"I am currently a player for coach Kera and I absolutely love the team and Tech. Yes, I would be lying if I said it was all butterflies and rainbows. But we are such a family here and that is what makes it so special. She pushes us because she believes in us more than we can ever imagine on and off the court. And she really prepares us for life after college. Love you coach ❤️"

"She pushes me but only because she believes in me"

"Very motivating and challenges me to be the best player on and off the court"

"She is the most awesome person in the world"

"I currently play for Coach Kera right now and she is awesome! Cannot wait for two more years with her! ❤️"

"please do not use 4 years of your life here. many people left for a reason and somehow it still goes unnoticed as to why they left. Just as blinded as she is, so is her staff. I watched everything unfold before my eyes and thankfully left when I could. My mental health plummeted when I arrived at Arkansas Tech and did not get the help I deserved. I was left on the back burner and had my own teammates talking behind my back and trying to kick me off the team. Culture? As if. A memorable story? Finally winning a ring. "

"Played at tech for four years and had a wonderful student-athlete experience with coach Kera! "

"These reviews show the team culture at Tech’s volleyball program. DRAMA. It all stems from the coach, she allows it. Her favorites vs the rest of the team."

"We lost a game and she wouldn’t feed us. Told us all to enter the portal and that she doesn’t care. Begged us to win a game or else she’d lose her job (told us that directly). Endless stairs and jump rope when we could be working on actual volleyball. Stalks your social media and judges. Body shamed a component on film. Everyone on the team goes to a counselor because of her. So many girls transferred last year and not once did she think to look at herself. Politics, she will play her favorites rather than the best players. When her puppets don’t play they say they’ll quit or cry then they get their starting spot back when wrongfully deserved. She’s just very manipulative, toxic, and inappropriate to say the least. If you want to get better at volleyball, don’t count on it here. I’m sure she’s a fun person outside of volleyball but as a coach it’s just too much. "

"Coach Kera is the best Coach I have had in my 13 years of playing volleyball and I can say that confidently on public record, I have played with her for ALL 5 years as a collegiate athlete. She cares for you as a person, a student, and a player. Coach has been there with me through my darkest times. I could go into more detail but she never gave up on me once, and she would do that for ANY of her players. She pushes me in ways that I know I am going to succeed outside of volleyball. She has so much knowledge about the game and always helps me in areas that I personally need to improve on. She is personal and is dedicated to each player on achieving their individual goals. I will also say on public record the previous reviews about Coach are SO far from the truth and are from people who didn't buy into the program and culture of our team, all of these players have been to multiple schools and would say the same thing about the previous Coach. If that isn't a red flag, it should be because the problem is not the Coach. Previous review makers- If you take a jab at my Coach, I am not afraid to call you out on this review. Our culture that Coach has for this program is that we are a family no matter what. We care for one another, we motivate each other, and we win as one. We get treated SO well, that goes for coaching style, apparel, FOOD, team activities, and etc. WE are truly lucky to have this coaching staff that cares about us this much. I have the utmost respect for Coach Kera and her program. I hope you trust in what I am saying because I can confidently say I would not have spent my 5 years playing for anyone else. "

"Not fit to be coaching at this level. Shows time and time again. Lacks knowledge of volleyball for this level. She would make a great intramural coach for the YMCA or local rec center. "

"Headline speaks for itself "

"All these reviews are all 100% true. look up the roster over the years and reach out to girls for validation if you would like. Don’t even waste your time or energy at this intramural program she has going on. "

"Coaching style: emotional roller coaster Memorable story: After losing a game she said she’d take a bullet for us but she doesn’t think we would take a bullet for her and that’s why we lost. Team Culture: Walking on egg shells 24/7 worrying about doing something wrong, making her upset some how, and worrying about your teammates telling her stuff irrelevant to volleyball (gossip/snitching). "

"I will have lasting damage into my adult life because of this program and this coach. These coaches are suppose to be a part of building the foundation of your adult life: leaving home for the first time, starting college, building a young confident woman. But she does anything but that, she will rip you to shreds, manipulate you, control you in every which way and in ways you didn’t even know were possible, there’s two lengthy reviews on here and I really hope you take the time to read them because they are 100% true. I was body shamed in a program that’s suppose to be “body positivity” all the time. I beg you… do not go here. I do not say this lightly but some one, one day will be pushed way too far by this coach that they will seriously harm themselves. I’m disgusted by the university system that this woman is allowed to one represent them and two not listen to the concerns of MULTIPLE players who’s came to them and pleaded for something to be done or just to be heard. Look at the rosters, her retention rate is horrible. There’s so many red flags here how is nothing ever been done? And all of us are so scared because this woman is RETALIATORY never in my life would I thought I’d describe a coach as retaliatory! I could write a novel about how bad, unorganized, manipulative, degrading this program is. I thought about taking my life when I was in this program… please do not go here and please read the other reviews."

