Bree Schaaf joined the BBSA as Bobsleigh Performance Coach for the 2030 Olympic cycle.

Schaaf brings 24 years of sliding sports experience to the position, having competed at the top level as an athlete in both skeleton and bobsleigh before moving into coaching, athlete advocacy and media work.

Her role sees her works with World Class Programme athletes in all aspects of on ice coaching during the winter season as the team look to build on recent medal winning performances at World Cup, World Championship and European Championship level.

She provides expert leadership, as well as technical support in areas such as equipment development and performance analysis, and plays a leading role in developing a world-class performance culture.

An Olympian in Vancouver in 2010 - finishing fifth in the women’s bobsleigh competition - Schaaf was a skeleton slider from 2002-2007 and then a bobsleigh pilot through to 2014.

After her retirement as an athlete, the American served as Emerging Nations Skeleton and Bobsleigh Coach and Para Skeleton and Bobsleigh Coach with the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation, a role she held up until her move to the BBSA.

Schaaf also served as Pilot/Development Coach for the US and Latvian Federations from 2023-2026, coaching both nations’ World Cup teams at times during the recent Milan Cortina Olympic season.

A strong voice for athlete advocacy, Schaaf was Chair and Vice Chair of the Team USA Athletes’ Commission from 2017-2022 and worked as a Programme Manager for Global Athlete between 2020 and 2022.