Bio

Carla DeSantis is in her second season as assistant coach with the Framingham State University Women's Soccer program. She comes to the Rams after spending nine seasons as head women's soccer coach at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and as head coach at the United States Coast Guard Academy for four years.

A native of Sudbury, Mass., DeSantis graduated from the University of Massachusetts, where she earned All-Region, All-New England and NCAA Division I All-American honors as a goalkeeper in soccer. A two-sport student-athlete, she also threw the javelin for the track & field team, earning All-East honors and being named the Two-Sport Female Athlete of the Year at UMass for the 1988-89 season. Her teams at UMass twice advanced to the Final Four, hosting the NCAA Division I Finals in 1987 and losing in the championship game to North Carolina. DeSantis was also in the United States National Team pool, playing on the U.S. "B" team during the 1991 World Cup.

DeSantis began her coaching career at Lincoln-Sudbury H.S. Then, after serving as an assistant coach at George Washington, she began the women's soccer program at Tulane and served as head coach of the Green Wave from 1995-98. After earning her master's degree at Middle Tennessee State, Carla also served as an assistant coach at Minnesota State-Mankato before joining the staff at Coast Guard.

DeSantis is a member of the Senior Coaching Staff of Region 1 Olympic Development Program. She holds both a United States Soccer Federation "A" coaching license and a Premier Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.