Miami Redhawks

Carla DeGirolamo enters her 15th season as head coach of the Miami University Synchronized Skating program in 2023-24, assuming the head role in June 2009. After a four-year career as a RedHawk skater, DeGirolamo spent seven seasons as an assistant coach in the program, serving as the head coach of the junior team from 2006-09. She was the top assistant coach for the senior team from 2004-09 after serving as head coach of the collegiate team her first season on staff. 

During DeGirolamo’s time as head coach, the RedHawks have won 10 collegiate national championships (2010-16, 2019, 2022-23) while the senior team has qualified for the World Championships six times (2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2022, 2023). The last two World Championship appearances are among the top four finishes for the RedHawks at the event, placing sixth each year. Over the course of her entire time with the Miami staff, the RedHawks have won a combined 16 national championships (2 senior; 14 collegiate) and qualified for the World Championships nine times, achieving a silver medal with Team USA in 2007, the first medal finish at the World Championships by a U.S. team and the highest finish at the event by a U.S. team.

DeGirolamo brings more than 35 years of figure skating experience and 31 years of synchronized skating experience to her position. During the 2002-03 season, she was a volunteer assistant with Miami's collegiate synchronized skating team and served as the assistant ice skating coordinator at Miami's Goggin Ice Arena. DeGirolamo has also worked as an assistant coach for the Oxford Skating Club's synchronized skating teams.

DeGirolamo is a U.S. Figure Skating gold medalist in dance & moves in the field and is registered rated in dance and master rated in team skating by the Professional Skaters Association where she also holds a Level VIII ranking.

During her four-year stint on Miami's senior synchronized skating team, DeGirolamo earned several prestigious awards. A two-time captain, DeGirolamo garnered the team's Senior of the Year and Outstanding Skater awards during her senior campaign and also was decorated with Miami Athletics' most prestigious award for a female--The Leann Grimes Davidge Award--which recognizes a senior female athlete who best personifies the outstanding qualities of Leann Grimes Davidge by excelling in the areas of athletics, leadership and scholarship. Additionally, DeGirolamo was tabbed the team's Rookie of the Year as a freshman. She served as the Miami Ice Skating Club's Vice President (2001) and President (2002).

DeGirolamo, who is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, earned her bachelor's degree in business from Miami in May 2003 with a double major in accountancy and marketing.