Macdonald was named Solar Bears Head Coach and General Manager on July 10, 2025, becoming the sixth head coach in Solar Bears franchise history. 

Macdonald, 43, had spent seven seasons as an Assistant Coach in the American Hockey League (AHL), most recently with the Bridgeport Islanders (2023-2025), and previously with the Grand Rapids Griffins (2018-2023). Macdonald also spent six seasons behind the bench for the Cincinnati Cyclones, including four years as Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations. In those four seasons, the Cyclones tallied a 142-116-16-14 record and two appearances in the Kelly Cup Playoffs. 

As a player, the Niagara Falls, Ont. native skated in seven professional seasons as a defenseman logging 385 career games between the CHL (2005-06), ECHL (2006-09), AHL (2007-09), Italy (2009-10; 2011-12) and Denmark (2010-11). He combined for 133 points (30g-103a), and 601 penalty minutes. Macdonald also appeared in 66 playoff games in his playing career, 44 as a member of the Cincinnati Cyclones, where he scored 14 points (5g-9a), earned 71 penalty minutes, and helped lead Cincinnati to its first ever Kelly Cup title in 2008. Macdonald played college hockey at St. Lawrence University (2001-05), where he had 30 points (14g-16a) in 118 games. 

The Solar Bears bench boss lives in Winter Springs with his wife, Erin, their daughter Hazel, and son, Max.

Scarpace, 50, comes to The City Beautiful from Michigan Tech University in Houghton, Mich., where he spent the 2025-26 season as assistant coach. Before his time with the Huskies, Scarpace spent eight seasons in the National Hockey League as video coach/coordinator for the Detroit Red Wings and Carolina Hurricanes.  

With the Red Wings, Scarpace managed the team’s video program, handling live breakdowns, postgame reviews, and advance scouting to support strategic preparation. He also planned practices built around organizational development priorities while delivering on-ice instruction centered on individual skills and system execution. During games, Scarpace worked from the coaches’ office, relaying video insight to the bench on tactical adjustments and reviewable sequences as they occurred.

Scarpace also served two seasons as a video coach with the Carolina Hurricanes, providing detailed video review and data-driven analysis to inform game plans and support real-time coaching decisions.

Prior to his time in the NHL, Scarpace spent 13 seasons with his alma mater at the University of Michigan. He was video coordinator for 10 seasons and director of player development for three seasons from 2014-2017.

The Dearborn. Mich. native played two seasons of college hockey at the University of Michigan from 1999-2001. He appeared in 15 games, posting a 6-2 record, 1.93 goals against average (GAA) and 91.4 save percentage (SV%), helping the Wolverines capture the CCHA Championship in 2000 and make a Frozen Four Appearance in 2001. 

Marc Terriault joined the Solar Bears prior to the 2024-25 season. The Montreal, Quebec native spent four seasons in the Quebec Maritime Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) as Goalie Coach with the Moncton Wildcats (2019-2021), Baie-Comeau Drakkar (2022-23), and Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (2023-24). 

Terriault's playing career included time with the Florida Eels during the 2012-13 season.  He later attended Saint Mary's University (Halifax, NS), playing four seasons of college hockey. 

Madison Dininny, a Cocoa Beach, FL native, is entering her first season with the Solar Bears. She joins with experience in junior hockey where she served as the Head Athletic Trainer for the Dubuque Fighting Saints in the USHL for the 2024-2025 season, and for two seasons before that, she was the Head Athletic Trainer for the North Iowa Bulls and Mason City Toros in the NAHL and NA3HL. Before her first full-time hockey job, Dininny studied at the University of South Florida, where she received a Bachelor's Degree in Health Sciences and the University of Central Florida, where she received a Master's Degree in Athletic Training. As a graduate student at UCF, Dininny interned with the Solar Bears.