Coach Rating: Marty Ward at Florida Southern College

Men's Lacrosse

Marty Ward

Men's Lacrosse Head Coach

Florida Southern College

NCAA DII • Western Water Polo Association Men | WWPAM

Reconsider If Thinking To Play Under Ward And Rest Of “Staff”

Date: January 19, 2025

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"As someone who spent time at fsc and played in the team, I can say that I would never reccomend to anyone and it is so hard not to just let recruits know when they came to this school. It starts off with the fact that he will do anything he can possibly do to make sure you only think about lacrosse. He doesn’t take advice from the team let alone captains and says one thing and does another without hesitation. Last time I checked, he’s been a loser his whole career. Doesn’t believe in rest and recovery. The only thing that keeps him here is his heritage and nobody wants to clean up the mess he created throughout the whole program. He claims that each freshman class should have around 12-15 but ends up taking 20-25+. Lies about scholarship money, lies to recruits about things that never take place. Also makes players work for free for his benefit in events unrelated to the school and program completely."

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Men's Lacrosse

Marty Ward

Men's Lacrosse Head Coach

Florida Southern College

NCAA DII • Western Water Polo Association Men | WWPAM

Don’t Play Lax At Florida Southern Coaches Are Terrible

Date: October 25, 2024

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"Coach Ward does not care about the well being of his players and is a constant mental battle for the kids to come in every day and deal with him. He is turning the sport of lacrosse against kids that have grown up loving it and draining the kids physically with his pathetic practice plan that is not beneficial. To add the the coaching, one of the newer assistant coaches, coach clibanoff is a terrible role model and shouldn’t be coaching any sort of sport. He talks about the kids behind their backs to other players and can’t run an offense even with the talent that florida southern has. "

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Men's Lacrosse

Marty Ward

Men's Lacrosse Head Coach

Florida Southern College

NCAA DII • Western Water Polo Association Men | WWPAM

Marty Ward Is An Abusive Bully.

Date: June 15, 2024

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"Marty Ward is an abusive bully. He uses his position of authority to destroy athletes’ confidence, self-worth and emotional stability. He feeds off the power he has as the head coach and undermines the athletes at every opportunity. He does not promote a team atmosphere; he alienates players and then gaslights them by pretending he really cares about them as a further manipulation tactic. FSC should evaluate if this is who they want representing their school. This is not an individual that anyone could look up to. The only reason I gave this coach a rating of 1 was because 0 was not a choice. "

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Men's Lacrosse

Marty Ward

Men's Lacrosse Head Coach

Florida Southern College

NCAA DII • Western Water Polo Association Men | WWPAM

Horrible Experience With Martin Ward

Date: May 21, 2024

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"I pray his children get a coach like him. Absolute scum of a person. Does not care about his players. Creates fake images in kids heads to recruit them. "

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Men's Lacrosse

Marty Ward

Men's Lacrosse Head Coach

Florida Southern College

NCAA DII • Western Water Polo Association Men | WWPAM

This Person Should Not Be A Coach Let Alone A College Coach The Culture At Fsc Mes Lacrosse Is A Culture Of Bullying And Abuse

Date: April 25, 2024

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"It is not just what he does to players. It is more of what he doesn’t do for them. He does not know how to create Trust, Teamwork, Communication within his teams. If I had to do it again I would never let him coach my son. The only reason my son likes his year at FSC is because of the friendships he made"

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Men's Lacrosse

Marty Ward

Men's Lacrosse Head Coach

Florida Southern College

NCAA DII • Western Water Polo Association Men | WWPAM

Fsc Is A Great School /Lax No

Date: April 25, 2024

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"No empathy. Non caring. Demeaning. "

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Men's Lacrosse

Marty Ward

Men's Lacrosse Head Coach

Florida Southern College

NCAA DII • Western Water Polo Association Men | WWPAM

Marty Ward Is The Worst.

Date: April 3, 2024

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"He is the exact opposite of the traits I selected above. He has zero business coaching and mentoring young men. The culture couldn’t be more dysfunctional because of his erratic and abusive behavior. He is only emboldened year after year. "

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Men's Lacrosse

Marty Ward

Men's Lacrosse Head Coach

Florida Southern College

NCAA DII • Western Water Polo Association Men | WWPAM

Would Not Reccomend Worst Coach I Ever Had

Date: March 5, 2024

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1.2

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"A good coach is worth there weight in gold Marty Ward is not one of them. Worst coach I ever had"

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Men's Lacrosse

Marty Ward

Men's Lacrosse Head Coach

Florida Southern College

NCAA DII • Western Water Polo Association Men | WWPAM

Date: September 23, 2019

By Verified Athlete

1.6

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"Cares very little for his players. His actions towards the injured players especially, he tries to make it their fault for being injured. "

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Men's Lacrosse

Marty Ward

Men's Lacrosse Head Coach

Florida Southern College

NCAA DII • Western Water Polo Association Men | WWPAM

Date: September 23, 2019

By Verified Athlete

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"Nothing positive to say about him "

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Men's Lacrosse

Marty Ward

Men's Lacrosse Head Coach

Florida Southern College

NCAA DII • Western Water Polo Association Men | WWPAM

Date: September 23, 2019

By Verified Athlete

1.4

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3.0

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Direct Intense Poor Communication Accessible Honest

"Nothing positive "

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