"When selecting tags that describe this “coach”, I couldn’t find conceited, degrading, imitative, or uses position of authority over young adults to brag about his Cornell education. Unfortunately, he has been influencing young developing men for decades. The inconsistent stays at multiple universities shows a clear pattern; inability to relate to, mentor or support student athletes in their pursuit of dreams, and growth into confident, compassionate men. Would never have my son spend two minutes, let alone four years, with a demeaning, insecure individual like Jim Hofher. The unhealthy culture he cultivated makes me extremely disappointed he was placed in a position of power to begin with. It is my hope with this post to provide my first-hand, overwhelmingly negative experience (as a player who played years with him as my coach) to inform recruits about the Jim Hofher I knew and dealt with day after day for years. "