Frank Carroll (figure skater)
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Carroll with student Evan Lysacek at the 2007-2008 Grand Prix Final
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Francis M. Carroll |
| Country represented | United States |
| Born | 1938/1939 (age 85–86)[1][2] Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Residence | California |
| Former coach | Maribel Vinson |
Francis M. "Frank" Carroll[3] (born 1938/1939)[1][2] is an American figure skating coach and former competitive skater. He has coached three skaters to win the World Figure Skating Championships: Linda Fratianne, Michelle Kwan, and Evan Lysacek.[4] His pupil, Evan Lysacek won the men's Olympic gold medal in 2010 at Vancouver.
He has been inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame, the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame, the Professional Skaters Association Coaches Hall of Fame, and was the 1997 Olympic Coach of the Year.
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Competitive and professional career
Carroll grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts. When he was in his early teens, a skating rink opened in his neighborhood and he began skating,[5] interested by the combination of artistry and athleticism.[6] After graduating from the College of the Holy Cross in 1960 with a B.S. in Sociology,[3][7] Carroll eventually moved to Winchester, Massachusetts and lived with his coach Maribel Vinson Owen and her daughters on weekends.[5]
Carroll won the bronze medal on the junior level at the 1959 U.S. Championships.[8] He won the silver medal on the junior level at the 1960 U.S. Championships behind Douglas Ramsay.[9] Carroll turned professional after that and was skating with the Ice Follies at the time of the Sabena Flight 548 crash.[10]
Carroll skated with the Ice Follies until 1964. He was accepted to law school at the University of San Francisco, but chose to pursue acting.[5] He appeared in the background of several beach films, including The Loved One.[5]
Carroll began coaching on the side to support himself and eventually decided to coach full-time. His most notable students have been Linda Fratianne, Michelle Kwan, Gracie Gold and Evan Lysacek. He was the head coach for the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, California. In 2011, he began coaching at a newly built rink in Cathedral City, California to be closer to his home in Palm Springs, California, one of his homes since the 1970s.[11][12] Carroll resumed coaching at the Toyota Sports Center on June 1, 2013.[13][14]
Results
| Event | 1959 | 1960 |
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| U.S. Championships | 3rd J. | 3rd J. |
| J. = Junior level | ||
Coaching career
Carroll's current and former students include:
- Nicole Bobek
- Christopher Bowman.[15] Coached him to the U.S. National title and a World silver medal in 1989 and to a World Bronze medal in 1990.
- Tiffany Chin. Coached her to two World bronze medals.
- Ellie Kawamura.
- Mark Cockerell.
- Silvia Fontana[16]
- Linda Fratianne.[6] Coached her to two World Championships and to an Olympic silver medal in 1980.[15]
- Timothy Goebel. Coached him to the 2002 and 2003 World silver medals and the 2002 Olympic bronze medal. Carroll ended his coaching relationship with Goebel in November 2004 following the 2004 NHK Trophy[17]
- Gracie Gold, from September 2013.[18]
- Kristiene Gong.[19]
- Danielle Kahle.[20]
- Jennifer Kirk.[21]
- Carolina Kostner.[22]
- Karen Kwan.
- Michelle Kwan. He coached her to four World Championships and an Olympic silver medal in 1998. In the fall of 2001, Kwan and Carroll decided to end their coaching relationship. In interviews, Kwan said she needed to "take responsibility" for her skating.[23]
- Beatrisa Liang.[24]
- Laura Lipetsky.
- Evan Lysacek. He coached him to a World Championship in 2009 and an Olympic gold medal in 2010.[25][26]
- Ye Bin Mok[27]
- Daisuke Murakami.[28]
- Mirai Nagasu (from May 2009[29] to April 2012)[11]
- Angela Nikodinov.[30]
- Denis Ten. He currently coaches Ten, having coached him to the 2013 World silver medal and 2014 Olympic bronze medal. [31]
He has coached skaters to win the World Figure Skating Championships during the era of compulsory figures (Fratianne), after compulsory figures (Kwan), and under the ISU Judging System (Lysacek). He also coached Lysacek to an Olympic gold medal.
Carroll was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1996.[32] He is the first figure skating coach to be named the Olympic Coach of the Year, which happened in 1997.
On March 6, 2007, it was announced that he had been elected to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.[32] He was inducted on March 22, 2007 during the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships, between the original dance and the men's free skate.
References
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Francis M. Carroll profile - College of the Holy Cross, Class of 1960 yearbook at "College of the Holy Cross, Class of 1960, 50th Reunion, June 10 - 13, 2010, Men of 1960". "Francis M. Carroll. B.S. Sociology. Dean's List 2, 3, 4; Intramurals 1; French Club 1; Worcester Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Young Democrats Club 3, 4; Holy Cross Skating Representative in National Championships 1, 2, 3, 4; Olympic Skating Tryouts 4."
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- ↑ Nichols, Nikki. Frozen in Time: The Enduring Legacy of the 1961 U.S. Figure Skating Team. Emmis Books, 2006. ISBN 1-57860-260-2.
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- ↑ Silvia Fontana at the International Skating Union
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- ↑ Kristiene Gong at the International Skating Union
- ↑ Danielle Kahle at the International Skating Union
- ↑ Jennifer Kirk at the International Skating Union
- ↑ Carolina Kostner at the International Skating Union
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- ↑ Beatrisa Liang at the International Skating Union
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- ↑ Ye Bin Mok at the International Skating Union
- ↑ Daisuke Murakami at the International Skating Union
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- ↑ Angela Nikodinov at the International Skating Union
- ↑ Denis Ten at the International Skating Union
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External links
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- Toyota Sports Center Instructor bio
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