"It is interesting that after all the drama that Cody generated at Midland he was let go of his position in the middle of the season which is always a MAJOR red flag. "

"Wanna know the real truth, why isn’t Cody coaching at Midland University anymore. Could it be that he allowed and placed narcotic patches on players with injuries just so he could win games or could it be that he knowingly allowed positive marijuana players to continue playing all while pushing back their drug testing while the assistant coach who is a registered nurse married to a pain management doctor lead and show girls how to pass these tests using other players urine. No, he just got caught and it’s not over yet. He has damaged multiple girls and not only mentally but physically but it’s not over Cody. It’s all gonna come out and you are going to be held responsible for your actions. Parents trusted you with their daughters and you physically and emotionally tried to destroy them, but look who’s standing now these girls were stronger than you thought, and they stood up for what was right, and did the right thing unlike you."

"It’s embarrassing that he has to write his own good reviews to seem relevant. A pathetic excuse for a coach and human. Don’t be fooled. He also grooms women "

"Cody is the biggest narcissist I have ever met in my life and does not take responsibility for anything. Not once has he owned up to his mistakes that we have brought forward to him and taken constructive criticism. I want to share some stories from my time here at Midland to give you some context to who he truly is as a person. The first year Cody was coaching at Midland he said a racial slur at practice within the first few weeks. Another terrible thing that he would do all the time is comment on our bodies and how it affects us as athletes. A few examples of this are (1) he told a player in a one-on-one meeting that she needs to stop eating so many carbs so that she would be more agile, (2), in another athlete one-on-one meeting he had asked her with no context if he could feel her thighs and then after told her that all of her stress is going straight to her legs, (3) he pulled a girl aside after practice to explain to her why she hadn't been getting as much playing time, his reasoning was that her body was maturing and she couldn't keep up with it. These are only a few examples that I am willing to share because frankly, they all disgust me. He does not hold himself to a professional standard whatsoever. He would consistently dump all of his previous trauma on us and would use it as a weird bonding opportunity or blame us for not having similar experiences. One time after a game that we lost we had over an hour long talk in the locker room and he was telling us a story of how he beat up his old best friend to protect someone and told us he should have been arrested and put in jail for how badly he had hurt him. Another unprofessional instance is the fact that he would bring up all the time that he used to sell drugs in his past. One thing I would like to bring up is all of the positive reviews that I have seen saying that the only people who dislike Cody are the people who didn't receive playing time. I was a starter every single year that I was at Midland and saw plenty of time on the field. Yet I was still treated like dirt and was used as a punching bag for Cody. He manipulates you into how you're supposed to feel and not how you are actually doing. From the first day I arrived at Midland, I was treated like an outsider for no apparent reason. I have never once been treated with dignity or respect. He will never give you a compliment when you are playing well because "that is an assistant coach's job" and will only compliment you if you are one of his favorites. He will single people out in team huddles and completely embarrass players. There have been several cases will I will politely ask a question for clarification in practice and he will beat me down. Abusing his power against me and making me hate the sport of soccer. I never felt safe at practice or games constantly on edge for when I would be yelled at next due to his bipolar behavior. After Cody got fired midseason I saw my team flourish. I saw girls start to score who hadn't in years. I was finally happy to see girls who were about to quit soccer smile and enjoy the sport that they loved so much. There were so many girls before that who gave up playing because of Cody and it is unfortunate that it took so many sacrifices from them to finally get someone to hear our complaints. We ended up winning the conference championship at the end of this season something that Cody never had achieved here. If he had still been here we wouldn't have been able to do that with him, number one because the majority of our team would have quit before then and number two because of his poor coaching ability."

"During Cody Bartlow’s time at Midland 9 girls quit, they did not medically retire or transfer, they quit. They quit the sport they once loved because of an aggressive, obsessive, rude, and untrustworthy man. I have seen him drive girls into the ground where they feel like they aren’t good enough, not just on the field, but off of the field. He does not respect boundaries whatsoever with girls, he has weird obsessions over his players that make them uncomfortable but they are too scared to speak up. He told players he wants to be their father figure and wants to know every detail in their life. He then uses that information against them. He says mental health means a lot to him but has told multiple players that “it’s all in their head”, and that they don’t have a learning disability, they just don’t apply themselves. This man is a manipulative person who will turn his players against each other. He would tell us to leave our problems outside of practice but he would come to practices and games with the worst attitude and take his anger out on players. He should NOT be coaching women"

