Author - Carla MacLeod

Carla MacLeod is the head coach of the Czechia Women's National Team and University of Calgary Dinos.She joined the Dinos from Edge School, a private school for Grades 4-12 located just west of Calgary, where she has led the U18 Female Prep Team since 2014. MacLeod's teams excelled both academically and athletically during her time in charge of the Edge program. Student-athletes recorded a team-academic average of 89 per cent — 98 per cent pursued post-secondary degrees and 88 per cent continued their hockey careers. In 2019-20, MacLeod's Edge team captured its first Female U18 Prep Division championship in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League.

MacLeod's international playing career was highlighted by a pair of Olympic gold medals with Canada's Women's Hockey team at Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010, where she posted a stellar nine points in 10 contests across those Games. She also competed at four IIHF Women's World Championships — winning gold in 2007 and earning MVP honours in 2009 — as well as five 4 Nations Cups, where she earned an additional three gold medals.