Steve Carroll

Biography

Steve Carroll is in his 23rd season as an assistant coach with the Gusties in the 2024-25 season. His responsibilities include helping recruit student-athletes and developing Gustavus goalies. Alongside brother and head coach Mike Carroll, the Gusties have seen extraordinary success on the ice, winning 16 conference regular season titles, 14 MIAC Playoff Championships, and making 16 NCAA postseason appearances, including a national championship in 2022-23. During Carroll's tenure behind the bench for the Gusties, he's developed a consistent pipeline of exceptional goaltending squads. Carroll has coached four goalies to seven All-Conference honors and two All-Americans in Amanda DiNella, and Katie McCoy. Carroll has more than 30 years of goalie coaching experience and is regarded as one of the top goalie instructors in the Midwest. He also serves as goalie coach-in-chief for USA Hockey's Minnesota District. Carroll runs his own goalie school and each year coaches hundreds of boys and girls of all skill levels from all across the country. He was named the 2024 winner of USA Hockey's National Goaltending Developer Award. As a player, Carroll was a two-time All-America goaltender for Minnesota State University-Mankato. He was selected as the 1980 NCAA Division II National Tournament MVP after leading his team to a national title. Carroll was a four-year letterwinner and was named a top-10 finalist for the Hobey Baker Award. He was awarded an NHL free-agent tryout with the Minneso

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