Carrie Sirola enters her 7th season as a coach for the UM-Dearborn Women's Ice Hockey team. She spent four seasons as an assistant coach and the last two as the interim head coach, leading the Wolverines to the National Tournament in each of the previous two seasons. She was voted the UM-Dearborn Coach of the Year for the last two seasons.

Sirola comes to UM-Dearborn with over 30 years of coaching experience at all levels of girls' and women's hockey. She led the Livonia Knights girls' teams to three state titles in 11 seasons. She founded the O'Leary Hawks Women's team and led them to two National championships and 11 State championships. As a youth player, she won one national championship, was a two-time National finalist, and a six-time State champion. She also spent time volunteering on numerous hockey league boards and committees, including the Michigan Senior Women's Hockey League, the Michigan Girls Hockey League, and the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association.