Mikaela Shiffrin calls her mother, Eileen, her best friend, but her mom is also her coach. Learn more about Mikaela's parents, and their love for skiing.

For Mikaela Shiffrin, that person is her mom, Eileen Shiffrin, who has coached and traveled with Mikaela since her first season on the World Cup circuit, at age 15.

Mikaela Shiffrin, left, and her mother, Eileen Shiffrin, here in March 2019, decided to end their athlete-coach relationship to free Eileen to spend time with the rest of her family. Credit ...

Mikaela Shiffrin was featured on the cover of Outside’s “Outsiders of the Year” November-December print magazine, which hit newsstands this week. She and her mom, Eileen, were also featured on the ...

Shiffrin’s mom Eileen, her sister-in-law Kristi and brother Taylor also came to surprise the skier during the award ceremony. This achievement puts Shiffrin in the same realm as Serena Williams ...

It’s her mom, Eileen Shiffrin. Eileen has coached and traveled with Mikaela since her first season on the World Cup circuit, at age 15. Eileen is a former masters ski racer herself, ...

Shiffrin’s mother, Eileen, a former competitive skier, has long been among her top coaching voices, a kind of chairman of Team Shiffrin to her daughter’s role as the chief executive.

Eileen Shiffrin, who has coached and traveled with Mikaela since her debut on the World Cup circuit at 15, credits her daughter’s largely injury-free career to a trait not usually associated ...

Shiffrin is leaving her competition buried in six-foot snowdrifts. ... “She’s starting to find clarity this year more than she has in three years,” said Eileen Shiffrin, her mother and coach.

And both decided they would toast to Jeff Shiffrin—Eileen’s husband, Mikaela’s father, a solver of problems, reader of x-rays, caretaker of water softener systems and photographer of all the ...

Mikaela Shiffrin has already won a gold medal in the 2018 Winter Olympics, coming in first in the women’s giant slalom which took place on February 15. Her parents, Jeff and Eileen Shiffrin, are ...

Mikaela Shiffrin has a family full of skiers that match her passion for the sport. Lean more about Mikaela's mom Eileen, dad Jeff and brother Taylor.