US Ski Team names 2016-17 alpine coaching staff

By Published On: October 4th, 2016Comments Off on US Ski Team names 2016-17 alpine coaching staff

The U.S. Ski Team has announced its alpine coaching staff for the 2016-17 season, which kicks off in Soelden, Austria on October 22-23 and features four domestic Audi FIS Ski World Cup events, highlighted by World Cup Finals in Aspen.

Mike Day has rejoined the U.S. Ski Team as women’s World Cup technical staff head coach. Additionally, the women’s World Cup tech team welcomed former Ski Team Sweden head men’s slalom coach Magnus Andersson. Andersson will officially start this week with a camp in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, and joins assistant coach Karin Harjo, who became the first woman in World Cup history to set a slalom course last year in Flachau.

Other notable shifts include U.S. Ski Team alumnus Justin Johnson, who moved from men’s development team assistant coach to men’s development team head coach. Johnson coached a historic World Juniors downhill performance last season in Sochi, led by Erik Arvidsson as World Junior Champion. Ian Lochhead has transitioned from men’s Europa Cup head coach to men’s World Cup slalom head coach. Additionally, the men’s World Cup speed strength and conditioning coach Anton “Toni” Beretzki has returned after a stint with the Austrian team last season.

2016-17 ALPINE STAFF
Alpine Director: Patrick Riml
Alpine Press Officer: Megan Harrod

MEN
Head Coach: Sasha Rearick
Team Manager: Kate Avrin
Physio Coordinator: Chris Antinori

Men’s World Cup Speed
Head Coach: Alex Hoedlmoser
Assistant Coach: Pete Anderson
Assistant Coach: Scott Veenis
Assistant Coach: Chris Beckmann
Strength and Conditioning Coach: Anton Beretzki
Pool Ski Service: Sylvain Munsch
Fischer Ski Service: Leo Mussi
Atomic Ski Service: Lukas Rottinger
Head Ski Service: Guntram Mathis
Physical Therapist: Tiitu Romar

Men’s World Cup Technical
Head Coach: Forest Carey
Assistant Coach: Ian Garner
Assistant Coach: Parker Gray
Strength and Conditioning Coach: Joshua Applegate
Head Ski Service Ted Ligety: Alex Martin
Pool Ski Service: Primoz Finzgar
Pool Ski Service: Danijel Andesilic

Men’s World Cup Slalom
Head Coach: Ian Lochhead
Pool Ski Service: John Mulligan
Physical Therapist: Sarah Gillespie

Men’s Europa Cup
Head Coach: Bernd Brunner
Assistant Coach: Chad Wolk
Strength and Conditioning Coach: Michael Bingaman
Pool Service: Lawrence Edwards
Pool Service: Bruno Grandi

Men’s Development
Team Manager: Chelsea Steinbach
Head Coach: Justin Johnson
Assistant Coach: Graham Flinn

National University Team
Head Coach: Peter Lange
Ski Service: Jeff Wagner

WOMEN
Head Coach: Paul Kristofic
Team Manager: Chelsea Steinbach
Head Strength and Conditioning Coach: Eirik Hole

Women’s World Cup Speed
World Cup Speed Head Coach: Alberto Senigagliesi
Assistant Coach: Chris Knight
Assistant Coach: James Pollock
Assistant Coach: Martin Gray
Ski Service: Ales Sopotnik
Ski Service: Mattia Giongo
Head Ski Service Lindsey Vonn: Heinz Haemmerle
Stoeckli Service Julia Mancuso and Stacey Cook: Primoz Gregoric

Women’s World Cup Technical
Mikaela Shiffrin
Head Coach: Mike Day
Assistant Coach/Strength and Conditioning Coach: Jeff Lackie
Atomic Ski Service: Kim Erlandsson
Physical Therapist: Lyndsay Young

Lila Lapanja and Resi Stiegler
Head Coach: Magnus Andersson
Assistant Coach: Karin Harjo
Ski Service: Vittorio Boggian

Women’s Europa Cup and Development
Head Coach: Thomas Erhard
Assistant Coach: Kris Shampeny
Ski Service: Andrea Adorno

Release courtesy of USSA

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