Women's Soccer

Erik Burstein

Women's Soccer Head Coach

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

NCAA DII • Orange Empire | OEC

Stay Away From This Coach!!!

Date: April 14, 2025

By Parent

1.6

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.8

3.4

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"Stay away from this Coach he has serious control issues. If your daughter makes one mistake and don’t do exactly what he wants he will tear them up at practice in front of the team just to prove his point. Your daughter will not be able to play without having fear of making a mistake with this coach. Don’t buy his sales pitch about your daughter being his top recruit because he will tell them exactly want they want to hear! I am thankful my daughter got out of there before it was too late!!!"

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Women's Softball

Judy Lawes

Women's Softball Head Coach

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

NCAA DII • Orange Empire | OEC

Run Because You Won’t Be Actually Batting Or Fielding

Date: April 7, 2025

By Athlete

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

Disorganized Old School Mentality Poor Communication

"RUN! Recruitment is a sales pitch! Over recruiting to the extreme! Coaching staff has a high turnover and all are a playbook of dysfunction. If you expect to be given a fair chance, you can leave that in high school. Players are pitted against each other and your prize is a one horse town in middle of nowhere with unsafe surroundings and a meh education. Do not approach coach with any problems such as grades/classes, mental health, feeling unsafe … Coach dismisses it bluntly. Verbal degradation beyond tough love is a daily ritual. Coaches with fear and intimidation. Reputation is starting to catch up! Do not be fooled with any history of winning records! This coach will take your future and not lose an ounce of sleep once it is destroyed. "

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Women's Softball

Judy Lawes

Women's Softball Head Coach

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

NCAA DII • Orange Empire | OEC

Take My Advice: Just Don’t. I Wish I Knew

Date: April 7, 2025

By Athlete

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

Disorganized Old School Mentality Poor Communication

"The coach put me and my teammates through difficult experiences, starting with dishonesty from the first email she sent me. I wish I had explored other options. The emotional abuse and pressure to perform were overwhelming, leading everyone in my class to transfer. The environment felt like a sales pitch rather than supportive coaching. I advise other players to avoid the school, as there are better options and coaches who truly believe in their players. We were degraded about our weight, how we looked, mental health, and just about everything you can think of. We practiced way over our “legal” hours and were drained mentally and physically. Additionally, the town is boring, with mediocre education and limited activities, making it hard to balance life and academics. I wish I had someone warn me, like I am warning you. Please do your research. You are worth so much more"

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Women's Soccer

Erik Burstein

Women's Soccer Head Coach

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

NCAA DII • Orange Empire | OEC

Find A Better Option For Your Child!

Date: January 31, 2025

By Parent

1.8

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.8

3.4

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Knowledgeable Knows The Game Passionate About Coaching Dedicated To Players Organized

"I just read the comments” if it seems too good to be true then it probably is……” and I couldn’t have said it better myself. My daughter wasted four years playing for this coach and I use the word playing loosely because she never actually got to play. I understand that this is not Recreational soccer, Everybody doesn’t get equal and fair play time but the lying and manipulation and confidence crushing that goes on on this team is horrendous. Every year you get promised that you will have your time to shine if you keep improving but he is never looking to play you and is just leading you along for four years. He doesn’t let girls get creative on the ball so they lose their confidence. He doesn’t trust his team to make the right decisions. He over recruits for the team and doesn’t care about the consequences of having 30+ girls that are all talented having their hopes and dreams, crushed. He continues to lie and string them along. He is more concerned about whether the backpacks are lined up evenly or whether your child is wearing the right shorts to practice than he is over their mental well-being. I’m sure all the positive reviews that are written by girls and parents who had children’s that were starters because he tends to kiss those kids asses. But that’s only a very small percentage of the team. The rest of the girls are bonding on the bench over their misery. My daughter has often said she wish she had chosen a different university and a different team to play for. She did love her teammates, but gave up her opportunity to play college soccer when she went there. Although he has a strong record, I truly believe they have never won anything significant because he is so rigid in his ways of thinking. I do not recommend playing for this man."

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Women's Volleyball

Allison Keeley

Women's Volleyball Head Coach

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

NCAA DII • Orange Empire | OEC

Please Read Carefully Terrible Coach!!

