College Athletic Staff Rating: Ronda Varnesdeel at Davenport University

Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

A Toxic Boss That Makes A Toxic Work Environment If You Disagree With Her

Date: July 26, 2025

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"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. "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Years And Years And Years And Years Of Toxicity From This Administrator

Date: July 24, 2025

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"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. "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

One Of The Worst Coworkers, “Friend” And Bosses I’ve Ever Had

Date: July 18, 2025

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"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. "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Unprofessional In The Work Place In Every Way

Date: July 17, 2025

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"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!"

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Worst Coach In The Conference. Best She Only Coached Naia

Date: June 10, 2025

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"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. "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

The Stats Don't Lie. Poor Coaching Results In The Worst Statistical Season In Program History With A Lot More Talent On The Roster

Date: May 25, 2025

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"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."

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

A Coach That Actually Mentally Abused Us As Players

Date: May 6, 2025

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"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! "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

What You Did Was Wrong. Very Ashamed Of You.

Date: May 5, 2025

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"What you did was wrong. Very ashamed or you. "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Been Waiting Years For Ronda To Be Exposed For The Fraud She Is

Date: May 2, 2025

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"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. "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Du Is Em BA Rrassing In Every Way

Date: May 2, 2025

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"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!! "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Du Is An Unethical In Every Way

Date: May 1, 2025

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"Ronda knows the executive AD has been knocked in the head too many times and she 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!"

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Davenport University Should Be Investigated

Date: May 1, 2025

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"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!"

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Cheating Being Done At Du

Date: April 30, 2025

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"Sad cheating is happening at DU and Ronda applauds it! "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Very Unprofessional Coach. Not Sure What She Was Wearing

Date: April 29, 2025

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"Most unprofessional coach. Appalled to learn shes an AD too. Hood up at all times, no wonder her team was lazy when we played them. "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Loves Selfish, Non Team Players That Suck Up To Her

Date: April 27, 2025

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"Hey Ronda, what happens when you highlight selfish players, you LOSE! Great work!! Treating D2 softball like rec ball was fun to watch!!"

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Verbally Abuses Players From The Dugout

Date: April 26, 2025

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"Verbally abuses players from the dugout. Maybe we should investigate the verbal abuse Ronda has done all season! "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Way To Sink The Ship, Captain. You Had All The Talent To Finish In The Top 3 This Year!

Date: April 25, 2025

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"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 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. "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Du Has And Always Will Be Corrupt As Long As They Keep This Terrible Administration

Date: April 25, 2025

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"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! "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Without A Doubt One Of The Worst Coaches Out There

Date: April 25, 2025

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"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! "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Without A Do Ubt, One Of The Best!

Date: April 24, 2025

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"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!!"

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Bad At Communicating And Doesn’t Respond So Don’t Know What’s Always Happening

Date: April 22, 2025

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"Bad at communicating in a timely manner. Has been hard to coordinate my schedule. "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Openly Allowed Players To Be Disrespectful And Rude

Date: April 20, 2025

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"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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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Constantly Belittles And Makes Fun Of Players

Date: April 20, 2025

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"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!"

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Ronda Should Be Fired, Investigate All The Shady Things She Does

Date: April 18, 2025

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"Favorites haha watch who she puts her arms around on the field. Have to reward the one that did her dirty work! Pathetic! "

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Women's Softball

Ronda Varnesdeel

Associate Director of Athletics

Davenport University

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | GLIAC

Train Wreck Of An Athletic Department!!

Date: April 16, 2025

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"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!!"

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