Kathy Casey has passed away

[SmallFairy]

Thank you for the lovely tribute @KBaker

RIP Kathy and thanks for all you’ve done for figure skating. I remember her best as Scott Davies’ coach at the Lillehammer Olympics.

 

[paskatefan]

RIP, Kathy. Thank you for all you have done for figure skating.

 

[Amy L]

Ashley Cain-Gribble dedicated her win in SLC to Kathy Casey. ❤

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[Sylvia]

This is a personal tribute to Kathy (2 minutes). It's more about my relationship with her, which had little to do with skating, but if you care to see it, here is the link.

Thank you for sharing.

I found this article/profile on Kathy Casey from 2009: http://www.iceskatingintnl.com/archive/features/Kathy Casey profile.htm
Excerpt:

Casey really made her reputation with Jill Lynn Sawyer, a tall, blonde jumping wiz from the Tacoma area who claimed the 1977 U.S. novice title with all of the triple jumps through the Lutz. Invariably, Sawyer created quite at that Nationals in Hartford, Connecticut, since she and one other skater, Theresa Foy of California, the U.S. National novice ladies silver medalist, were doing more difficult jumps than most of the ladies singles in the junior and senior levels.
In 1978, Sawyer clinched the national junior ladies and World Junior Championship titles with this arsenal of triples, which helped initiate a whole new trend of ladies skaters who did this level of jumping. (Linda Fratianne, the 1980 U.S. Olympic silver medalist and Elaine Zayak, the 1982 U.S. World titlist were the famed American international pioneers of this new genre of triple-rotation female jumpers.)
... Over the next few decades, she coached Nicole Bobek, the 1995 U.S. champion; Scott Davis, the 1994 U.S. champion; Rosalynn Sumners, the 1984 U.S. Olympic silver medalist, Scott Hamilton, the 1984 U.S. Olympic titlist, Sydne Vogel, the 1995 national junior ladies winner and Damon Allen, a top-seeded national men’s contender in the late 1990s.

For Casey, good jump technique is derived from a variety of things, including a good understanding as to how they work, a strong foundation, resilience, an intense work ethic and a boatload of confidence.
"Jumps are not easy, but they’re not as hard they sometimes might look either," said Casey. "You have to have the right mindset and technique and from that, almost anything is possible."
Casey, who is known for her terrific foresight in regard to the technical development of the sport, stressed the importance of biomechanics. For her, this area is key for understanding how an skater’s body and muscles work in relation to their jumps.
"Biomechanics are extremely important in terms of how jumps work," said Casey.