"Horrible experience playing here at Elon even as a star player. How Hexter has kept his job as a male who cannot connect with his players is beyond me. He is not receptive to feedback and flies through assistant coaches, who are very forthcoming about his lack of support. This type of “leader” should be not allowed to coach women "

"Dave only coached to select players on the team. If you were not one of the few he favored, you became a scapegoat for all the mistakes of the team as a whole. Forget it if you couldn’t play the way he wanted you to. If you could not conform your playing style to his, you were not advancing off the practice squad. This was not to be confused with being unable to adjust to his floor coverage and positioning. This was if you were unable to change your technique. Regardless if you were a decent player, or if there was nothing wrong, if you could not adjust to how he specifically wanted your form, you were not playing. He was not motivational if you were struggling and his coaching technique/style was closer to yelling profanities than to anything instructional. He was disrespectful to his players, and there were numerous instances of Dave being unprofessional and using disrespectful language directed at the team infront of recruits. He had discussions with players about changing their majors so they would have more time to focus on volleyball, and showed little to no support for the girls that did not want to sacrifice their future career for the sport. He was emotionally insensitive to players on multiple occasions. He had shown little sympathy when there had been a hospitalization of a player’s family members mid season, and he took it out on her when it was affecting her performance on the court. He would often “pout” on the bench, letting his assistant take over coaching. Dave would sit on the bench, arms folded, with an annoyed look on his face, only moving to throw his arms up in the air or act like he was going to break his clipboard. One instance in particular was so bad, the other team’s student section called him out on it mid game and made up a chant for him. "

"Not caring, not motivational, not dedicated "

"lack of motivational skills, poor leadership, tended to blame others for every problem, unethical at times, always lied about situations that would directly affect him, and an overall bad experience"

"Never played for a coach with worse soccer knowledge. Wants to coach 11 defending behind the ball, but he can’t even coach that right. Don’t even get me started with offensive tactics because the man has none, for 3 years guys have been asking and he doesn’t have one, he just believes in kicking the ball into the corner and running fast.Awful coach"

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"Fitness over tactics. Defense first with direction to run at 100mph chaotically. Offense style of play is get the ball high and wide and run fast. If you are not big and fast it us not likely you will play. If you are big fast and run until your legs fall of you will not come off the field. "

"A coach who values fitness much more than technical ability. Can always be reached by his players, but lacks ability to relate to players and motivate them to want to play for him. "

"She's way too much into everyone's life. She gets good recruits, but then they come in and she can't do anything with the talent. Full of empty promises and doesn't know how to just be a coach. Unmotivational. Has no real knowledge of the game (she played basketball). She's cheap and that's why she's there."

"Enormous ego. One of the worst coaches I've ever had. Cares about wins and losses more than he cares about his players. Uses his staff like puppets, no assistant coach has any say whatsoever in game decisions. Plays favorites constantly. If you're not one of his favorites you're left behind. Do yourself a favor and refrain from committing to Elon. "

"Not very knowledgable of the game and had distinct favorites on the team."

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"He is good at manipulating you to go to the school but everything he says will not actually happen. If you want to get better as an athlete this is not the place to go. He is not approachable and will never listen to anything you say and does not care about the athletes whats so ever."