Career
She began competing with Oppegard in 1985. During Watson and Oppegard"s free skate at the 1988 Olympics, a photographer dropped his camera bag onto the ice and an usher walked onto the ice to pick it up while the pair was performing a death spiral on the other side of the rink. She is now a coach at the Desert Schools Coyotes Center in the United States.
She coached Rena Inoue/John Baldwin for five seasons.
Jill Watson and Peter Oppegard were inducted into the United States. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2004. (pairs with Peter Oppegard)
(pairs with Burt Lancon).