"For the best you stopped coaching because I got a front row seat to how terrible of a coach you are. Every coach in the conference heard your undermining comments. That’s why no one voted for Davenport kids. You. You probably don’t care at all because it’s always all about you. Very pathetic coach and person. "
"Watching you coach this year was embarrassing. I thought you were a really good coach? You managed statically to tank a team that clearly possessed more talent than previous rosters. Fitting for you fraud career to finish last in nearly every statistical category. Literally the worst season in program history in many regards, not to mention the dead last finish in the conference. I saw ages ago you had no idea what you were doing. Its hard to win when you aren't cheating huh? NCAA needs to investigate your entire department."
"Yelling and belittling from the dugout so much so other conference coaches noticed it! Talking behind our backs and stirring up drama. Mind games with playing time and who got the most time were those who sucked up to her and told her what she wanted to hear! "
"Bling bling I don’t know what you guys are teaching but you couldn’t hit. This is why I never wanted my daughter associated with you when you gave lessons! You have no idea what you’re doing. You sure like to point the finger though and criticize. "
"Great season coach! How amount of respect shown to your team not getting one all conference player!!! Not one on first or second team! That’s pretty sad! Then you gave your 2 favorites that fell in line honorable mention- that’s nice! You’re a joke coach, a literal clown! Way to make a bunch of kids way worse. My favorite is that both you and your assistant were catchers and that area of watching got progressively way worse! Congrats on getting more money though - sure you both really need it!! "
"Ronda knows Paul has been knocked in the head too many times and her and kev takes advantage of him! That’s why I left for an in conference job. Everything Davenport is unethical! They pour all their money into football and baseball and it’s wrong how they treat people!"
"The entire athletic department needs to be investigated. Ronda rewards bad behavior and covers it up. This can be seen through promotions to undeserving individuals as long as they suck up to her. It’s disgusting behavior. Ronda is a classless narcissist that manipulates people for fun. If you drink or sleep with student athletes as a coach or member of her staff you will be rewarded by her. If you don’t, she will take that as threat and do everything she can to get rid of you. Unethical and trashy institution. Interact with her one time and you will see her low level of professionalism and inappropriate personality. A disgrace to college sports!"
"I’ve been following Du softball since the fall. With the kids that quit and this current team they had all the potential and talent to be in the top 3 in the conference. The GLIAC is way down talent wise this year with SVSU being the only legitimate contender. So sickening to watch Ronda and Kasey RUIN such a great team. Absolutely a joke of coaches and my heart goes out to the kids. This is what happens when you play entitled, selfish kids. You’re at the bottom of literally every statistical category…with a such a talented roster this should have never happened. Guess you’re not as GREAT of a coach as YOU think you are! You single handedly ruined what could have been a great story/year and the funny thing is I guarantee you won’t take any responsibility for any of it. Truly disgusting. "
"Do you think making coaches bring in 50 people in 4 years is going to be a recipe for success in division 2? The entire administration- mostly Ronda is a complete joke. Point fingers and blame and act like you all didn’t play the key role in setting the program up for failure. Absolutely sick to watch. Your entire department is a joke that creates fear and drama. You all broke a ton of rules in NAIA, this is D2 now you all should be held accountable for your actions. Been watching this unfold for 15 years. When is enough of enough with these cowards! "
"Without a doubt one of the worst coaches and weakest leader in college athletics. Has no business being around competitive athletes. She should keep coaching her rec ball league! "
"I had a difficult time choosing only 5 of the above adjectives to capture how great of a coach and person Ronda is. She cares deeply for her players both on and off the field. She has a competitive spirit that motivates athletes to work hard. Practicing an outdoor sport indoors is challenging. Athletes often struggle to stay motivated during the off season. Ronda kept us engaged by avoiding redundancy. We would have intense conditioning practices, “off hand throws only dodgeball games”, scrimmages, game time scenarios, relay races, combo drills, and much more. Her practices were methodically planned to maximize productivity and always seemed to fly by. My senior year the entire team had an epic “prank war” against the coaching staff (the victors of which remains debatable) and I still laugh when telling those stories. I can undoubtedly say that the years I spent at DU were some my best. Ronda transformed me into a next level athlete, helped me fine tune my leadership skills, and gave me advice that to this day, I still use. She showed me what it means to be a reliable teammate. This has translated to my professional life as well as my personal life. I am extremely grateful that I was able to learn from her as she truly is one of the best around! DU it!!"
"Let my teammate last year not show up for practice for weeks, then she quit, then Ronda let her back on the team. This player was constantly disrespectful and disruptive and was making bad choices off the field. Then she helped this player transfer to another school. GREAT “CULTURE” builder. Very messed up. But I guess if you constantly go into her office Ronda will like you because she needs the attention! "
"This coach belittles everyone she coaches behind their back. Look no further than when she coached jv. Constantly making fun of players who couldn’t play the game well. Now she’s doing it again. Hilarious!"
"Thank god my youngest daughter didn’t come to Davenport. Frowned upon moving an infield jv player to the outfield but literally are starting infielders in the outfield. This was told to us by a player on the team by the way, it’s hilarious the spin of lies Ronda is trying to get out of! It’s absurd what she has done. Train Wreck of an athletic department, that clearly aren’t on the same page and were manipulated by Ronda. Sad to see and also absolutely hilarious. Anchor up!!"
"Pretty telling when the best player the past 2 years comes back to coach with the previous staff and doesn’t coach with the current staff. Sad things happening at Davenport University. "
"Ronda has a history of treating female coaches bad. She prefers men that cower to her. She literally made our coach- Amber cry when I was on the team. Paul isn’t engaged in female sports at all and they have double standards for everything. Glad to no longer be associated with this place. "
"Ronda only likes you if you agree with everything she says and does. If you have your own thoughts you better keep it to yourself because she will go after you next. There’s a clear pattern of this behavior at DU with Ronda. Take it from me, I worked with her for 6 years and she’s the most unprofessional person I’ve been associated with in athletics. She is very mean and gossips about everyone. Glad to be not part of DU anymore. "
"Personal relationships with athletes that she mentored to diss the program and coaches. That still work in the athletic department doing their softball games. Sickening. Being an athletic director that needs to call and text student athletes to make themselves feel better is disturbing. Ronda is the most unprofessional woman. She has displayed on multiple occasions she doesn’t care about our mental health at all. "
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