U.S. Ski Team announces Alpine staff changes for 2025-26 season
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The U.S. Ski Team announced key Alpine staffing changes for the 2025-26 season in a press release on June 17. Three of those will directly impact Edwards World Cup star River Radamus.
Clement Tomamichel has been named the new head men’s World Cup giant slalom coach alongside Nathan Bryant. Tomamichel led the Europa Cup athletes last year, but will now work directly with Radamus in his signature event. The 27-year-old Edwards skier recently concluded one of his most successful World Cup seasons, posting four top-10s — including two at Birds of Prey in December — en route to a 12th-place finish in the GS standings. He also won his fourth national title in the event this April in Vail.
“I’m thrilled with the team we’ve assembled going into this Olympic year,” Radamus said in a statement to the Vail Daily last week.
“Everyone, from the athletes to the staff, is aligned in our goals and pushing hard to achieve them together. Nate and Clement are absolutely committed to the athletes and show the utmost belief in us,” he continued. “This helps us build trust and ensure we are equally committed to our preparation. I think together, we can accomplish big things come February.”
The Alpine team made staffing changes that directly impacted Radamus and fellow Edwards star Mikaela Shiffrin last spring as well. Janne Haarala joined Shiffrin’s team while Fabien Munier moved into the men’s giant slalom coach role.
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Other changes to the men’s staff included Johno McBride returning as the head World Cup speed coach. One of the most respected coaches on the Alpine circuit, McBride coached Bode Miller, Daron Rahlves and Andrew Weibrecht to overall titles and global championship medals. Former U.S. Ski Team athlete and coach, T.J. Lanning, will assist McBride. Radamus placed eighth in the super-G at Birds of Prey and finished the year ranked 26th in the discipline season standings.
The U.S. men’s team also added Jeffrey Frisch to the slalom coaching roster. The former head coach of the Polish slalom team will join head slalom coach Tristan Glasse-Davies. Last year, Radamus competed in eight World Cup slaloms — highlighted by a 27th-place finish in Alta Badia in December.
Finally, the Europa Cup will be led by Mike Bansmer and Francio Bertolini, development coaches from last year. Will Horstmann will lead the men’s strength and conditioning program. Hugh Brooks will support tech skiers in the weight room while Tobias Mayrhofer will work with speed.
“I am very excited about these changes and new additions,” stated U.S. men’s head coach Mark Tilston in the release. “I have spent time with the groups in Mammoth and Copper and I can already see the camaraderie and fire in the staff and athletes as we set our sights on Milano Cortina 2026.”
On the women’s side, Alek Glebov joins as the head technical coach. The former World Cup ski racer was most recently with the Norwegian men’s tech team. Glebov will join Zan Spilar, who worked with the U.S. women’s tech team last year.
Former Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation coach Anika Angriman has been added as a new assistant to Miha Kurner on the women’s Europa Cup tech staff while Christian Herzog hops onto the speed side. Herzog was previously a women’s FIS coach at Burke Mountain Academy. According to the press release, both Angriman and Herzog came through the new U.S. Ski & Snowboard National Coaches Mentorship Program led by former men’s World Cup head coach Ian Garner.
“I am confident Alek, Anika and Christian will bring expertise in coaching that will continue to propel our women’s program to new heights,” said U.S. women’s head coach Paul Kristofic in the press release.
The Alpine program is coming off an impressive 2024-25 campaign. The men and women combined for 13 podiums and five wins even without the presence of Shiffrin for much of the winter. Rising star Lauren Macuga made waves by winning a World Cup super-G in St. Anton, Austria, a race in which Lindsey Vonn placed fourth. The 22-year-old also won a bronze medal in the super-G at the world championships later in February.
Vonn’s return was one of the larger stories of the year. The 40-year-old was a forerunner at the Birds of Prey World Cup events in Beaver Creek in December. She went on to become the oldest female Alpine skier to notch a World Cup podium with her runner-up result in the final race of the year, the World Cup Finals super-G in Sun Valley, Idaho. Vonn, who is hoping to make her fifth Olympic team this February, told ESPN last month her body feels better than it did when she last competed at the Games in 2018.
Breezy Johnson also shocked the circuit when she won downhill gold at the 2025 FIS World Alpine Ski Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria on Feb. 8. A few days later, Johnson teamed up with Shiffrin to claim the team event gold medal as well.
A full Alpine staff announcement will be released this fall, in tandem with the official Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team announcement. In May, 31 Eagle County athletes were nominated to U.S. Ski and Snowboard rosters.
