Men's staff revamped at US Ski Team

May 10, 2013

Forest Carey gets a promotion and will work with Ted Ligety and Bode Miller as the men’s half of the US Ski team announced staffing changes for the Olympic season today (May 10). Miller’s uncle Mike Kenney will return to the team as Carey’s assistant and be joined by Adam Cole.

Andreas Evers, hired prior to last season, remains the head of the speed group with TJ Lanning and Scotty Veenis. Condition coach Tony Beretski and former team member Chris Beckmann round out that crew.

Bernd Brunner remains in control of the World Cup B program, but has been boosted to the head technical coach position in addition. Josh Applegate, Kyle Darling and former development coach Ian Garner will work under Brunner with Bob Poehling managing conditioning.

Randy Pelkey will continue to lead the men’s C team and Development Teams with assistance from Ian Lochhead and Erik Holmer.

“We can’t rest on what (Ligety) has already done and we also need resources to support Bode as he prepares for a fifth Olympics,” said head coach Sasha Rearick. “In order to do that we’ve created a program that enables our staff to help push Ted and Bode to continually improve.

“With the speed side,” Rearick continued, “we made some big changes last year and now we’re seeing the momentum move in the right direction, but we still needed to step up. We need to cover the hills better and we need staff to do that, but what we did was bring in a conditioning specialist to work with the guys 12 months a year and we also brought in former athlete Chris Beckman to provide perspective and to develop for the future.

“Bernd was brought in last year to focus on fundamentals on the World Cup B guys and we saw a lot of progress out of his group with guys like Tommy Biesemeyer and Robby Kelley, it’s only natural for him to stick with those guys as we combine the tech team and the World Cup B guys into one group that will drive the entire program in one direction.”

Photo of head coach Sasha Rearick and head speed coach Andreas Evers by Mitch Gunn

2013-2014 MEN’S U.S. ALPINE SKI TEAM COACHING STAFF
Program Director: Patrick Riml
Head Coach: Sasha Rearick
Team Manager: Kate Avrin
Physio Coordinator: Chris Antinori

World Cup Multi
Head Coach: Forest Carey
Assistant Coach: Mike Kenney
Conditioning Coach: Adam Cole
Head Ski Service Ted Ligety: Alex Martin
Head Ski Service Bode Miller: Chris Krause

World Cup Speed
Head Coach: Andreas Evers
Assistant Coach: TJ Lanning
Assistant Coach: Scotty Veenis
Conditioning Coach: Tony Beretzki
Intern Coach: Chris Beckman
Pool Ski Service: Sylvain Munsch
Fischer Ski Service: Leo Mussi
Atomic Ski Service: Thomas Graggaber

World Cup Technical
Head Coach: Bernd Brunner
Assistant Coach: Josh Applegate
Assistant Coach: Kyle Darling
Assistant Coach: Ian Garner
Conditioning Coach: Bob Poehling
Pool Ski Service: Matej Cujes
Pool Ski Service: Alex Petitdemange
Pool Ski Service: Pepi Culver
Rossignol Ski Service: Shawn Gaisford

C and Development Team
Head Coach: Randy Pelkey
Assistant Coach: Ian Lochhead
Assistant Coach/Ski Service: Eric Holmer

About the Author: Hank McKee

In memoriam: The veteran of the staff, McKee started with Ski Racing in 1980. Over the seasons, he covered virtually every aspect of the sport, from the pro tours to junior racing, freestyle and World Cup alpine competition. He wrote the first national stories for many U.S. team stars, and was still around to report on their retirements. “Longevity has its rewards,” he said, “but it’s a slow process.”

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