A professional coach is an adult coach on staff at MSC and in charge of group lessons. 

A private coach is one of the professionals with whom you have made individual arrangements. You will be billed separately for lessons given by your private coach and are responsible for paying these bills on a timely basis.  

All the Markham Skating Club coaches are certified through the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) of the Coaching Association of Canada. There are three components to the training; theory, practical and technical. A coach who has their Level 1 has a good general knowledge base. 

A listing of the professional staff can be found on the back cover of the registration guides.
 

• Certified Level 2

• 26 yrs full time coaching experience (26th yr with M.S.C.)

• Triple Gold Medallist and 3 time National competitor

• Coached the first ever Gold Figure Medallist in the history of the Markham Skating Club

• Coached and developed many skaters right from Preliminary to Gold medals in freeskate, dance, skills, figures and artistic 

• Produced & Directed Ice Shows 1990 thru 2002 and again for Ice Show 2006

• Proud recipient of the 2006 Skate Canada Section "Volunteer Coach Award"

• Current MSC Canskate Coordinator

• Director of Markham's comprehensive summer program

• Professional coach for 14 years.

• Working on Level 3 Certification.

• Has Gold Freeskate, Senior Competitive Dance, Junior Competitive Pair and Level One Competitive Skills tests.

• Holds Canadian Championship titles; Novice Dance (1984) and Junior Dance (1987). 

• Bronze medalist at the 1987 Junior Worlds.

• Competed in International Competitions as a member of the Skate Canada National Senior team. His main disciplines were Dance Pair and Free Pair.

• Principal skater for Disney on Ice.

• Don's goal is to pass on some of his competitive experience and knowledge to future upcoming athletes.

Don along with another Markham coach, Darcy Guddat, have developed a Power Skating program that reflects quality of edges and the correct knowledge on how to apply this skill to young athletes. Don is looking forward to having an excellent year, and wishes great success to all Markham skaters. His advice is, "Keep up the good work!".

• Certified NCCP Level 1 & trained in the new ISPC stream (Formerly called NCCP Level 2)

• Skate Canada CanSkate Certified

• Red Cross CPR & First Aid Certified

• 1st National Champion in Markham Skating Club

• 2 time National StarSkate Champion (3 Time National Competitor)

• 2 time Provincial Freeskate Champion

• COS Provincial Team Member from 1996 - 2003 & COS National Team Member 2003 - 2005

• Quadruple Gold Test Medallist (Freeskate, Dance, Interpretive, Skills)

• 3 time winner of COS Georgina Skating Award of Achievement

• Nominated 2005 COS Volunteer Coach of the Year

• Choreography experience from Pre-Preliminary to Novice Competitive skaters

• Rodolfo also has a diploma in Journalism from Humber College and currently produces the MSC club newsletter, The Blade

• Certified Level 3, working on Level 4

• Professional coach for 22 years, this season exclusive to Markham

• Certified Canskate Instructor

• Coached skaters from beginner level to Junior Competitive, coached skaters to Gold Medals in  Skills, Free Style and Dance

• Triple Gold Medallist in Figures, Free Style and Dance

• Coached many National Medallist Synchro Teams including Silver Medallists Spring Cup Milano Italy and Bronze Medallists, PCI International and invited to work with a Finnish Junior Synchro Team

• Twice nominated Central Ontario Section Competitive Coach of the Year

• Fully Certified Level 2

• Certified First Aid and CPR

• Coached at various clubs since 1994

• Coached from beginner to Gold level in all disciplines, both male and female

• Skated for 17 years for the Oshawa and Whitby figure skating clubs

• Team Member, 1986 Canadian Precision Champions

• Has a diploma in Social Services and has been working with children between the ages of 6 and 18 for the past 20 years

• Certified Level 2, Working on Level 3 
• Canskate certified, CPR and Firstaid
• She has 5 years coaching experience with MSC and enjoys the atmosphere
• Quintuplet Gold Medallist in Figures, Freeskate, Dance, Skills and Artistic
• Eastern Canadian Divisionals Competetor in ice dance
• Coached skaters to gold medals in skills and dance
• Mackenzie has a diploma in graphic design and designed the MSC logo.
• She is a Registered Practical Nurse.