"Cody Bartlow is a liar and the worst coach I’ve played for. I’ve had some pretty bad experiences with coaches prior to coming to midland but never in my 19years of playing soccer did I ever think that I’d walk away from my team mid season. My parents and significant other both mentioned that after I stepped away from soccer that even the tone of my voice was much happier and lighter. I completely lost myself with all the mind games and lies that Cody put me through. It was bitter sweet to walk away from the sport that I grew up playing and what got me though school but it was absolutely necessary because of how bad my mental health was and it was making my physical health deteriorate as well because I was not eating what so ever. I had no energy and could barely hold myself together. Cody also threatened to kick me off the team for my “attitude” because I had a bad day but he would show up and treat us like we were nothing and couldn’t even follow is own nonnegotiables. Before one of the games in a pregame meeting he wrote the word r*pe on the board which triggered me from trauma that I have from the past. He would constantly trauma dump on us and we had to show up absolutely perfect but he could again not follow his own standards. He also would blame everything on certain players even if they were nowhere near the ball. I really do not recommend playing for him or hiring him. Women’s sports have no place for toxic, narcissistic, dishonest and disrespectful coaches like Cody Bartlow."

"This man shouldn’t be allowed to coach women or anyone. He would make comments on growing women’s body and would tell us we should be “servers” because we would make a lot of money because we all look good. he has weird obsessions with players. if u weren’t one of his favorites, u wouldn’t even be acknowledged. his favorites were able to miss as many classes as they wanted and could fail classes but if u weren’t one of his favorites u were punished. he would preach mental health but took our mental health days away because he thought we didn’t need them. he has told many players to lie about their injuries so they could play. some would play with fractured ankles, torn knee injuries, torn muscles, concussions and the list goes on. everyone on the outside will view this man as a decent human but if u really know him, he is a narcissist control freak. random people on Midlands campus would go up to soccer players and ask if we were depressed because we all looked drained and lifeless. when he left, u could see the light come back in most players. we don’t play scared anymore, we play for each other. please whatever u do, do not let this man coach ur child. "

"I am an upperclassman who has spent three years with Cody. And I can officially say that Cody is one of the worst coaches I have ever played for. I thought throughout my time here at Midland I was going to have the best years, but when he came it went downhill. He claims he is all about being a successful student, but never gave us the time to work on anything when it came to school because all he ever cared about was soccer. He never held standards in any situation. The rule was that if you had a certain amount of missing assignments then you were supposed to miss games, but that didn’t happen if you were a favorite player or a starter. There was a consequence for those who had been applied to that rule, but like I said if you were a favorite or starter you never had a consequence. I can say he knew some about soccer but he was never organized. With our assistant coaches he gave them a sheet of paper and expected them to know what they were doing, but if they attempted to do what was on the sheet and it wasn’t right, then Cody would yell at them. Like I said, you would expect a coach to hold standards and be accountable, but he wasn’t. The only ones who got treated “fair” or “nice” were starters, captains, and favorites. Then others would get treated like dirt with no explanation. He did not represent our soccer program or Midland University itself. There has been an instance where a drug was involved and he didn’t follow the rules to getting the player tested and admitted he knew that players were doing it. He wanted to protect those like I said and not turn them in to get tested which is our programs and the schools policy. Then he claimed he did drugs and would trauma dump on us. He always told us that his job relied on us and would threaten players to kick them off the team or take away their scholarship. At the beginning of the season I had went to urgent care for a physical exam to play my senior year of soccer. I was never cleared by the urgent care and they told me I needed to see a primary doctor in order to get cleared as I told them I had five concussions which is true. The doctor didn’t clear as that was hard to break the news to him. After telling him he wanted me to go to an Omaha urgent care and lie about how many concussions I’ve had. When it comes to practices he will yell at players for making mistakes during practice to embarrass them in front of the whole team. Other players got pulled aside and he would tell those players how to fix the problem or tell them what went wrong. He split the team up into two teams: first team and reserve team. With this split he made each team do their own practices and not involve everyone. For those who are medically retired, managers, or on reserves you don’t feel like you are on the team. As being a medically retired player he would never acknowledge me for showing up to games or practices. He has removed people from the group chats which makes it seem like I could never be apart of the team. I can say overall he ruined me as a person and completely destroyed my mental health. I had to seek talking to a therapist to get me out of a dark spot. He made me read letters from previous players about certain situations that made me uncomfortable because one I never got their permission and two it wasn’t my place to read someone else’s business. After he got fired, our team was super successful becoming the GPAC champions. You can tell that after he left, everybody’s confidence sky rocketed and the sport became more fun and enjoyable and to play how they wanted to play and not under specific systems. We were supposed to be apart of a family and have each others backs, but he wanted us to leave the practice wanting to fight each other in the parking lot and turn against one another. "

