Coach Tom Hales

EMAIL: thomas.hales@hill.af.mil

WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Casper, Wyoming

                                
BIRTH DATE: 23 March 1960

SPOUSE'S NAME: Susie Hales

CHILDREN'S NAMES: No Children

 
SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION ABOUT FAMILY:
Susie and I are now working together on the Snowbasin Alpine Development Team.  We love skiing and SCUBA diving.  We live in Mt Green

WHEN & WHERE DID YOU START SKIING?
Hogadon basin ski area Casper, Wyoming

SUMMARY OF YOUR SKIING/COACHING EXPERIENCE:
The 2004/5 season will be my ninth year coaching with 22 years of active involvement in Ski racing. I started skiing when I was eight and racing when I was ten. My junior ski racing took me throughout Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota and Colorado. I enrolled at the College of Idaho (now Albertson College) where I competed on the varsity ski team throughout Oregon, Idaho and Washington. We won two national titles during my four years of collegiate competition. I began coaching in Boise, Idaho at Bogus Basin where I coached mighty mites for two years and was the J1 coach for one year. I left Bogus to start my federal service career at Hill AFB in 1988 when I also began coaching at Snowbasin. I coached with Snowbasin for two years until moving away from the Wasatch front.  I returned to Hill AFB in 2001 and also returned to coaching with the Alpine team.

WHY DO YOU COACH?

I love the sport of ski racing. I've experienced tremendous life success through ski racing. I coach ski racing to share my love of the sport with young ski racers and enable them to experience similar success in their own lives.  I also coach to enjoy the camaraderie of ski racing with the coaching staff and the athletes on the team.

WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS AS A COACH?
Develop self esteem within children by helping them achieve successful skiing ability.  Help develop respect for themselves, other athletes, coaches and the mountain. Teach kids how to safely be at a ski area.