David Carle has signed a multiyear contract to remain head coach of the University of Denver’s men’s hockey team, the school announced Monday.
The 35-year-old has been Denver’s head coach since 2018, winning the national championship in 2022 and 2024 and amassing a record of 179-74-17. He has also been behind the bench for Team USA’s back-to-back World Junior titles in 2024 and 2025. This season, the Pioneers lost to Western Michigan in the semifinals at the Frozen Four in St. Louis.
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Carle seemed a candidate to either become an NHL head coach this summer or use the considerable interest he’s generated off his NCAA and World Junior success into a raise from Denver.
He was linked to multiple NHL head coaching vacancies over the past few weeks and had interviewed for openings in prior years as well. The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun reported interest from the Anaheim Ducks, and there were multiple reports that the Chicago Blackhawks made an aggressive pursuit before Carle removed himself from consideration.
This new contract doesn’t preclude him from leaving Denver mid-contract, but he holds the cards. He has great job security at Denver, and NHL coaches are mostly hired to be fired shortly thereafter. An NHL team will need to make a very convincing argument to Carle, and he can pick his ideal situation to step into where he can have success.
That Carle is staying at the University of Denver isn’t necessarily a surprise, especially if you consider his backstory and bond with the school.
Carle hasn’t shied away from talking to NHL teams, and there was certainly interest in this cycle of openings (the Blackhawks most notably). There might be a time when he does make the jump. But Carle has said he’s very happy with the Pioneers, who have advanced to the Frozen Four six of the last 10 years and are the standard in college hockey. Carle told The Athletic after their semifinal loss to eventual champion Western Michigan: “What drives me now is people saying, ‘It was a good run.’ F— that. That window is still wide open. And we’ll be back.”
Carle, whose wife, Mellissa, gave birth to their third child (a daughter) in March, said it’d have to be a really special job to leave.
“If there’s a life-changing opportunity, then I’d have to listen to that,” Carle said in February. “And if it’s accompanied with the opportunity to win, then that becomes more enticing. But to just take any job, that’s not happening.”
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