Coach Rating: Kevin Tidey at Davenport University

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Kevin Tidey

Men's Baseball Head Coach

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn. | MIAA

If You Value What Is Right And What Is Wrong Du Isn’t A Place To Come To

Date: March 12, 2025

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"Couldn’t keep MLB player Brent Gates on staff as a coach because he is a Christian man who knows the difference between right and wrong. Unethical, shady coach that the athletic administration lets get away with murder. I heard a rumor that they cut the softball budget 25K and then the next day baseball got an anonymous donation to by a trackman system haha SHADY "

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Men's Baseball

Kevin Tidey

Men's Baseball Head Coach

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn. | MIAA

Davenport Cover Up By Ronda Varnesdeel And Kevin Tidey

Date: March 12, 2025

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"I’ve watched Kevin Tidey and Ronda Varnesdeel plan the demise of the softball coaches and program from almost the minute they stepped on campus. Ronda Varnesdeel knows that Kevin Tidey drank with members of the softball team and didn’t do one thing about it. I’ve watched coaches who have standards try to hold their players accountable get laughed at by these two manipulating people. Many softball players have been caught underage drinking with baseball players and guess what Coach held her players accountable. Tidey made a joke out of it. It’s hard to have standards and create a good culture when you have teams on campus all being held to a different standard. I knew it would be a matter of time before they tried to kick these coaches out as they strive to do what’s right and follow the rules. "

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Men's Baseball

Kevin Tidey

Men's Baseball Head Coach

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn. | MIAA

Kevin Tidey Abuses The Softball Program At Davenport

Date: March 12, 2025

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"As a facility owner in west michigan I can tell you right now Kevin Tidey hasn’t had one positive thing to say about the softball program- he has spread hate to feed his agenda and to continue to abuse the system at Davenport. Davenport’s softball coaches are respectful, genuine and passionate about coaching. I’ve personally have had conversations with Kevin where he has mentioned they have been a thorn in his side because they do not seem to be rule breakers like him. Kevin has tried to screw them over every chance he has gotten. Not a team player. "

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Men's Baseball

Kevin Tidey

Men's Baseball Head Coach

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn. | MIAA

Nepotism At Its Finest With Davenport Univeristy

Date: March 12, 2025

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"Nepotism at its finest with Davenport Univeristy. Everyone in position of power has a child at the Univeristy that are on an athletic team. If you want good things to happen for you befriend their children and that’s your golden ticket. So sad coaches are forced to have these children whose merit don’t validate them to play at the division 2 level but I guess to be fair they don’t play so just a reserved seat on the bench. Befriending these children will allow student athletes and coaches a golden ticket to do whatever unethical action they want to do. Really seems problematic if you ask me. Unfair my son does not receive this same treatment. "

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Men's Baseball

Kevin Tidey

Men's Baseball Head Coach

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn. | MIAA

Once A Bully, Always A Bully

Date: March 12, 2025

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"Both Kevin Tidey and Ronda Varnesdeel have been getting away with unethical things for more than a decade at Davenport University. Their “friends” allow them to do what they want to do. Try to keep on their good side because once you disagree or challenge them they will bully you out of the University because they are both textbook narcissists. There’s a new layer of problematic relations with these 2 as both of their kids “play” sports at Davenport now. If you are smart - try and be friends with their children and they will treat you better. "

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Men's Baseball

Kevin Tidey

Men's Baseball Head Coach

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn. | MIAA

Not A Good Coach Or A Good Person. But You Can Buy Anything With Money!

