Carrie Gaydos, who has worked in various capacities with USA Hockey in the past, currently serves as an assistant athletic trainer within the Quinnipiac University athletics department. Gaydos is the athletic trainer for the Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team as well as a full-time professor in the Quinnipiac athletic training department.

Gaydos came to Quinnipiac in 2009 as an adjunct professor before becoming a full-time professor this academic year. 

Prior to Quinnipiac, Gaydos served as the athletic trainer for the U.S. Under-18 Women’s National Team for several seasons.

Before joining USA Hockey, Gaydos was an associate athletic trainer at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. While at Trinity, Gaydos was a certified athletic trainer for women’s soccer, field hockey, wrestling, men’s and women’s ice hockey, men’s basketball, men’s and women’s squash, men’s and women’s crew, softball and women’s lacrosse.

Gaydos holds a Master of Education in Sport Injury Prevention and Management from Springfield College as well as a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training.

Gaydos currently resides in Newington, Connecticut with her husband, Mike, and her three children, Hailey, Kamryn and Nathan.