Coaches

Coach Tyler “Taz” Douthitt is entering his ninth year with the Carmel Icehounds organization and this season marks his first year as the head coach of the Carmel Gold team after serving three years as the Carmel Blue head coach. Taz has been a critical part of the coaching staff and contributed to 4 State titles in his four seasons with Carmel – Blue 1A (2014), Gold 5A (2015), Blue 2A (2016) and Gold 4A (2016). Coach Douthitt transitioned to head coaching positions for the 2019-20 season & continues to serve as the Goaltending Coach for both teams. Coach Taz grew up playing for Coach Desmond playing at both the AA and AAA levels as a part of the 92 Checkers/Racers, winning the CSDHL league tournament in 2007. He played high school 3 years for Lawrence, as the starting goaltender for all three years while attending Scecina Memorial High School.

Coach Rhodes was born and raised in Fishers, IN where he grew up playing in the Racers & Checkers youth programs. Coach Desmond was one of his very first ravel coaches. Coach Rhodes was the captain of the ’93 Central State Indy Racers team that was Runner-Up in the National Championship in back to back years. In High School, Coach Rhodes played for HSE “A” for 3 years where he won 2 5A Championships. After HS he went to college at John Carrol University in Cleveland, OH where he played hockey and studied Kinesiology and Entrepreneurship. He served as a captain of the JCU team as a senior. Coach Rhodes is still playing men’s league hockey and will hopefully never stop playing! This is his third year coaching and he is very excited to give back to the hockey community what he has learned from previous coaches and also continue to learn from the men and women he is now coaching on Carmel Gold.