Date: March 11, 2025

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"I’ve personally attended a “camp” for baseball at the softball field. It wasn’t a camp it was a tournament, Tidey had his kids working and they were taking money at the gate. He laughed that it was their allowance for the summer. I thought that was awfully odd. So a Davenport Employee can have their children work Davenport events and take and keep money that was meant to go to the baseball program. It does seem like the rules truly do not apply to this bully of a man. I feel sorry for anyone that has to experience this. "

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Men's Baseball

Kevin Tidey

Men's Baseball Head Coach

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn. | MIAA

Rollllllllllllllllllllllll Title 9

Date: March 11, 2025

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"Roll Title 9. Tidey has his own set of rules that administration lets him get away with. I saw during travel baseball he lets his kids travel team use the very expensive GoRout watches lol can you imagine if anyone else did that. What a joke - Davenport U is funding his own kids summer baseball team. That’s a fireable offense anywhere else! "

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Men's Baseball

Kevin Tidey

Men's Baseball Head Coach

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn. | MIAA

Drinks With The Softball Team

Date: March 11, 2025

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"Photo evidence of Kevin Tidey drinking with softball players. He invited a softball player to his house when she was a senior and drank with her. Do you think the administration cares? Sickening. Party culture is strong. "

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Men's Baseball

Kevin Tidey

Men's Baseball Head Coach

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn. | MIAA

A Players Coach And By That I Mean Lets Players Do Whatever They Want To Do If It Benefits Him On The Field

Date: March 11, 2025

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"Watch out if you’re a softball coach and want to come to Davenport University. The administration openly allows Kevin Tidey to walk over the softball program so much so that he openly recruited a female trainer and facility worker to mistreat the softball coaches and players and deny them basic help with the only dirt field on campus. I have documentation of the female trainer interfering in group me with a playing decision between the softball coach and in conference school (PNW) undermining the coaching staff every step of the way. It’s very concerning the institution protects coaches who openly drink and sleep with student athletes and does not protect coaches who have a moral compass. "

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Men's Baseball

Kevin Tidey

Men's Baseball Head Coach

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn. | MIAA

Uccellos Alcoholic On Scene For Everyone To See

Date: March 11, 2025

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"Alcoholic. Loser. Hides behind seniority to do what he wants to do. No wonder he can create a team with the insane amount of resources provided to him by administration. He must have something bad on the former coaches who are now in power of the athletic department. Sickening how this athletic department is run. Look no further than something as simple as strength and conditioning. Clear gender bias - illustrated through social media. It’s too bad the women of this school do not get provided the resources and coaching they deserve. "

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Men's Baseball

Kevin Tidey

Men's Baseball Head Coach

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn. | MIAA

Classless Person Who Hides Behind Administrative Support

Date: March 11, 2025

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"Personally have overheard Kevin Tidey overshare how much he disliked the softball coaches bc they didn’t let him walk all over them. They tried to protect their student athletes and their own field from his harassment and neglect of their field through camps and umpire clinics. Absolutely sickening the way he treated their team and coaches bc they took a stand for their players and equipment. Classless. "

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Kevin Tidey

Men's Baseball Head Coach

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn. | MIAA

Softball Team Victimized By His Actions

Date: March 11, 2025

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"Wrecked the softball field, used baseball camps to personally benefit himself and family. Personally, watched him allow children to vandalize the softball field and take things from their locker room and coaches office. Not a team player. "

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Kevin Tidey

Men's Baseball Head Coach

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn. | MIAA

Deputy Ad How Ridiculous

Date: March 10, 2025

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"Don’t worry Deputy AD does what he wants and gets more resources than anyone else. He must have a lot of dirt on the administration bc he can do whatever he wants to do. Not a great coach though, he is described by administration as nothing more as a coach who sits on a bucket. "

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Kevin Tidey

Men's Baseball Head Coach

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Michigan Intercol. Ath. Assn. | MIAA

A Terrible Coach That The University Lets Get Away With Anything And Everything

Date: February 6, 2025

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"Unprofessional, creates a culture of drinking and not taking accountability. Hides behind seniority to be able to do whatever he wants. Arrogant and let players who got caught and arrested drinking play over players like my son, who did all the right things. Car salesman but when push comes to shove won’t stand up for a player unless he sees a benefit of them on the field. I’m happy my son left the program as well as a record amount of transfers last year. "

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