Women's Volleyball

Tony Trifonov

Women's Volleyball Head Coach

Chicago State University

NCAA DI • Middle Atlantic Conferences | MAC

Not A Good Coach To Have.

Date: September 28, 2025

By Other

1.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

2.0

1.0

Tags

"Many players left Chicago State because of him. Only players who played stayed. He is very pessimistic and negative. Difficult to say any pros. "

0

Women's Volleyball

Tony Trifonov

Women's Volleyball Head Coach

Chicago State University

NCAA DI • Middle Atlantic Conferences | MAC

Fired Good Coach For A Worse Coach

Date: September 25, 2025

By Other

1.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

2.0

1.0

Tags

Disorganized Poor Communication

"Extremely negative, talks about players to others, yells and makes remarks. Does not develop or coach players. Focus only on player who play. Poor communicator. Has made multiple players cry. Players have quit because of his negativity and disrespect. Kicked players off the team just because. Most toxic coach witnessed. He tells media he is trying to change the culture and have player buy in but his culture is NEGATIVE. Just watch games of him on the sideline. You can see it. Does not bond with the players. No team bonding. Doesn’t help the family are apart of the staff. Texts/calls players all times of the day. Destroyed the VB program. See he only had 9 players at Chicago state because they all left!"

0

Women's Gymnastics

Randy Lane

Women's Gymnastics Head Coach

Long Island University

NCAA DI • Missouri Valley Football Conference | MVFC

Needs To Be Fired Immediately.

Date: March 12, 2024

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

Intense Disorganized Old School Mentality Poor Communication

"Very passive aggressive and plays favorites. Will put things into your head for hope and then tear them away."

0

Men's Wrestling

Joe Patrovich

Men's Wrestling Head Coach

Long Island University

Coach Patrovich Knows Wrestling And How To Build A Motivated And Capable Team.

Date: January 5, 2024

By Other

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

Accessible Cool Direct Intense Knowledgeable

"Coach Patrovich gave my son a great opportunity. I will always appreciate that he reached out to him. He was also always personable, accessible and easy to communicate with. In wrestling, he is a local legend and I could see why."

0

Soccer

Lucy Gillet

Women's Soccer Head Coach

Long Island University

NCAA DI • Region 9

She Made Me Hate The Sport That I Never Imagined Not Loving.

Date: October 8, 2023

By Verified Athlete

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

Believes In You Cool Creates A Great Team Culture Easy To Get Along With Dedicated To Players

"Lucy Gillet is a terrible coach. I tried to give 0 stars for the motivational, caring, and honest categories, but it wouldn’t let me. She did not earn, nor deserve, the title of head coach, but was named it basically by default. She does not embody a head coach by any means. I was personally excited for her to be my coach, given her very recent experience with college soccer. However, my excitement was VERY quickly shot down. I also thought that she would be easy to get along with and would be understanding of intense school schedules due to her young age and recent experiences in college herself, but I was very wrong about this as well. She is power hungry and loves to dangle her superiority over her player’s heads at absolutely every chance she gets. She also constantly shows her superiority over her assistant coaches, as she treats them horribly yet makes them do all of her work. She is not a knowledgeable coach whatsoever and should have never been given a head coaching title at the division 1 level. She single handedly destroyed my confidence on the field, and I know for a fact that I am not the only one who she has made feel this way. After just one season with her, not a single senior stayed to play their 5th year (despite all having the ability to do so due to Covid) AND 6 players transferred to other schools… her track record certainly speaks for itself. "

0

Soccer

Lucy Gillet

Women's Soccer Head Coach

Long Island University

NCAA DI • Region 9

Terrible Coach That Has Made Me Hate The Sport That I Have Loved My Whole Life

Date: September 12, 2023

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

Believes In You Cool Creates A Great Team Culture Easy To Get Along With Dedicated To Players

"As a former player, by far the worst coach I have ever had. She has favorites, inexperienced, does not give anyone a chance, immature, lashes out, and is unfair. After her first year of coaching, five of her players quit soccer including me and two players transferred schools. If that doesn’t say enough then I don’t know what does. She does not care about her players (only a select handful) and does not know how to develop them because she does not know the game as she is a goalkeeper. Not to mention how she was handed the head coach job when she did not earn it or deserve it, which is unfortunate because the program could have really turned around if it weren’t for the lack of judgement and laziness when hiring a new head coach. "

0

Soccer

Lucy Gillet

Women's Soccer Head Coach

Long Island University

NCAA DI • Region 9

This Coach Is Young, Inexperienced, Immature And Lacks All The Skills Needed To Be An Accomplished Coach.

