PARK CITY, Utah – The U.S. Alpine Ski Team welcomed back Forest Carey as the new men’s Europa Cup head coach this week. He is also a Carabbassett Valley Academy graduate and former coach of its renowned U.S. Ski Team club program.

A member of the U.S. Ski Team as an athlete from 1993-97, Carey also was an assistant World Cup technical coach during the 2007 season.

“Forest has a tremendous athlete background, thanks to his years of racing and he brings that unique athlete perspective with him as a U.S. Ski Team coach,” said men’s head coach Sasha Rearick.

“I look forward to working with a team of younger athletes,” said Carey, who worked along side both the men’s technical and speed World Cup coaching staffs the last two years. “Ultimately, our goal is for all of our athletes to have success on the World Cup. My goal is to help them successfully make that jump.”

Following his racing years, Carey returned to Middlebury College in Vermont where he became a three-time All-American before graduating in 2000. He later took an assistant coaching role at Middlebury in 2001.

He returned to Middlebury in 2003 as the alpine head coach before joining the U.S. Ski Team coaching ranks from 2006-07. Most recently, Carey coached World Champion and two-time World Cup overall champion Bode Miller of Franconia, N.H. during the 2008 and 2009 seasons.

During the past two seasons, Forest was able to see first hand what it takes to be successful on the World Cup,” added Rearick. “We’re fortunate to have him bring this experience to our Europa Cup Team as they work on making the jump to World Cup competition.”