Date: November 25, 2024

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

2.1

2.6

2.0

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Direct Intense Poor Communication Accessible Cool

"If you are reading this then you came to the right place. Allison Keeley SHOULD NOT be coaching, period! She is the epitome of a BULLY coach, always negative, always putting down the girls with destructive criticism. She constantly shames them during practice and games, demoralizing each player to the point that they are either afraid of playing, or simply do not want to win for her. She also plays favorites, in which her favorites are the girls that unfortunately don’t speak up about this injustice/abuse. Just look at what she has done to the 2024 Kutztown Volleyball team…scores of upperclass have quit or transferred in past years, resulting in a struggling team that went an appalling 1-27! Girls that play for her are under HEAVY MENTAL ABUSE, often losing their passion to continue playing volleyball. She has a very checkered past, as she comes into a school, decimates the program, kills the team culture, then moves on to the next unsuspecting “victim” school. Please read all the comments on this post, and watch some of the online videos as well from past players so you don’t make this mistake. Shame on KU Athletic Director for hiring her, and for the inevitable next college that unfortunately picks her up. Don’t become another victim by playing for her, you will absolutely regret it!"

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Women's Soccer

Erik Burstein

Women's Soccer Head Coach

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

NCAA DII • Orange Empire | OEC

Please Listen To Your Gut If It Sounds Too Good To Be True, It Is.

Date: October 1, 2024

By Parent

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.8

3.4

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Knowledgeable Knows The Game Passionate About Coaching Dedicated To Players Organized

"Please, please listen to these ratings. I wish I did. He told me that they were from "one player's mom who never played." Trust me, every word is true- whether you are playing or not. This coach promises the world during recruiting and they are all lies. He promises low recruiting classes, then doubles the size. He pushes you to commit early saying he has "almost wrapped up recruiting" and then continues to recruit for months after. Just as soon as he recruits you and tells you how wonderful you are, he then tells you that there is a new freshman class that will be better than you. He barely subs -for no good reason if you look at the amount of goals scored-, has limited soccer knowledge, but above all, is emotionally abusive to the players and a loose cannon. Again, this includes his starters down the line. We are only half way through the freshmen season and it has been hell for not only the freshmen, but most of the team. He pits players against each other, bullying and hazing is rampant, and he appears unhinged. If you report anything, he uses it against the player. He will tell players that they have potential and need to keep working, and the next minute that they will never play and to transfer. There are no examples on how to improve, his practices are a joke with relatively no shooting or set-piece practices (one of the latest games there were 18 corner kicks with one finish), he micro manages every shot, every touch- so much that the players lose confidence with every passing minute. In addition, I have no idea what the assistant coach's role is there. There is no support or advice from her either- she seems afraid of him. If your gut is telling you that something is off, if you have committed and he continues to take players- back out!!!! Go explore other offers. Do NOT let him manipulate you. This is a coach that has been here too long, is unraveling, and truly thinks he is worth more than he is. "

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Women's Volleyball

Allison Keeley

Women's Volleyball Head Coach

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

NCAA DII • Orange Empire | OEC

Allison Keeley Should Not Be Allowed To Coach In Any Program

Date: July 22, 2024

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

2.1

2.6

2.0

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Direct Intense Poor Communication Accessible Cool

"Allison Keeley is an ineffective coach and a horrible human being. She has ruined the sport for many female athletes and does not deserve to be coach at any level of the sport. She tells parents that she cares about the athlete’s well being and then proceeds to verbally and emotionally abuse them in front of their teammates. In her first season at Kutztown, she decimated the team roster, getting rid of recognized team leaders and starters whom she feared would not put up with her abusive tactics. And the KU athletic director looked the other way when more than half of the remaining team members quit citing incidents of verbal and emotional abuse. Shame on you Keeley and shame on you KU for letting this horrible person continue to coach in your program. "

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Women's Lacrosse

Kristen Nicholson

Women's Lacrosse Head Coach

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

NCAA DII • Orange Empire | OEC

Play Elsewhere! Kutztown Is Great But Not If You Want To Keep Sane

Date: April 20, 2024

By Other

1.8

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.7

2.0

2.7

3.0

2.3

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Poor Communication Accessible Dedicated To Players Knows The Game Passionate About Coaching

"false empathy and picks favorites and you will know it. will bench you yet tell you that you’re doing great in practice so you’re stuck not knowing what to do to improve yourself. if you are on medical injury or injury she will not support you. Lies to parents and is an actress. I would never wish upon my worst enemy to play for this coach, worst years of my life"

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Women's Lacrosse

Kristen Nicholson

Women's Lacrosse Head Coach

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

NCAA DII • Orange Empire | OEC

Does Not Care About Your Mental Health And Will Gaslight You

Date: April 9, 2024

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.7

2.0

2.7

3.0

2.3

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Poor Communication Accessible Dedicated To Players Knows The Game Passionate About Coaching

"awful she’s manipulative. i had the worst experience playing under this coach"

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Women's Softball

Judy Lawes

Women's Softball Head Coach

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

NCAA DII • Orange Empire | OEC

Really Research Ever Playing Here!!!!!!