Date: September 8, 2023

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

Believes In You Cool Creates A Great Team Culture Easy To Get Along With Dedicated To Players

"Horrible experience with this coach "

0

Women's Volleyball

Tony Trifonov

Women's Volleyball Head Coach

Chicago State University

NCAA DI • Middle Atlantic Conferences | MAC

Creeper

Date: September 15, 2022

By Other

1.6

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

1.0

3.0

1.0

Tags

Disorganized Poor Communication

"He is knowledgeable in volleyball, but he is very creepy with the girls. I had a hard time being coached by him because him and his wife are very touchy feely. Let alone he’s had issues in the past with dating players"

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Athletic Staff

Deb Roselle

Business Manager

Long Island University

NCAA DI - FCS • Region 9

Welcoming

Date: August 4, 2022

By Verified Athlete

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

Accessible Knowledgeable Cool Easy To Get Along With

"Has always been nice to me and welcoming before meetings with the AD and others in the department."

0

Athletic Staff

Jean Anne Smith

Associate Dean of Students / Deputy Title IX Coordinator

Long Island University

NCAA DI - FCS • Region 9

Friendly And Helpful

Date: August 4, 2022

By Verified Athlete

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

Accessible Cool Honest Easy To Get Along With Direct

"Jean Anne has always been very nice to me and helpful when I needed assistance with something."

0

Athletic Staff

Scott Schulz, CSCS

Director of Sports Performance/head Strength & Conditioning Coach

Long Island University

NCAA DI - FCS • Region 9

Scott Is The Best

Date: August 4, 2022

By Verified Athlete

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

Cool Believes In You Motivational Dedicated To Players Knowledgeable

"Scot is so chill while also being a great coach who gets the best out of you. I love training/lifting with him!"

0

Athletic Staff

Todd Kaiser

Coordinator of Student-athlete Success Post Campus

Long Island University

NCAA DI - FCS • Region 9

Super Cool

Date: August 4, 2022

By Verified Athlete

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

Cool Believes In You Easy To Get Along With Knowledgeable Accessible

"Scott is the absolute best and is such a fun strength and conditioning coach!"

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Soccer

Lucy Gillet

Women's Soccer Head Coach

Long Island University

NCAA DI • Region 9

Great At Bringing Team Together

Date: August 4, 2022

By Verified Athlete

4.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

4.0

5.0

Tags

Believes In You Cool Creates A Great Team Culture Easy To Get Along With Dedicated To Players

"Lucy has worked really hard to make our team better on and of the field. She has taken the program to a better place since she has become head coach. I look forward to playing with her this season."

0

Athletic Staff

Stephen Clacherty

Associate Director of Athletics For Compliance

Long Island University

NCAA DI - FCS • Region 9

Nice

Date: August 4, 2022

By Verified Athlete

3.8

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

4.0

5.0

3.0

4.0

3.0

Tags

Cool Easy To Get Along With Accessible Positive Person Direct

"Stephen tries his best with what he is given. With that being said, he sometimes takes a long time to respond to issues unless they are super important."

0

Athletic Staff

Dr. William E. Martinov Jr.

Director of Athletics

Long Island University

NCAA DI - FCS • Region 9

Super Motivational

Date: August 4, 2022

By Verified Athlete

4.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

4.0

5.0

4.0

3.0

Tags

Accessible Cool Cares About Academics Direct Easy To Get Along With

"Bill loves to lift his teams up and always gives great welcome and introductions at the beginning of the year. He is always positive and trying to do why is best for you!"

0

Athletic Staff

Dr. William E. Martinov Jr.

