MFSC Coaches

 

All of the member coaches listed are U.S. Figure Skating Registered Coaches


Milissa Burdette

651-730-7354 
milissa8@yahoo.com


Milissa Burdette


Disciplines:
Freestyle, Field Moves, Choreography, Ice Dance

Dana Cocchiarella

651-770-7984
Dlcocchiarella@stkate.edu

Dana Cocchiarella

Disciplines:
Freestyle, Field Moves, Choreography, Ice Dance, Synchronized Skating

Dana has been coaching private students for 3 years, and has skated with the MFSC for 15. She has been a competitive skater for over half of that time, competing in freestyle, testing in field moves and competing as a member of the Maplewood Highsteppers.  She has lots of fresh and new ideas that she brings to teaching her students, but most of all, she just loves coaching.

Andrea Hall

651-426-2833

Andrea Hall

Disciplines:
Freestyle, Field Moves, Choreography, Ice Dance, Synchronized Skating
Director, Synchronized Skating

Kristina
Kupferschmidt
651-483-9871 
lamb0196@umn.edu


Kristina Kupferschmidt


Disciplines:
Freestyle, Field Moves, Choreography, Ice Dance, Synchronized Skating

Melanie Sarkissian
651-770-0852
sark0037@umn.edu 

Melanie Sarkissian


Disciplines:
Freestyle, Field Moves, Choreography, Ice Dance

Melanie has been coaching individual skaters for almost 2 years.  She has coached in the Basic Skills Program for about 5 years and is qualified to teach Basic Skills, Basic Skills Freestyle, and Basic Skills Ice Dance.  She has been skating for 13 years,  has passed her Intermediate Freestyle and Novice Field Moves tests, and was Minnesota State Champion in the Open Pre-Juvenile division in 2004. She also has a strong musical and dance background and loves choreographing, especially for the spring ice shows. She is currently a student at the University of Minnesota majoring in Economics, Math and Management.