David Carle

Biography

David Carle is in his eighth season as the Richard and Kitzia Goodman Hockey Head Coach in 2025-26 after being named to the position on May 25, 2018. The ninth head coach in program history, Carle has led the Pioneers to the 2022 and 2024 NCAA National Championships, four Frozen Four berths and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament in each full season (five total). Denver's national championship victory in 2024 was the program's 10th in its 75-year history and set the NCAA record for the most-ever by a college hockey team. At the time of his hire at DU, Carle was youngest head coach in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey at age 28. He became the fourth-youngest coach in history to win a D-I national title in 2022 (32 years, 5 months, 0 days) and is the youngest ever to win two national championships following the Pioneers' victory in 2024 (34 years, 5 months, 4 days). He is the 20th coach in NCAA history to win multiple national championships and the first to do so since Scott Sandelin of