Alpine Race Coaches
Pam Tucker-Kopp – Head Coach
Pam grew up in a Red Lodge Skiing family and competed for both Silver Run and Rocky Mountain College ski teams.
She graduated from RMC with a Physical Education degree, and coached for a short time for Silver Run, before moving to Boise in 2013 to coach FIS and USSS athletes. She is a level 200 certified coach with 16 years of experience and a certified Technical Delegate. Pam is happy to be back home in Red Lodge, where she and her husband will raise their son Mills.
406-860-8460
pamela.tucker10@yahoo.com
Jeremy Wolf- Assistant Head Coach
Jeremy Wolf started skiing when he was three years old at Marshall ski area while his father worked as manager of the hill. Already in love with the sport, he then joined the Silver Run Ski Team at age five and raced for the team and Northern Division through high school. Jeremy competed in the local USSA and Northern Division races and later FIS races across the country. Jeremy decided not to race in college and went to a school with no racing team. However, he quickly found his way back to the snow in a different sport, skier-cross, and competed in the USCSA and USASA nationals in skier-cross as an individual his first two years at University.
Jeremy then made one of the more rewarding job description changes in his life and started coaching U12 athletes for Schweitzer Alpine Racing School. After two years, Jeremy moved home to Billings and became an assistant coach to the Rocky Mountain College ski team. The RMC men’s and women’s teams won multiple national titles during these two years.
Jeremy then moved to Vermont (I know, blah, the east coast snow, right!?) to get his MFA and spent two years being a season pass holder at Sugarbush mountain. During this time Jeremy also interned for Backcountry Magazine, Cross-country Skier Magazine, and wrote his MFA thesis on his experiences growing up as a ski racer. He has moved back to the only state where the sky can truly be referred to as “big” and is ecstatic at the opportunity to work for his childhood ski club and the great community of SRST. The employees of Silver Run, the athletes, and the whole community of Red Lodge and the mountain have often been involved in Jeremy’s favorite memories.
406.698.2997
jeremy.wolf@rocky.edu
Mark Selby – Part-Time Coach
Mark grew up skiing at Red Lodge Mountain. In 1991 he became a ski and snowboard instructor and achieved his Level 2 in both disciplines. He coached the Red Lodge Mountain Alpine Training Team for 5 years before joining Silver Run in 2000 as a part-time coach. Mark has the ability to help athletes understand the mechanics of skiing, especially in a racecourse. In the offseason, Mark spends his time fishing, rafting, and playing golf. Mark is an outside salesman for Spencer Fluid Power. He has a passion for skiing and teaching youth how to go fast! Mark is a USSA certified Level 200 coach.
406.670.8500
Riley Selby – Part Time Coach
Riley grew up racing with the team from age 7. He was small for his age, but showed tremendous perseverance and dedication to training and eventually made a name as a ski racer in the division. His ability to relate to young people as a coach has made him a favorite among the athletes.
406.697.2100
selbysnarf@hotmail.com
Chad Pavlick – Part Time Coach
Chad Pavlick grew up in Montana, and ski raced with the silver run ski team from a young age through high school. After high school, he continued ski racing with a scholarship to Rocky Mountain College, Billings. He graduated with a Business/Finance degree in 2001. He started his other passion guiding fly fishermen, in his sophomore year of college.
Chad’s love for skiing and racing continued after college. He began coaching with Silver Run in 2001. He coached the development team for 10 seasons, then following those years also coached for 3yrs with the Big Sky Ski Team, YSL.
Currently, he lives in Red Lodge with his family and loves raising his two boys outdoors. He is the owner-outfitter of Front Range Drifters, where he continues to create a livelihood guiding fly fishermen. He is also a 3 day a week Pro-patroller at Red Lodge Mountain. Safety first!
(406) 698-4763
pavlickc406@gmail.com
Spela Pavlick – Part Time Coach
Spela Pavlick started racing in her native Slovenia at the age of 8. She participated and podiumed in various junior international competitions, including Whistler Cup, and Trofeo Topolino. As a FIS racer, she raced in the Europa Cup and participated in two Junior World Championships. In 2003 she made the decision to continue her skiing career in Montana, racing on the NCAA Division I circuit, while attending Montana State University.
After graduating from MSU, Spela continued to coach as an assistant coach at MSU, and later as a YSL coach at Big Sky SKi Education Foundation, and Silver Run Ski Education Foundation.
These days Spela lives in Red Lodge with her husband Chad, and their two young racer boys. She enjoys spending time outside with her friends and family. Spela holds two master’s degrees and works as a mental health therapist at Intermountain Health in Laurel and Red Lodge.
(406) 698-3077
spelabertoncelj@gmail.com
Kim Sommerfeld – Part Time Coach
Kim grew up on Red Lodge Mountain. After graduating with a degree in Outdoor Education she spent spent her time in the mountains as much as possible. From backpacking, and fishing or hunting, climbing to ski patrolling and coaching/teaching. She funded her endeavors through her lifelong goal of working for the Forest Service as a Wildland Firefighter. After several summer seasons of adventure all over Wyoming and the Wild West, and completing many goals, she settled down and started a family. She and her husband currently live in Billings, but are excited to be moving back to her home town to raise their daughter. She is thrilled to be returning to Silver Run to pass on the passion for mountain life that was cultivated here so many years ago! Kim spends her summers now managing the pool in Red Lodge, and uses her free time volunteering at Red Lodge Fire Rescue as an Advanced EMT.
(307) 272-7388
sommerfeldkim@gmail.com