With partner Tamara Moskvina, he is the 1969 World silver medalist and Soviet national champion.

[2] He started with coaching junior ladies to success at national and international competitions, but later switched to men's singles.

[4] He rapidly became a well-known coach, due to his training methods that made the skaters learn jumps very quickly.

[2] In addition, he has authored several books on the biomechanics of figure skating and jumps which have been published in Russia, Germany, China, Japan and several other countries.

He pulled me out of the dirt, put me on my feet, and made me into a person.His current male students include Evgeni Semenenko, Mikhail Kolyada,[12] Gleb Lutfullin and Andrei Lazukin.

His notable former students include: Yuri Ovchinnikov, Vitali Egorov, Anna Antonova, Tatiana Oleneva, Oleg Tataurov, Ruslan Novoseltsev, Elena Sokolova, Ksenia Doronina, Tatiana Basova, Andrei Lutai, Sergei Dobrin, Katarina Gerboldt, Artur Gachinski, Maria Stavitskaya, Artur Dmitriev Jr., Petr Gumennik, Elizaveta Nugumanova, Alisa Fedichkina, Alexander Petrov, Sofia Samodurova, etc.

Mishin is a professor at the Lesgaft School of Sports Science and Physical Education and gives seminars all over the world.

[2][14] He is taking part in the development of a figure skating device which measures the number of revolutions in jumps when attached to the skater's body.

[13] Mishin is based at Saint Petersburg's Yubileyny Sports Palace for most of the season but has annual summer training camps in various locations, such as Jaca (Spain), Tartu (Estonia), Courchevel (France) and Pinzolo (Italy).

Additionally, Alexei is surrounded by many talented choreographers such as Lori Nichol, David Wilson, Jeffrey Buttle, Emanuel Sandhu or Benoit Richaud.