"As a coach, he was very knowledgeable about the game of soccer. However, as a person he was narcissistic. Manipulative. Played favorites. Recruited an entire JV team and essentially just forgot about them. Interpersonal relationships were way too uncomfortably close to players. Tried to force players into this "family role" that he did not really have. Told us he was a previous drug dealer. Broke SEVERAL friendships/made us go against each other. Made captains/leadership council do his dirty work. Obsessive behavior with players. Blocked all (or most) Midland University players on his Twitter after finding out we won the conference title. Weird behavior. Way too intense for NAIA program. Would always explicitly tell us that his job depended on us. Too much pressure. Overwhelming. Asked players for "letters of recommendations" only to go behind their backs and copy/paste their letters as "positive ratings" on this website pretending to be athletes."

"I wish I could truly put into words the absolute disgust I have for the toxicity this man has caused a multitude of young ladies. By far the absolute worst coach I have ever seen in my life and trust me I have seen a fair share of subpar coaches. He is manipulative, plays favorites, pins girls against each other for the sport of thriving on their pain and mental anguish. This man turns a blind eye to the truth for the sake of a win. The level of inappropriate behavior is an entirely whole other problem. I thank God every day the college took the girls seriously when they brought about concerns. I thought this man was going to be the reason I brought my daughter home in a coffin. He should NEVER be allowed to be around athletes ever again. The day he got fired was the day I no longer feared for my daughter’s mental health and suicidal thoughts. Thank you Midland for standing up for our girls! I pray every day this man no longer has the power to manipulate athletes, shove his narcissistic ways down their throats, and can no longer treat these ladies so poorly. Please, if you’re reading this, do not ever consider hiring this man for your program. He is fake. He is a narcissist. And we will never admit he was the problem. "

"As a parent of one of his former players, all of the negative comments are true along with the positive comments from players who are supporting him. This reflects his bipolar nature towards all of the girls on the roster. With some players he was fake nice and others he mentally manipulated them, this included starting players too. He lies to get girls thinking he’s helping them when all he’s doing is saying things to make him “seem” like a caring coach. He’s not honest or caring, but a narcissist thinking he is. He never saw the reason the team wasn’t having fun or doing well mentally was because of him. Once he was fired, during the middle of the season for obviously serious reasons after an investigation, the team has thrived. There’s something blaring obvious about this fact and I’d seriously recommend looking elsewhere for a coach. If you don’t believe these reviews, talk to the upperclass players at Midland who endured 3 years with him."

"I was one of the players who just won the GPAC Championship with OUR HEAD COACH Tatum. Cody Bartlow has no right to take credit for our succes after he was FIRED! I came from a top JUCO where I had a lot of succes and loved what I was doing. When I had my recruitment meeting with Cody he promised to many things, those were all lies. He promised this culture where we will find our bridesmaids. This man told me to stop being friends with my best friend on the team, she was the only thing getting me through this season. I left everything I have ever known for a opportunity to continue my dream. Little did I know this opportunity would ruin me as a person. I can’t tell you how many times I would call fmaily memebers crying saying I don’t know if I can live like this anymore, in constant pain mentally and physically. My mental was so bad and I felt bad for my therapist that would listen to me cry about what that man has done to me and she could hear the pain in voice. This man should not be a coach he is making girls write on this website good things about him so schools will want to hire him. The girls who are writing them were the ones that he treated like gods. I was definitely not one of them, I can’t tell you how many times he would tell me I’m not the player that he brought in. How am I supposed to succeed when I don’t even to be alive. Since he was FIRED, I have found peace in my life and working towards living with what that man has put me through."

