deep into the technical knowledge he has gathered as a coach, and by working alongside elite coaches of the sport. Wang began working with the Dutch National Team in 2008. By 2011, Wang found himself perfecting his coaching craft as a table tennis coach in Eslöv, Sweden. 2017 proved to be a catalyst for Wang and his coaching career. He went on to coach Michael Tran and Nikhil Kumar to gold medals at the 2017 Hong Kong Junior and Cadet Open, and Tran again to Cadet National Championship to round out the year of competition at home and abroad. That same year he facilitated the training camp between the Chinese and U.S. National Teams under Coach Gao Jun and Yu Yang. During his most recent coaching endeavors, Wang coached Kary Feng to the 2021 Cadet National Team.
Wantong Liu
