"I was referred to this website by a coworker to share my experiences working in the Davenport Athletic department. Toxic is an understatement. I first hand witnessed her bully an assistant basketball coach because she told the truth of what had happened in the program and what the administration had covered up. I’ve also watched her straight about ignore reports by coaches and staff about male coworkers engaging in inappropriate behavior with female student athletes. Why she chooses and who she chooses and what she chooses to cover up is baffling to me. She frequently does not do her job and constantly cancels meetings. It seems she’s more interested in trying to look like the hero by doing other people’s jobs that she has no business doing. When problems occur the first thing she will do is offer more money. Whether that be to student athletes or employees. She tries to basically buy you to keep your mouth shut and honestly that seems to work with most people. If it doesn’t work she will do everything in her power to force you to quit your job. I’ve watched her do this with many coworkers. My overall experience working with her was very poor and I knew if I continued to work there I would turn into the toxic, fake, narcissistic, monster she is. I now work at a public university and have found just about everything that Davenport does is unethical, illegal and wrong. "
"I worked at Davenport University for 3 years. Ronda pretty much is in charge of the toxic culture that breeds gossip and talking behind others backs. She frequently talked about coworkers and coaches to me and I found it to be very unprofessional and upsetting. Many coaches are allowed to break the rules and have “star” athletes get special treatment and lesser punishments. In the athletic department it’s well known her and the baseball coach have a “special” relationship. This has led to many NCAA violations and cheating to be overlooked and allowed to continue and covered up. I know for a fact that compliance found that the baseball team illegally played 14 baseball players in a season they won the conference. A meeting was then had on how this should be handled and covered up. It’s disturbing things like this that led me to look for employment elsewhere. Blatant CHEATING is occurring at this institution for baseball, football and men’s basketball. Those are the sports I know for sure. Anyone that challenges this or has any basic integrity will be pushed out. I’ve seen it happen to many employees before me. I constantly wonder what she has on people that lets her continue to abuse people and funds. "
"Poor excuse of an administrator but after watching her coach this season I understand why she made the switch. An even trade of terrible. I’ve only worked in college athletics for 7 seasons but I can tell you I’ve never had a more terrible, back stabbing, gossip as a boss. I’ve read posts about unprofessionalism. It literally made me laugh out loud. The MOST unprofessional employee I’ve ever worked with. She really thinks she is cool is the saddest thing. "
"Consistently cancels one on one meetings and was the worst boss I’ve had in my 19 years of coaching. She is condescending, rude and consistently unprofessional. If you aren’t being the fakest tool in the tool box she will NOT like you. This will make your life a living hell. She’s only interested in engaging in arguably the most unethical behavior I’ve witnessed in my 19 years in the NCAA. She protects her “friends” and they protect her. HR is aware of a mountain of complaints about her behavior in the workplace. While working at DU many coworkers shared these same concerns and many have left due to her lack of integrity and unprofessionalism. She is the standard of what a toxic boss looks like. "
"Why such a high turnover rate in the athletic department when it comes to coaches that coach women’s sports. Look no further! Ronda is a woman hater, I’ve been telling people this for 16 years. Have to hire as many men as possible so she doesn’t feel threatened. I thought this behavior was normal when I first got into college athletics- IT IS NOT. She is a terrible human being and boss. Things are brighter for all of those that have moved on. A blessing to not spend all my hours in that hell hole of toxic people. A network has now been created of people that have worked at Davenport and have had to encounter this evil woman talk behind everyone’s back and do the most wrongful things I’ve ever encountered in an NCAA capacity. "
"As a former member of the athletic staff at DU I can tell you for certain Ronda is the most unprofessional administrator I’ve ever worked with. I’m not sure how many issues can be documented with HR about Ronda without action being done. She has been a core piece of corruption as I’ve shared my encounter of unprofessionalism with HR stemming from 2016. At her core this woman is evil. "
"Unprofessional and overall a terrible admin. Davenport University is one of the most corrupt universities in the state of Michigan. I worked at Davenport for 10 years and was personally belong side some of the most terrible human beings I’ve ever met. Everyone was very self serving and abused the funds that were being distributed in the athletic department. Anyone who works at DU that has half a brain or any integrity will eventually be a target for this toxic administration. Ronda has puppets placed throughout the department that she rewards for loyalty to her, not for loyalty of doing the right thing or having integrity. Continued dysfunction is the future of this laughable business school, that gives degrees to students that literally can’t even show up to class. Get where the world is going? Yes, choose GVSU or Ferris State!"
"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! "
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