"I wanted to share my experience, and one that was shared by many of my teammates, after playing for Aimee. The world of young women’s soccer is incredibly lucky to have Aimee Haywood as a head coach. I am the young woman and professional I am today in large part because of the years I had the opportunity to play for her. I will always be grateful that she treated me and my teammates as more than soccer players. She recognized that we were also young women navigating college, people dealing with life outside of our sport, and future professionals preparing for the real world. She cared about who we were becoming just as much as the players we were on the field.
In terms of the game - Aimee is creative, honest, encouraging, empathetic, professional, and incredibly knowledgeable about the game. She is well respected by the school, our division, and numerous coaches across the country. Hands down, one of the best coaches I have ever played for and someone I will always be grateful I had the opportunity to learn from."
"From a parent’s perspective, we couldn’t have asked for more. Coach Haywood gave our daughter a great environment to grow both on and off the field. She had high expectations and held her players accountable—if you didn’t meet those expectations, playing time could be limited, but from our view point she was always fair. We truly felt she wanted the best for our daughter, and we’re grateful for the experience."
"I recently saw a published ranking of the worst coaches with Aimee being on the list. I have read the other reviews and can attest to their accuracy as a current parent. The comments are not just your typical complaining after a jilted player left the program. They are completely accurate.
Aimee and her staff tell the players who they are allowed to speak to and who they are not allowed to speak to. Once she doesn’t “like you”, you’re literally dead to her. Zero communication, whether it’s physically or virtually. Plays the girls off of each other, in an emotionally abusive manner. From a game perspective, the coaching staff is not creative with their game plays. They do not sub appropriately. Totally content to just run their starters into the ground. Very defense minded style. Will actually cater the game around one player and then foster the team environment for her. Practices are longer and more in quantity than other colleges leading to more injuries. Recent uptick in quantity of international players.
Do your research before you commit to her program. Should speak volumes to you when you see how many girls transfer out each year esp when they are her starters and get a lot of playing time.
Sadly, the athletic director drinks the Kool-Aid and ignores people in their exit interviews."
"As a parent I would sincerely caution ANY family from committing to this program. As our daughter is finally gone, she is now happy and has her passion for her lifelong sport back. The constant drain of the head coach was almost too much for her. She and her teammates were left with miserable Experiences, never expected from big school like App State. We heard the “chirps” but thought it was disgruntled players and boy were we wrong. This “coach” is pure misery. She will
Break your child down and spit her out. She has zero passion for development or team culture. She thrives off fear and embarrassment and will level your top tier player to a zero right before your eyes. Please research. Don’t fall victim to the hype. Do better for your player. She deserves a better year than she will have here."
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