Date: November 2, 2023

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

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Disorganized Old School Mentality Poor Communication

"high turnover in coaching staff over-recruits then it becomes a dog fight rarely deviates from same 9 starters inappropriate comments to players and about players to staff & team dismisses mental health"

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Women's Soccer

Erik Burstein

Women's Soccer Head Coach

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

NCAA DII • Orange Empire | OEC

Do Not Let Your Daughter Be Coached By Him!!!

Date: October 12, 2023

By Other

1.6

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.8

3.4

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Knowledgeable Knows The Game Passionate About Coaching Dedicated To Players Organized

"Manipulator, completely dishonest, mentally abusive! Very knowledgeable of the game and will completely lie to you!"

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Women's Soccer

Erik Burstein

Women's Soccer Head Coach

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

NCAA DII • Orange Empire | OEC

Do Not Continue Your Career At Ku

Date: September 23, 2023

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.8

3.4

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Knowledgeable Knows The Game Passionate About Coaching Dedicated To Players Organized

"I played for Erik all four years and I would not recommend him to anyone. He was manipulative and mentally abusive to all of his players. "

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Women's Volleyball

Allison Keeley

Women's Volleyball Head Coach

Columbia University

NCAA DI • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

Do Not Let Your Daughter Or Friends Play For Allison Keeley.

Date: August 8, 2023

By Other

1.4

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

2.1

2.6

2.0

Tags

Direct Intense Poor Communication Accessible Cool

"I played for this coach from 2014-2016 and I would NOT allow her to coach any young women that I know. She plays favorites, insults her players intelligence and makes them feel less than. If you are not one of her starters, you do not matter as much to her and she does not try and hide that. There is a GOOD reason she has been bouncing around from program to program for the last decade. "

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Women's Volleyball

Allison Keeley

Women's Volleyball Head Coach

Columbia University

NCAA DI • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

I Would Not Recommend Anyone Playing For Her.

Date: July 14, 2023

By Other

1.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

2.1

2.6

2.0

Tags

Direct Intense Poor Communication Accessible Cool

"She is verbally abusive to her athletes. Google her. She has no patience and can play favorites. "

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Women's Bowling

Angela Reynolds

Women's Bowling Head Coach

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

NCAA DII • Great Lakes Valley Conference | GLVC

Coaches Is A Bully And University Knows And Has Not Addressed The Situation

Date: April 26, 2023

By Other

1.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

3.5

3.0

Tags

Intense Disorganized Old School Mentality Poor Communication Believes In You

"Coach is a bully plays favorites, no matter their skill level if I could select no stars, I would "

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Women's Soccer

Erik Burstein

Women's Soccer Head Coach

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

NCAA DII • Orange Empire | OEC

Do Not Let Your Daughter Be Coached By Him. Protect Her!

Date: March 24, 2023

By Other

1.4

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.8

3.4

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Knowledgeable Knows The Game Passionate About Coaching Dedicated To Players Organized

"Erik is a Salesperson. When recruiting he tells you what you want to hear. He is NOT honest. He berates you in front of the team. The girls support each other, but Erik puts the girls against each other. Degrading and demoralizing. Highly recommend you do NOT let your daughter be mentally abused by this guy. Other Division II coaches talk about his military style warm ups, which are just for show. Look to see how many girls leave the program year after year. He has been reported to the NCAA and to the Athletic Department. Many complaints, but no action by KU! It has been going on for years!"

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Women's Soccer

Erik Burstein

Women's Soccer Head Coach

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

NCAA DII • Orange Empire | OEC

Do You Research Before Going Here. Heard Nothing But Bad Things!

