Background
Shpilband was born in Moscow on July 14, 1964, to a Jewish family.
Shpilband was born in Moscow on July 14, 1964, to a Jewish family.
Shpilband was coached by Lyudmila Pakhomova from age 12 to 20. Shpilband retired from competitive skating following Pakhomova"s death in 1986. Following his defection, he began working as a coach and choreographer at the Detroit Skating Club.
Gorsha Sur recommended him as a coach to Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow, who were among his first students.
Shpilband formerly coached in collaboration with Elizabeth Coates. He began coaching with Marina Zueva in 2001.
In 2003, Shpilband began coaching at the Arctic Edge Arena in Canton, Michigan. On June 3, 2012, Shpilband confirmed that he had been fired from the Arctic Edge Arena.
On June 12, it was announced that his new training site is the Novi Ice Arena in Novi, Michigan, and American ice dancers Madison Chock/Evan Bates confirmed that they would train with Shpilband in Novi.
They were joined soon after by Isabella Tobias/Deividas Stagniūnas of Lithuania. Shpilband has coached the following skaters:
Alisa Agafonova / Dmitri Dun
Alissandra Aronow / Zachary Donohue
Tanith Belbin White / Benjamin Agosto
Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte (co-coach, with Paola Mezzadri from June 2012-July 2014)
Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein
Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas
Meryl Davis / Charlie White (until June 2012)
Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas
Grethe Grünberg / Kristian Rand
Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler
Jessica Joseph / Brandon Forsyth
Siobhan Karam / Joshua McGrath
Naomi Language / Peter Tchernyshev
Caitlin Mallory / Kristian Rand
Lydia Manon / Ryan O"Meara
Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat, from May 2013. Justyna Plutowska / Peter Gerber
Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow
Jamie Silverstein / Ryan O"Meara
Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek
Lauren Senft / Leif Gislason
Lauren Senft / Augie Hill
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani (until June 2012)
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir (until June 2012)
Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe
Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen
Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland (from May 2015)
(with Gladkova).