"Cody Bartlow has completely ruined my mental health and others on my team. There have been many many times where this man would say I was never good enough and never will be in individual meetings. Even though he’s gone now I still hear his voice in the back of my head saying “you will never be good enough to play at this level.” There’s a difference between being honest and just straight up bullying. He would comment on my teammates weight whether it was about gaining it or losing it. He told me that my learning disability was just an excuse to why I was struggling in a class. Since he has been here I have yet to love soccer and he promised us that he would heal our bad coaching experiences but I can now add him to the list of the horrible coaches i’ve had. He made players stop being friends with other players because he would brainwash them and he would cause a very toxic environment to where girls who were friends before he got here are no longer friends. We are now going to the championship for our conference which he couldn’t do the 3 years he was here but now that he’s gone it has been an amazing experience. There was a time where my teammates and I were sitting in public on campus and some random people came up to us and said “is midland soccer okay? everytime we see a player you guys look depressed.” That comment right there is when I knew it was bad because we never noticed it. The saying “forget about me i love you” is so weird because it makes us feel like we need to not focus on ourselves but focus on other people and that’s not what’s important. Mental health is a huge topic when it comes to athletes because we are expected to put our bad mental health to the side and that’s what Cody exactly did, would toss our mental health to the side. If we came to practice having a bad day then we would get yelled at but he would constantly share is personal life and if he yelled at us at practice it was because he had issues going on. If you weren’t one of his starting 11 then he wouldn’t even look at you as a person he knew. Never in my life have I heard a group of girls saying that life wasn’t worth living anymore because of him. He was very inappropriate with some players and would touch them in a weird way, he would hug girls with his hands on their hips. This man does not deserve a coaching job with girls at all. He has completely ruined everything I dreamed of and other players as well. "

"Hello I’m the one who will make sure Cody is never around women again and especially for soccer. For one main and obvious reason is he said the N*** word to some of my teammates and acted like he never did when there was two witnesses. He DESTROYED A LOT of women’s mental health at Midland University. If you don’t believe that then go check out all the women who quit and email them IMMEDIATELY. I as a player who played for him had more than 8 concussions and he knew that. Yes its my fault for playing still but he was a manipulative person who made me think it was okay. Now I suffer with memory loss and depression due to the multiple concussions I endured there. I even had to get a brain scan because of the constant headaches that I still have from not quitting earlier. I watched this man bully multiple players at practice. I watched this man talk about my prescribed Adderall to players for my diagnosed ADHD and told them at individual meetings that “I DON’T NEED THEM.” That’s laughable because it was prescribed for a reason? This man made women feel uncomfortable alone with him and AGAIN make sure you talk to multiple players before hiring him and I have coaches numbers in NEBRASKA who stated “I would not leave him alone with young girls ever.” I have that mans contact number who told me this outside of Fremont, NE. A lot of coaches disliked Cody Bartlow here in NE he just assumed they liked him but they never did. He crossed a line and I will never let a coach ruin someone else's mental health again."

"Coach Bartlow does not have respect for his players private lives and is invasive and disrespectful. He also will not hesitate to single out and bully vulnerable players who are already shot of confidence in themselves. His favoritism is also strong. "

"Cody Barlow is by far the worst coach I have ever encountered. He does and will single you out if you try to voice your feelings and opinions. He makes inappropriate comments towards players and should not be coaching women’s soccer. He will do everything in his power to make himself seem like he can do no wrong. He constantly makes certain players feel like they do not belong and shouldn’t not be on the team. He has drove several players to quite the sport that they have played for most of their life and have grown to love. If Bartlow is your head coach look out as he has threaten to take scholarships away after having a bad practice. Bartlow claims that players should leave their personal life off the field however will bring his own personal problems to field and show up in a constant bad mood. He makes the team feel like a burden because he constantly says “I moved away from my family to coach y’all”. Mind you more than have the girls on the team are away from their families and never complain. He has told player to fake injuries so that they can play in games, regardless to what doctors and professionals have said. Bartlow does not care about your mental health and has been the cause for many players to seek metal health services. Bartlow is not this nice and humble coach he likes to claim he his. If you are not going to bow down to dictatorship you might as well quit. He says and makes inappropriate comments towards his players. Again Cody Bartlow should not be a coach for anyone especially women’s soccer! "

"This male coach is completely inappropriate and should not be coaching women’s soccer."