"Where do I even begin. If you thoroughly enjoy the game of volleyball and want to play at the next level please do NOT come here. Firstly, to describe the coach she is manipulative, dishonest, inconsiderate, untrustworthy, and condescending. On your visit she will tell you what you want to hear. She will tell you that you will play coming in. NOT true. She will have 8 other girls she is either recruiting or that are already here or committed to playing here. Look at the roster yourself it is in the 20s. She will say she is big on team culture. But In reality she isn’t. She only cares about making herself look better. Kera’s coaching style is FEARFUL and DISORGANIZED. She will change practice the day of. She will send you to events that she has wrong in the calendar, and she always forgets our class schedules or messes them up. During practice or games if things are not going in her favor she breaks down and finds things or people to blame it on. Instead of taking accountability for herself. One game in particular she lost and when the athletes got onto the bus she made everyone raise their hand if they went out that weekend prior. She then elaborated and asked if players were drinking or not. I found this to be extremely disrespectful because, not only did she give girls that weekend off but it also pitted a lot of the team against each other. And the loss had nothing to do with people going out that weekend prior or not. She simply just got out coached. Although 2021 was a very successful year it was mentally draining for everyone. She had an inappropriate relationship with one of the players on the team. She would let the girl stay the night at her house, she took her car keys, and would always be in communication with the girl. The girl one game got pulled and she said on the sidelines “coach has to pull the whole starting lineup because she knows if she just pulled me I would kill myself. “ Everyone else on the team was very worried and scared after she said that. The whole relationship was built off of manipulation. The girl had no business playing college volleyball she needed to get professional help. But coach allowed the poor behavior. During meetings she also loves to talk poorly about other players instead of talking about volleyball. This is just a small bit of what goes on in this program. Yes, I know that all programs have their issues but, this program is bad. It is built on manipulation, fearfulness, and disorganization. And masked with trying to put up a front that she is all about team culture and identity. I really pray either Kera wakes up and does some self evaluating or ATU will one day but the student athletes first and find someone that will be a positive face for young women in college athletics. "

"The other review before this one is 100% correct. This coach is about all of the opposite things you would want in a coach. One thing that she does is okay a lot of mind games. She will recruit about 8 girls in the same position as you and tell every single one of you that you will start or play. When she loses games she never takes ownership that she was out coached. She will instead have an intense huddle and say passive aggressive things to the whole team to make everyone question if it is them she is talking about or not. If you would like to excel at the next level this program is not for you at all. She is not fit to lead young woman. And ATU should be ashamed of themselves for keeping her around this long when players have come forward about issues they have had with her. Just to add to the fact she also has a DUI that she obtained while she was a coach here and they still didn’t fire her. "

"I found Kera Dukic's program to have many issues with disorganization, changing expectations, bullying from people in a position of authority, public shaming and lots ands lots of retaliation against players she "doesn't like". She never put the student before the athlete. She made me late to multiple classes and tests. She had us show up to events that she recorded wrong in her calendar, so so many times. NO respect for the students time or gas to drive to these things. However, players are expected to be to practice 15 minutes early, she is always late to the practices that we must be to on time. She would change our practice time, the day of practice, this happens all the time!! At this level, she should have this stuff figured out and show the team the same respect that she is expecting. She does know the game but I have had high schools coaches give better instructions, show more care and encouragement. This program has had issues with her retaliating against players who chose to transfer. She told the team she called this player's new coach to tell them what a bad person our teammate was! We all felt this was to put fear into us that she would do the same thing if we wanted to transfer out. She talks so badly about former players to the current team, it just so uncomfortable for most of us. Her coaching style is negative, fearful and all about HER! She says it is a family but most players leave after 1 year. Review the roster, there is so much turnover that speaks for itself. Kera is unhealthy, she really shouldn't be in a position to lead or influence young women. ATU should do better at vetting out these people. I have been part of programs that demonstrate an all inclusive team culture, respect to all players former or current and an ability to bring the best our in each individual. Kera expects everyone to adjust to her, when in fact she is the coach and she should sense the specific needs of each player. She is a low-level coach, high school at best. "