Khalid Jamil’s coaching template: Building a strong defence, micromanaging players, no switching off Already an I-League champion, the 43-year-old became the first Indian coach to manage an ISL team for more than three matches and guide them to the semi-finals. Updated Feb 28, 2021 · 01:02 pm NorthEast United coach Khalid Jamil | Deepak Malik / Sportzpics for ISL Very few can match Khalid Jamil’s achievements in Indian football. He’s an I-League champion, has managed clubs like East Bengal and Mohun Bagan and kept a team with the lowest budget in the top division for six straight years. Even in the ISL, which didn’t deem him good enough to be a head coach of one of its franchises for seven years, it took him just one sudden, almost interim spell to show his true worth.