Peter Foley

Peter Foley (born ) is an American former U.S. Ski & Snowboard (USSS) snowboarding coach. Foley served as the head coach of the U.S. Snowboard team starting with when it was founded in 1994, including at three Olympics. In 2001, he was named USSS Coach of the Year, and in 2021 he was selected by USSS as Snowboard Coach of the Year. He was fired by USSS in March 2022, after sexual misconduct allegations were made. He had been the coach of the U.S. snowboarding team for 28 years. On August 8, 2023, SafeSport suspended him for ten years for sexual misconduct.

Biography Early years Foley is the son of Terry Foley, a Bend, Oregon native, former alpine ski racer, and ski coach. He grew up as a ski racer in Colorado. He began snowboarding in the early 1990s, and raced as a professional for two seasons. He is also director of Product Development at Insight Replay, which he co-founded in 2013.

Team USA snowboard team head coach Foley served as the head coach of the U.S. Snowboard team starting in 1994, when it was founded, including at three Olympics, through 2022. By 2022, he had led it to seven Olympic Games, at which team members won a combined 35 Olympic medals. In 2001 he was named U.S. Ski & Snowboard (USSS) Coach of the Year, and in 2021 he was selected by USSS as Snowboard Coach of the Year.

2022; Safety plan, dismissal as coach, temporary suspension In February 2022 former USSS team member and 2010 Olympian Callan Chythlook-Sifsof made social posts on Instagram during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics accusing Foley of sexual misconduct. Foley denied the allegations vehemently. But on February 16, SafeSport Center vice president Bobby Click emailed USSS that: "based on the information the center has, we have chosen not to implement any types of measure." It fired him on March 20, 2022, days after the Beijing Olympics concluded. He had been coach of the U.S. snowboarding team for 28 years. A former USSS employee said that in 2008 Foley coerced her into taking nude photos, and then sexually assaulted her as she said no and tried to move away from him, and eventually rolled her over and ejaculated on her back. She alleged that he sexually assaulted her on two separate occasions. One former athlete said that she was asleep in a hotel room when Foley slid in behind her, reached his "arm over my body and put his fingers inside me.” SafeSport temporarily suspended Foley on March 18, 2022, pending its investigation.

Separately in February 2023, the former USSS employee who had previously filed a report with Safesport filed a lawsuit against Foley and others for the alleged sexual assaults.

On August 8, 2023, after an 18-month investigation, SafeSport suspended Foley for ten years for sexual misconduct.