Director of Athletics

Long Island University

NCAA DI - FCS • Region 9

Nice

Date: July 29, 2022

By Verified Athlete

3.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

4.0

2.0

Tags

Accessible Cool Cares About Academics Direct Easy To Get Along With

"Although Bill is nice and a cool guy, he seems like he doesn't know what he's doing and acts in the best interest of the school rather than the student-athlete. "

0

Athletic Staff

Robert Bouchey, MS, CSCS

Strength & Conditioning Coach

Long Island University

NCAA DI - FCS • Region 9

Super Cool

Date: July 29, 2022

By Verified Athlete

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

Cool Direct Honest Knowledgeable Motivational

"Rob is super friendly and always welcoming to all student-athletes."

0

Athletic Staff

Dr. William E. Martinov Jr.

Director of Athletics

Long Island University

NCAA DI - FCS • Region 9

Fins Up

Date: July 28, 2022

By Other

3.4

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

4.0

3.0

Tags

Accessible Cool Cares About Academics Direct Easy To Get Along With

"The AD was never a bad person never disrespectful or unfair in fact was always very enthusiastic and positive and wanted you to succeed. that said his actions did not align with his words. some decisions while I was on the team were so poor it did more damage than good and he was not good at communicating or being honest with players. He doesn't provide equal resources interest or support in all teams which never made sense to me as you'd think he'd want to improve all sports and aspects of the department. He always has good intentions and has done some very good things but some very bad. Im no AD but I'm just not sure how good at his job he is."

0

Athletic Staff

Stephen Clacherty

Associate Director of Athletics For Compliance

Long Island University

NCAA DI - FCS • Region 9

Puts Athlete First

Date: July 28, 2022

By Other

4.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

4.0

Tags

Cool Easy To Get Along With Accessible Positive Person Direct

"Truth is he is great and always willing to help but he also has all the athletes to help. Sometimes I think he just does not have enough resources or time to always respond right away or take action but he always will and will get back to you"

0

Athletic Staff

Scott Schulz, CSCS

Director of Sports Performance/head Strength & Conditioning Coach

Long Island University

NCAA DI - FCS • Region 9

Great Coach

Date: July 28, 2022

By Other

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

Cool Believes In You Motivational Dedicated To Players Knowledgeable

"Scott knows how to get the best out of his athletes. Great workouts with him. What a great Coach"

0

Athletic Staff

Todd Kaiser

Coordinator of Student-athlete Success Post Campus

Long Island University

NCAA DI - FCS • Region 9

Top Academic Coach

Date: July 28, 2022

By Other

4.4

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

4.0

5.0

Tags

Cool Believes In You Easy To Get Along With Knowledgeable Accessible

"Todd was always helpful and saved me a ton of time and stress by helping and providing info regarding class schedules and all things academic. Other success coaches were not good and Todd always helped even if he was not your coach"

0

Soccer

Lucy Gillet

Women's Soccer Head Coach

Long Island University

NCAA DI • Region 9

She Loves A Fitness Test

Date: July 28, 2022

By Other

4.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

4.0

Tags

Believes In You Cool Creates A Great Team Culture Easy To Get Along With Dedicated To Players

"In my experience Coach Lucy was good coach and person and hopefully will keep getting better "

0

Soccer

Lucy Gillet

Women's Soccer Head Coach

Long Island University

NCAA DI • Region 9

She Loves A Fitness Test

Date: July 28, 2022

By Other

3.6

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

4.0

3.0

Tags

Believes In You Cool Creates A Great Team Culture Easy To Get Along With Dedicated To Players

"In my experience Coach Lucy was good coach and person and hopefully will keep getting better "

0

Soccer

Lucy Gillet

Women's Soccer Head Coach

Long Island University

NCAA DI • Region 9

Caring

Date: July 27, 2022

By Verified Athlete

4.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

4.0

Tags

Believes In You Cool Creates A Great Team Culture Easy To Get Along With Dedicated To Players

"Very easy to get along with, makes you feel like you matter on the team. "

0

Athletic Staff

Scott Schulz, CSCS

Director of Sports Performance/head Strength & Conditioning Coach

Long Island University

NCAA DI - FCS • Region 9

Enthusiastic

Date: July 27, 2022

By Verified Athlete

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

Cool Believes In You Motivational Dedicated To Players Knowledgeable

"Scott is very enthusiastic and fun. Makes working out fun. "

0

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