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Show New Women's Coach for U.S. Ski Team and 1 hope to be able to fulfill what is expected of me as a coach." Alpine Team Director Hank Tauber said of Goellner, "I am particularly pleased that Herman with his outstanding international credentials has joined our coaching coach-ing staff. I have tremendous respect for him as a coach. I know he will give our Women's Team and coaching staff the leadership and direction which will help them fulfill their potential." Hermann Goellner, 34, Stratton Mountain VT, has been named Head Women's Coach of the U.S. Alpine Ski Team. He will assume full time responsibilities with the Team on April 1 and will reside in Park City, Utah. Originally from Zell Am See, Austria, Goellner has lived in the U.S. since 1964. A former member of the Austrian 'B' Team and Austrian Junior Giant Slalom Champion in 1960, he was Head Ski Coach at Killinton VT from 1965-1968 and Ski School Director at Bromley VT from 1969-1971. In 1966, he was second overall in the professional ski racing standings for that season. Geollner has been Head Coach and Director of Racing at Stratton Mountain School since it was founded in 1972. A certified member of the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA), Goellner has coached many members of the U.S. National Ski Team. Throughout Through-out his career, Goellner has had broad international experience as a racer and coach in Europe, South America and the United" States. This season he was with the Women's Team in Europe as an Associate Coach. Goellner will begin full time direction of the Women's Team at the beginning of the Western Spring Series in Lake Tahoe, CaliforniaNevada April 2-7. During Dur-ing April, he will select the coaching staff who will work for him with the U.S. Women's Team. "I see this as a great challenge," said Goellner. "It is a difficult assignment but I have faced many similar situations in life. Years of work in athletics and ski racing gives me a good and positive feeling for this position. |
