"not very honest and plays strong favourites. she is also quite knowledgeable about the game but it is not up to date and she needs to update her knowledge. also, she rarely actually coaches and only gets properly involved during penalty corner practices and lets ralph and jess do the rest. she also doesn't care about you as a person outside of field hockey which I guess isn't essential because she is a coach but it meant she never actually learnt about who I was or what I was dealing with outside of the field or how I react and deal with situations."

"Great coach who brought me on a lot as a freshman!"

"Pam Bustin is a coach who really cares about the team culture but also about achieving our goals. She tries to make practice competitive and gives individual feedback. She cares about everyone on the team and is always open to conversation."

"He has literally no ability to be nice to his players. He plays hard favourites. He also tells you 'do this' and you will play and then he never even acknowledges any of it and says you're still bad at soccer. He makes me not want to get up to play soccer and makes it feel like a chore, not something that I had previously a very strong passion and love for. Horrible. "

"Not very honest when recruiting. Tells you you will play more than you do. Cares a lot about fitness too."

"Great coach"

"Super nice and caring person, well organized."

"She truly cares about us all. "

"Pam is okay but has a tendency to have favourites."

"She is a good coach overall. Very attentive and cares a lot about the sport and winning. "

"She was very smart and old school, knowledgeable of the game. Very direct but informative. Made a good effort to know us and made us feel very welcome."

"She was very knowledgeable on our official visit and took a bit effort to see my family."

"I would say she cares somewhat about us as people but doesn't care for everyone the same. She has a hard time keeping up with the volleyball today and how to teach us (instructs in a way that doesn't make sense). She is a good person I think but makes questionable decisions when it comes to dealing with her players. Very indirect and inconclusive. I don't believe many players would stay if they weren't here for the school that Duke is."

"Good recruiter personable guy. Very very intelligent. Smart coach."

"Very hardworking and was very energetic through the process. Put the player over everything else."

"Very hardworking and upbeat. Did a lot of work for the program and was very happy to do it. Put on a very good visit. Considerate of everybody."

"Joining this team was my biggest and only regret in life. The team culture is incredibly toxic, mainly due to the head coach. She is tone deaf, lacking in compassion, socially inept, and could care less about the teams mental health or academic success. All three of her assistant coaches quit and they were all that was left of the glue holding the team together. If you are considering getting recruited to the Duke Womens Rowing team, I ask you to genuinely reconsider your options. This is not a team you want to join. Your love for the sport with diminish and your mental and physical health will as well. Examples: the coach continuously lied about my development/boating/position on the team, called me by the incorrect name countless times, never asked about my personal life or experiences on the team or at the school, and never showed emotion other than anger or stress. Her way of motivating the team after a hard day of pieces was saying “You're all slow and this team is not a top 10 team” and that was it. When I found myself in the hospital one weekend with severe tonsilitis and mono, I returned to the team practice and she said, “Heard you had a fun weekend in the hospital!” with an evil smile and no follow up questions asking how I was. In fact, she made me return to practice a day after being discharged. "

"Jamie really cares about his players and the team. He is not the most emotional guy, but he is supportive and helpful. He is very honest in everything that he does and he holds the team to a high standard which breeds success."

"Kerstin was a great coach and role model. She creates a great culture and focused on pushing everyone on the roster to be the best they could. If I had a complaint, it was that she is not the greatest tactician or strategist. Xs and Os aren't her strength and she leans on assistants a bit too much her. Most teams know that her teams can't handle a zone and it creates at least 1 or 2 games a year Duke loses but shouldn't;t. "

"Has had really good assistant coaches that shape a lot of what is done with team and their success. She seems to care about the players. "

"As someone who was once an 18-year old, ecstatic to be a member of the Duke FH team, I can comfortably say that I would never want to do it again. Although Duke University is a fabulous institution that opened a multitude of doors for me, I would not want to play for Pam again. Throughout my recruiting process, I did not interact much with Pam, however, I had full confidence that she’d coach me to the best of my ability and truly show me that she believed in me. As previous reviews mention, Pam is one to show favoritism toward certain people and disregard the remainder of the roster. Throughout my Duke FH career, I felt as if I wasn’t playing “my game” because I was so focused on pleasing the coaching staff, as I knew the repercussions that I would face if I didn’t. Obviously, Pam is a very seasoned coach, however, she is not up-to-speed in regard to the ways in which the sport has progressively developed over the past few years. Therefore, it is very difficult to receive necessary feedback that will translate into a “championship-winning” team. Off the field, Pam is a very nice woman. However, it is very clear that she does not show genuine compassion/interest in her players’ personal lives outside of field hockey. In my opinion, open communication and personal support contribute to success on the field. Ultimately, she doesn’t know how to cultivate a true, unified family. "

"Pam Bustin was a solid coach back in the day but as hockey continues to grow she does not. Not only is she no longer a qualified coach for a top tier DI program, she is not qualified to be a leader for impressionable women. "

"Do not recommend. At first glance it looks like she cares a lot and is knowledgeable but this is not true. She does not care about her players beyond field hockey and Hardly motivates you if she doesn’t like you. "

"Legend! A giant in the lacrosse coaching community for a reason."

"Not sure how’s he’s the coach at such a prestigious university "