Matthias Guggenberger was appointed BBSA Head Coach in the summer of 2026, having previously held the same role for the Skeleton programme for the Milan Cortina cycle.

Guggenberger guided Matt Weston and Tabby Stoecker to men’s skeleton and team skeleton gold in Italy in February, while the British Skeleton team made no fewer than 55 World Cup podiums and won eight World Championship medals and nine Overall World Cup medals under his stewardship between November 2022 and January 2026.

With the BBSA’s bobsleigh and skeleton programmes working more closely together than ever before, Guggenberger now works collaboratively with the coaching teams in both sports and provide overall technical leadership of coaching and equipment across both programmes, whilst maintaining a hands-on coaching delivery role in skeleton.

He arrived in the UK with a wealth of experience at the top level of the sport, having competed at two Olympic Winter Games in 2010 and 2014 before moving into skeleton coaching after injury ended his sliding career in 2018.

He coached the Belgian and Austrian teams in 2018/19 before switching to Latvia for three seasons from 2019/20, while also continuing to coach Austria’s Janine Flock. 

Matthias guided now fellow GB coach Martins Dukurs to the Overall World Cup crown and European Championship gold in each of the last three seasons of the 2022 Olympic cycle, while Flock also won Overall World Cup and European Championship gold, plus a host of other top-tier medals, including World Championship bronze, during her time with him.