"Love him or hate him, Jeff knows his stuff. It seems like a lot of these comments were left by people who were personally burned or wronged by him in one way or another. I do not think it is at all reflective of who he is as a coach or person. Jeff really does care about the swimmers that he coaches and simultaneously cares about the program as a whole. No D1 program can succeed with leniency so he obviously does not provide it in this one. He has made the program and culture extraordinarily better. "

"Any coaching change is hard, and the switch from the prior coaching staff to his was intense. Jeff cares immensely about the success of individual swimmers and the team as a whole, in and out of the pool. Watching him cheer, jump up and down, and stomp his feet during meets and practice is proof of that. He has high expectations for swimmers, and truly wants all of us to exceed them. His passion for the sport and the team bleeds into his coaching and relationships with the swimmers. I have never felt uncomfortable going to him with an issue, as I know it will be taken seriously and that we will be able to come to a solution together. He is a great coach. He has completely changed the team culture into something unrecognizable from when he first came here. It is an environment of support, sisterhood, and respect. I am so grateful that he chose to come to South Carolina. "

"I believe Jeff will stop at almost nothing to achieve his goals and get the team where he wants it to be. He can be a little discourgaing in his ways of motivating because he caters to what motivates men even though it doesn't always work for the women. He can be a bit intense but he means well and wants his swimmers to reach his goals. Speaking from eperience, the best way to maintain a relationship with Jeff is to keep it on a professional basis only and leave all the comments he makes on the pool deck, don't carry it with you."

"A great coach but struggles to understand the best way to motivate females "

"Jeff was pretty brutal but mostly because he wanted the team to improve. "

"Great culture! Tight knit team!"

"Jeff is a great person who cares deeply about his swimmers, coaches and team. Will be brutally honest and hide his frustration towards you until he blows the lid. But extremely knowledgeable and respected."

"Very mixed feelings about Jeff. Liking his coaching style will depend on what type of swimmer you are. He likes to pit swimmers against each other when it comes to deciding who will travel to meets, which created a very uncomfortable and hostile environment in my opinion. But this is a common style for some swim coaches, so maybe in the long run it will pay off. But it was not good for the team environment, it made everything feel like a competition and added even more stress to a sport that is already pretty stressful to begin with. Priortizes academics over swimming, and as another review said you can tell that from the GPA drop. Minimal recovery practices which made training very exhausting in season. Randomly cut a bunch of people at the end of the season because they were "bad for the team culture" but didn't cut people that were even worse for the team culture. With all that being said he provides very valuable feedback on your strokes, and is very knowledgeable about the sport of swimming. You can tell he really wants his team to succeed, the path he is taking to get there is just a little questionable. Constantly told us how bad we were, but honestly we partially deserved it- this was most likely his way of motivating us and we were ranked at the bottom of the conference. But it was definitely a bit harsh to have your head coach talk trash to your face. "