Frank Carroll - Coaching Career

Coaching Career

Carroll's current and former students include:

• Nicole Bobek
• Christopher Bowman. 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
• Linda Fratianne. Coached her to two World Championships and to an Olympic silver medal in 1980.
• 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
• Kristiene Gong.
• Danielle Kahle.
• Jennifer Kirk.
• Carolina Kostner.
• Karen Kwan.
• Michelle Kwan. He coached her to four World Championships and to 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.
• Beatrisa Liang.
• Evan Lysacek. He coached him to a World Championship in 2009 and an Olympic gold medal in 2010.
• Ye Bin Mok
• Daisuke Murakami.
• Mirai Nagasu (from May 2009 to April 2012)
• Angela Nikodinov.
• Denis Ten.

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. 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 was elected to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. He was inducted on March 22, 2007 during the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships, between the original dance and the men's free skate.