Dickinson College

"Coach Richwine holds a special place in my heart. After growing up playing with more intense, emotional, yelling-type coaches, Richwine's calm, honest, and supportive approach to coaching and developing players was refreshing. His door was always open to all team members without judgement and with candor; he never forced players into talking with him but was always more than happy to chat about life, sport, and/or work through the complex processes of becoming a young adult. The poor men's lacrosse coaches whose offices were across the hall from Coach's (at the time) presumably knew everything going on in my life as I laughed and cried my way through college with Coach as my sounding board. He is not loud and in-your-face; rather, he gives players space to develop as leaders and individuals, practicing teammate-on-teammate accountability, advancing personal skill, and teaching integrity and self-reliance. He does not sugar coat things; he is forthcoming and transparent. In my opinion, these qualities make up the best type of coach because they prepare players for the REAL WORLD. One example I can think of is a lesson I still carry with me today: he would give me five pitches at the end of a pitching workout. If the last one was "bad," or a ball, or even just something I wasn't happy with, it still had to be my last one. In competition, and in real life, things might not always go the way we want. Outcomes might not be ideal. Sometimes you will walk a girl in for the other team's winning run. That's life... But it goes on and we have to deal with what is in front of us. Sometimes, a bad end of a day just means you get to process those emotions in the short-term and start tomorrow with a new attitude. If you want a coach that screams in umpires faces, yells, and mandates regular one-on-one meetings with student athletes, Coach isn't your guy (and of course, there were one-on-one and grade meetings when needed) (and yes, there were times I wish he would have challenged an ump and he didn't, and there were times when he did - it's called discretion). He exudes quiet confidence and supports from afar as you develop into a young adult. His office was a safe space for me to work through challenges (personal, academically, athletically), and he is one of the most formative people in my life. He is reciprocal and communicative when you need or want him to be, he cares, he doesn't play favorites and puts the best people on the field for any given situation (even when he knows it will upset people). He doesn't get visibly or vocally upset when stupid mistakes happen on the field or in practice or in life; as young adults, we know or get to figure out what went wrong and it's on us to adjust. Coach shows his players that they are capable people who can work through problems as an individual, as a team, or as both, and he is just there to guide us - as any coach would and should do. Overall, a 10/10 coach; I couldn't have graduated (with a championship) without him. I still keep in touch with him to this day. As a note to the other reviews - you get what you put in. If you care to develop a relationship with him, he will reciprocate."

"Coach Masimore was very honest and direct through my career. I feel she lacked any knowledge or change in her game plan through my time there. I appreciated her want to get the team engaged in activities through campus and do all of these other things but it became too much. She would expect us to be at events right after practice, or before. It was exhausting. I completely get her wanting us to engage but our schedules are already packed yet we are suppose to go from class to film to lift to supporting a team to doing homework and turn around and have a campus event the next day that we have to attend and so on. It was so so tiring. I do not think she understands how to run an attack, she thinks it’s a motion but it’s really plays that she makes that are easily picked up on by opponents. She isn’t hard enough on players and is too much of a “figure it out on your own” coach. "

"Coach Hanson is not a good talent developer or game day coach by any stretch of the imagination. Every team has deficiencies, but some deficiencies are the direct result of bad coaching: Poor base running ✔️ Poor defensive execution once the ball is fielded (throwing to the correct place, executing rundowns, etc.) ✔️ Poor use of bullpen ✔️ Frequency of negative big innings ✔️ Not putting over-matched teams away ✔️ Poor scouting of opponents ✔️ Regression by players who showed promise as first years ✔️ Absence of plays where one thinks to self "good call, Coach" ✔️"

"This coach is manipulative and passive aggressive preaching team chemistry but team culture is horrible. Lack of understanding of lacrosse shows in the offense and massive amount of unforced turnovers. She refuses to change her force to goal -lack of movement offense. She will meet with you and tell you that she only predicts a minimal role on the team with no chance to play yourself onto the field. Team culture is drinking and fake kindness-don't be fooled. This team will never win with this coach and she should take mental health awareness training."

"She has always promoted and inclusive environment but plays to win. She wants to better the team as players and as people. She is understanding but also direct and pushes you to be the best version of yourself. "