Francis M. "Frank" Carroll (born 1938) is an American figure skating coach and former competitive skater. He has coached three skaters to win the World Figure Skating Championships: Linda Fratianne, Michelle Kwan, and Evan Lysacek. Lysacek won the men's Olympic gold medal in 2010 at Vancouver. Carroll has been inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame, the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame, the Professional Skaters Association Coaches Hall of Fame, and was the 1997 Olympic Coach of the Year. Competitive and professional career Carroll grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts. When he was in his early teens, a skating rink opened in his neighborhood and he began skating, interested by the combination of artistry and athleticism. After graduating from the College of the Holy Cross in 1960 with a B.S. in Sociology, Carroll eventually moved to Winchester, Massachusetts and lived with his coach Maribel Vinson Owen and her daughters on weekends. Carroll won the bronze medal on the junior level at the 1959 U.S. Championships. He won the bronze medal on the junior level at the 1960 U.S. Championships behind Douglas Ramsay. Carroll turned professional after that and was skating with the Ice Follies at the time of the Sabena Flight 548 crash. Carroll skated with the Ice Follies until 1964. He was accepted to law school at the University of San Francisco, but chose to pursue acting. He appeared in the background of several beach films, including The Loved One. Carroll began coaching on the side to support himself and eventually decided to coach full-time. His notable students include Linda Fratianne, Christopher Bowman, Michelle Kwan, Timothy Goebel, Gracie Gold, Denis Ten, and Evan Lysacek. He was the head coach for the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, California. In 2011, he began coaching at a newly built rink in Cathedral City, California to be closer to his home in Palm Springs, California, one of his homes since the 1980s. Carroll resumed coaching at the Toyota Sports Center on June 1, 2013. Results Coaching career Carroll's current and former students include: Robert Bradshaw Coached him to a Silver at U.S. Nationals in 1973. Christopher Bowman. Coached him to the U.S. National title and a World silver medal in 1989 and to a World Bronze medal in 1990. Nicole Bobek Tiffany Chin. Coached her to two World bronze medals. Ellie Kawamura. Mark Cockerell. Silvia Fontana Linda Fratianne. Coached