Dyksterhouse named interim head coach of US Ski Team women’s tech

VAIL, Colo. – The U.S. Ski Team has announced the addition of Brandon Dyksterhouse to its women’s technical team as part of a unique partnership with Ski and Snowboard Club Vail (SSCV). Dyksterhouse, a former national level racer and longtime ski coach, will join the team as interim women’s technical head coach through the remainder of the season to provide support to Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin and the women’s slalom and giant slalom squad.

“Brandon is an outstanding coach who worked very successfully with athletes across the United States and Canada. With his knowledge and leadership, he is a great addition to our team and I am confident he will make a difference and will help our athletes to reach their goals,” said USSA Alpine Program Director Patrick Riml. “I am very thankful to Aldo Radamus and Ski and Snowboard Club Vail for the ongoing support and partnership in allowing Brandon to join us for the rest of the season.”

According to Riml, the partnership grew out of Dyksterhouse’s work with team athletes in Vail where he serves as Athletic Director of SSCV. He will join a staff that includes Luca de Marchi and Gary Miller. He has already begun working with the athletes training in Colorado and will remain through World Championships in Vail-Beaver Creek and on through the World Cup Finals.

“Our club is honored to partner with the U.S. Ski Team with this unique relationship to have Brandon take a leave to join the women’s tech staff for the season. He is a remarkable coach who will make a difference and then bring the knowledge he gains back to Ski and Snowboard Club Vail,” said SSCV Executive Director Aldo Radamus.

A graduate of the University of Vermont where he was NCAA GS champion in 1997, Dyksterhouse was a three-time All-American during his collegiate career. Following graduation, he was invited to train with the U.S. Ski Team in the fall of 2001 after finishing seventh in the slalom at U.S. Nationals being ranked in the top 10 in the U.S in giant slalom. He later went on to collegiate coaching, working on the staff of the University of New Mexico Lobos who captured an NCAA title in 2004. He went on to coach at the Green Mountain Valley School in Vermont, later working in Canada before returning to the U.S. to help lead the Front Range Ski Club in Colorado. He is now in his second season at SSCV, which won the USSA’s Club of the Year honors in 2014.

Release courtesy of USSA