Career
Player Vicenza Coppa Italia: 1997 Coach After a period back to Vicenza, where he coached the Primavera youth team, Di Carlo was signed as coach of Serie C2 team Mantova in 2003. He was able to lead the team to back to back promotions leading Mantova to Serie B for the first since a number of decades. His first Serie B season as coach was even better, as his team obtained surprisingly a place in the promotion playoff finals, where was then defeated by giants Torino F.C. after extra time.
He coached Mantova also in their 2006-2007 Serie B campaign, leading to eighth place but being the first side to defeat Juventus in its first appearance in the division.
In June 2007 he left Mantova. On 12 June 2007 he was confirmed as the head coach of Serie A team Parma.
In his time at Parma, he struggled to keep the crociati off the relegation zone, only to be ultimately sacked on 10 March 2008 following a 1–2 home loss to Sampdoria. On 4 November 2008 he was appointed as new Chievo boss following the dismissal of previous coach Giuseppe Iachini.
He guided Chievo to two consecutive mid-table placements in the Serie A, which were hailed as an impressive results, considering the difficulty of competing against more renowned teams with one of the lowest budgets in the league.
On 26 May 2010 Di Carlo was confirmed to have resigned from his coaching post at Chievo. On the same day, he was then announced as new head coach of Sampdoria, with whom he made his managerial debut at the European stage in the third qualifying round of the 2010-2011 Union of European Football Associations Champions League and then the 2010-2011 Union of European Football Associations Europa League. Sampdoria"s form in the Serie A so far has been middling, with the Blucerchiati keeping a tight defense, but struggling to score, especially after the departures of Antonio Cassano and Giampaolo Pazzini.
He was replaced by Alberto Cavasin on the same day.
On 9 June 2011 Di Canio agreed to return to serve as head coach of ChievoVerona for the 2011-2012 season. He saved his team from relegation in his first season in charge, but was removed from his duties on 2 October 2012 and replaced by Eugenio Corini following a dismal start in the 2012-2013 season.
He then briefly served as head coach of Livorno at the end of the 2013-2014 season in a desperate but ultimately unsuccessful attempt from the club to escape relegation. On 8 December 2014, he was named new head coach of Serie A relegation strugglers Cesena in place of Pierpaolo Bisoli.
Managerial Mantova.