Date: March 22, 2023

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.8

3.4

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Knowledgeable Knows The Game Passionate About Coaching Dedicated To Players Organized

"Heard nothing but awful things about this Coach. "

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Women's Volleyball

Allison Keeley

Women's Volleyball Head Coach

Columbia University

NCAA DI • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

Don't Let Her Direct And Matter Of Fact Persona Fool You, It's A Big Lie What You See At Face Value Is The Opposite Of What She Is About

Date: March 15, 2023

By Other

1.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

2.1

2.6

2.0

Tags

Direct Intense Poor Communication Accessible Cool

"Toxic, abusive and divisive. Body shames her athletes. Ineffective preparation and game planning. Archaic and rigid strategies. Incapable of making sensible game or line-up adjustments to utilize her talented roster and wastes subs. 100% uninspiring. Worst volleyball coach ever encountered in 12 years. Allison Keeley needs to be banned from coaching volleyball at every level. Her brand of coaching is an assault on the mental health of young minds and has no place in youth/collegiate sports."

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Women's Volleyball

Allison Keeley

Women's Volleyball Head Coach

Columbia University

NCAA DI • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

Run From Any Program She Enters

Date: March 3, 2023

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

2.1

2.6

2.0

Tags

Direct Intense Poor Communication Accessible Cool

"Abusive terrible coach does not deserve to work with young minds"

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Women's Volleyball

Allison Keeley

Women's Volleyball Head Coach

Columbia University

NCAA DI • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

Most Abusive And Worst Coach I’ve Ever See

Date: November 11, 2022

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

2.1

2.6

2.0

Tags

Direct Intense Poor Communication Accessible Cool

"Abusive. Does not deserve to coach anybody. She ruins young women’s self esteem. She is a horrible person."

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Women's Volleyball

Allison Keeley

Women's Volleyball Head Coach

Columbia University

NCAA DI • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

Allison Keeley Is Toxic And Verbally Abusive

Date: November 8, 2022

By Other

1.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

2.1

2.6

2.0

Tags

Direct Intense Poor Communication Accessible Cool

"Allison Keeley has a history of abusive coaching practices that have remained hush hush, which enables her to start over at a new University causing significant mental heath issues for her players. Universities need to wake up and take complaints from athletes seriously. This is not tough coaching, this is toxic coaching that is harmful. "

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Women's Volleyball

Allison Keeley

Women's Volleyball Head Coach

Columbia University

NCAA DI • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

Verbally Abusing, Divisive Coach.

Date: November 6, 2022

By Other

1.6

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

2.1

2.6

2.0

Tags

Direct Intense Poor Communication Accessible Cool

"Current coach at Kutztown University. 7 players quit mid season citing mental health issues brought on by the coach. Gaslights the student athletes while creating a divide amongst the team. "

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Women's Soccer

Erik Burstein

Women's Soccer Head Coach

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

NCAA DII • Orange Empire | OEC

Accountability For The Future Generation

Date: October 17, 2022

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.8

3.4

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Knowledgeable Knows The Game Passionate About Coaching Dedicated To Players Organized

"I could only select two of the tags to describe him because he is both unfittable and unworthy to be described in a positive way. If Erik is anything, he is a liar, manipulator, unhelpful, unfair, and a remarkable salesman! If it were not for the girls, I wouldn't have been able to survive all four years with this coach. I've played soccer for 18 years and he is by far the worst coach I ever played for. He will make his personal problems YOUR problems he will demoralize you of all self confidence. If you don't want to be mentally and emotionally abused, do yourself a favor and make a hard left when you see the name Erik Burstein."

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Women's Soccer

Erik Burstein

Women's Soccer Head Coach

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

NCAA DII • Orange Empire | OEC

Hold Erik Accountable.

Date: October 12, 2022

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.8

3.4

Tags

Knowledgeable Knows The Game Passionate About Coaching Dedicated To Players Organized

"My daughter played soccer since she was three years old- she loved the sport and continued to play through high school and club. As many student athletes, her dream was to become a college athlete- Sadly , Erik Burstein stole that dream and her love of the sport- Although SEVERAL reports have been made over the past 10 years - he continues to coach. Erik talks about accountable and unfortunately he is not held accountable for his actions! He is verbally abusive and condescending to All women!! Hopefully, the responses from this evaluation will open the eyes of those above Erik!! DO NOT COMMIT TO KU as Long as Erik Burstein is coaching. "

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Women's Soccer

Erik Burstein

Women's Soccer Head Coach

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

NCAA DII • Orange Empire | OEC

Do Not Play Here.

Date: October 11, 2022

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.8

3.4

Tags

Knowledgeable Knows The Game Passionate About Coaching Dedicated To Players Organized

"abuser, manipulator, and an awful person. "

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