"Great coach that knows a lot about the game "

"I wish I could go back in time & never commit to play for this woman. She is the most manipulative coach I've ever played for. To second what the message below says, she consistently plays mind games and belittles players. At one point, I asked what I could do to improve as a player and grow, and she proceeded to say, "Nothing, accept it. You'll never be as good as ___ & ___." She is also a MASSIVE hypocrite. She preaches mental health awareness and supporting her athletes when that is the absolute FARTHEST thing from the case. I had multiple traumatic events happen while at Conn that left me in a very dark mental place. When I went to her to share that I loved hockey more than anything, but I had to leave the team to focus on my mental health. She gaslighted me, claiming that I just fell out of love with hockey & that I would not be feeling this way if I were playing more. The reality was, I was playing awful BECAUSE of the dark place I was in & I needed help. I went to her for help, and she threw it back in my face. She also held this meeting in a room with a glass wall, following a team lift, so my entire team walked past as I sobbed to my coach, trying to convince her that the way I was feeling was real and I needed help. I never felt more belittled and humiliated in my life. She then proceeded to share the information that I wanted to quit with my teammates, leading my teammates to find out I was leaving before I even got the chance to tell them and explain. People write letters every year telling Conn Athletics to fire her. I highly doubt they ever will, but a girl can dream. "

"Horrible experience. Makes it all about him. Players frustrated. It’s a struggle to go to practice. Intimidating with players. Impossible to talk to. Dos not accept feedback. Plays mind games. Talks to players about other players. It’s embarrassing to be in his team"

"She is insane and genuinely the worst coach in the NCAA. She plays mind games with her players and belittles them. None of her players actually like her and want her to be fired every year. She is insanely biased and plays favorites, and even the favorites still do not like her. She ruined my college hockey experience and although I love hockey, I am more than happy that I have graduated and no longer have to play for her or her disgusting coaching. She should have lost her job at Conn before I even became a freshman, yet they will not fire her. Future athletes do not believe a word out of her mouth and do NOT play for her. "

"I would not recommend this coach to anyone. He consistently disrespects players’ time and fails to value academics, despite claiming otherwise. He does not understand the balance expected in a Division III environment — instead, he treats the program like Division I, but without the structure, rules, or player protections that come with it. We are rarely, if ever, allowed proper breaks. Even during our 1.5-week October break, he schedules two mandatory sessions in the middle of the day, making it impossible for players to rest, travel, or spend time with family. In games, he often makes questionable tactical decisions that negatively affect the team. He also shows clear favoritism, giving extended playing time to certain players while benching others who have proven themselves to be stronger contributors. Perhaps most concerning is the emotional and mental abuse he places on players. His approach to communication, playing time, and team management is manipulative and mentally exhausting. He frequently makes promises about playing time that he doesn’t follow through on, leaving many players anxious, confused, and demoralized. His behavior is, frankly, emotionally abusive, and it msses with players mental health. "

"I would not recommend this coach to anyone. He consistently disrespects players’ time and fails to value academics, despite claiming otherwise. He does not understand the balance expected in a Division III environment — instead, he treats the program like Division I, but without the structure, rules, or player protections that come with it. We are rarely, if ever, allowed proper breaks. Even during our 1.5-week October break, he schedules two mandatory sessions in the middle of the day, making it impossible for players to rest, travel, or spend time with family. In games, he often makes questionable tactical decisions that negatively affect the team. He also shows clear favoritism, giving extended playing time to certain players while benching others who have proven themselves to be stronger contributors. Perhaps most concerning is the emotional and mental toll he places on players. His approach to communication, playing time, and team management is manipulative and mentally exhausting. He frequently makes promises about playing time that he doesn’t follow through on, leaving many players anxious, confused, and demoralized. His behavior is, frankly, emotionally abusive, and it creates an unhealthy and toxic team environment. "

"Wealth of knowledge, amazing communicator, passionate about coaching and making swimmers achieve in and out of the pool."

"If i could rate a zero i would. Has a horrible reputation among other NESCAC coaches and in girls youth hockey organizations. an emotionally manipulative person who is extremely apathetic towards her players despite claiming that she supports her players’ mental health. Players have written petitions to the athletic department every year to have her fired but she remains the head coach. She plays favorites and if she doesn’t like you there is nothing you can do to change that. she won’t play you and won’t make the effect to improve your game. She ruined my college hockey experience. "

"As a former soccer player I find his coaching style to be incomprehensible. Tactics and strategy seem to be lacking. The team had great success in 2024 due to the skills of the women on the team despite his many shortcomings as a coach. As a result of his coaching including insane practice regime especially the day before a game players were exhausted during game play. The weight training contributed to too many injuries. "

"Constantly refers to the soccer team as "his program" and "his career/legacy" making the players just a chess peice in his life long game. Admits to not wanting to play his best 11 and that talent is not the determinent of playing time but his percieved commitment to "what he's doing" which is measure not through time, effort, and success but basically who blows smoke up is a*s. Freshmen came up to me as a senior asking why the team had not made it clear during her recruitment that no one liked the staff as they felt lied to and decieved throughout the entire recruitment process compared to the reality upon arrival. I and others began taking a removed role in talking to recruits because we too did not want to mislead them. He uses players to mess with other players heads and as a result I have had to watch poor first year get excited and starting and playing significant time in multiple games in a row and doing nothing wrong only to be subsequently benched for the next games with zero discussion because they were unaware that an older player was simple in what some refer to as "time out." If you in anyway struggle with your body as many young girls do, please do not come to a program under this man where I expressed concern for the culture around fitness that was prompting players to work out three times a day 7 days a week and asked him to step in and tell them it was excessive because they were not listening to others, only to be told that I was undermining there dedication to the program (and to no surpirse we had teammates with countless overuse injuries and people needing to take semesters off for ED recovery. I loved my time at Vassar outside of soccer but it is really telling when alumni games have had to be cancelled for three years due to no attendence and when we play the prior female team who used to be an assistant coach (Wesleyan) they want nothing to do with him and talk s**t about him to players on our team. "