Meet Our Coaches

Come join us for our sixth annual Adult Skating Camp featuring Olympian’s and World Class coaches at AZ Ice Peoria.

• First man landing the first ever quadruple jump in competition (1988)
• Four-time World Champion (1989, 1990, 1991, 1993)
• Four-time Canadian Champion (1989, 1990, 1991, 1993)
• Carried Canadian Flag at the 1994 Opening Ceremonies 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway
• Three-time Canadian Professional Champion
• Three-time World Professional Champion
• Lou Marsch Trophy recipient (Canada’s top athlete) 1990
• Lionel Conacher Award recipient (1990 & 1991)
• Order of Canada (1990) Professional Skater of the Year
• Gustaw Lussi Award 2001
• Canadian Sports Hall of Fame (1994)
• Skate Canada Hall of Fame (2001)
• World Figure Skating Hall of Fame (2006)
• Inaugural International Skating Union Skating Lifetime Achievement Award (2020)
• Sports Commentator for NBC, ABC, the CBC since 2006
• Has starred in 925 performances with Stars on Ice culminating in 2023.

As a coach, Richard Alexander specializes in free skate, pairs, spins, moves in the field, stroking, power and off-ice training.

Skating Achievements:

• 1990 US Junior Pairs National Champion
• 1989 Junior Pairs Nationals 2nd
• 1988 Junior Pairs Nationals  3rd
• Bronze Medal | St. Jervais International Competition in France
• Bronze Medal  | International Competition Obersdorf Germany
• Second Place | 1988 Novice National Championships free skate
• 1992 World and Olympic Alternate
• 4-Time Pacific Coast Pairs Champion
• 3-Time Pacific Coast Solo Champion
• Former Principal Skater | Knotts Berry Farm Show
• Principal Skater | Italian Stars On Ice

• USFS Double Gold Medalist in pairs and freestyle
• Performed in over 50 professional ice skating shows
• Stared in Ice Capades
• National and International medalist
• Coached pupils in National and International competitions
• Coaches:
  • Basic skating skills
  • Moves in the field
  • Freestyle
  • Choreography
  • Pairs
  • Hockey Power skating

• U.S. Figure Skating Quadruple Gold Medalist (Freestyle, Moves, Free Dance, and Compulsory Dance)
• U.S. Junior Ice Dance National Champion
• U.S. Novice Ice Dance National Champion
• 2-Time Alternate for the Olympic Games
• 3-Time World Figure Skating Championship Alternate
• Skated in shows in the U. S. (including recently televised in Ice Dance International on PBS
• Specializing In: Ice Dancing, Moves in the Field, Footwork, Choreography Edge Work, and Power Stroking

• President & Co-Owners of Glacier I.C.E., Inc. (a Full service Ice show production company)
• USFS Gold Medalists and competitors
• World Professional Champions
• Coaches for over 25 years including international skaters from US, Italy, Germany, South Korea, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Canada, UK, & Sweden
• Extensive Ice Show experience both past and present
• Casting Director for “Ice College” Phantasialand, Bruhl, Germany,  Friedrichstadtpalast, Berlin, Germany-  Ice Show co producers, performers. Company manager and performance director

Coaching: Moves, Dance, Choreo, Freestyle:

• Master of Fine Arts 1994, ASU
• Footwork & Moves Correction Specialist • PSA Master Rating Moves
• PSA National Coach Level 6
• USFS Gold Figure Test
• USFS Gold Dance Test & Sr International Dance
• USFS Senior Freeskate US & Intern’l Freestyle Competitor
• Coach of USFS Intermediate National Dance Champions 1991
• Switched to Professional early ‘80/reinstated 2003 to compete Dance adult • ISU Adult World Champion Championship Dance w parnter
• USFS Adult Gold Dance Champion w partner
• PSA Certified Program Director +
• Ballroom American & International style Competitor
• Strong Ballet Background
• Coaching Skating 40 yrs +
• Arizona State University faculty, former

•  Gold Medalist Ice Dance
• Skating director AZ Ice Arcadia since 2013
• Coaching since 1994
• PSA Certified and Registered Dance
• Test Chair: Valley of the Sun Figure Skating Club

• 2-Time Senior U.S. National Pewter Medalist (2009 and 2011)
• 2010 Four Continents Bronze Medalist in Ice Dancing
• 2005 Volunteer coach Cleveland Special Olympics Program
• 2008 – 2020 Skate and Partner Instructor Detroit Skate Club (DSC)
• 2012 + Associate Resident Coach at DSC.
• 2011 – 2014 Skate Instructor Lakeland Ice Arena in Waterford, MI
• 2015 + Resident Coach Saint Claire Shores Figure Skating Club

• 7-Time US Senior Dance medalist
• US Olympic Team alternate-member in 1994
• World Professional Bronze medalist
• Winner of the PSA President’s Award of Excellence in Coaching in 2020 and 2021.
• Current PhD candidate in Global Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, and Harvard University MA in Government

• Two-time US National Champion (2009, 2011)
• Grand Prix Figure Final Champion (2010-11)
• Two-time US National Collegiate Figure Skating Champion (2004, 2008)
• Two-time US Professional Open Grand Champion (2019, 2021)
• Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Bowling Green University (2009)
• Current Associate Choreographer for Stars on Ice

• National and International Competitor for the United States
• 2021 Dancing On Ice U.K. Semi-Finalist
• 10 Years of Professional Ice Show Experience
• Principal Soloist Performer for Holiday on Ice
• Principal Adagio Pairs Performer for Disney on Ice
• Principal Adagio Pairs Performer for Royal Caribbean
• Skated competitively for 15 years
• USFSA Double Gold Medalist in Moves and Freestyle
• USFSA Junior Level Pairs Test
• Three Time Regional Champion in Singles
• Specializes in Choreography, Jumps, and Edges
• Coaches all levels beginner to advanced

• Five USFS Gold Medals in partner dance
• Solo follow & lead dance,
• Solo free dance, and skating skills.
• Competed at US Nationals
• Solo Dance Nationals
• Theater On Ice Nationals
• Specializes in dance, skating skills, and choreography.

• USFS Gold Medalist in Moves in the Field/Skating Skills
• Several PSA Ratings/ USFS Accreditations Master Group
• Senior Skating Skills, Level 1 Dance, Level 1 Freestyle.
• Coaches with the Baltimore Figure Skating Club.