Meredith College

"Retired? I heard she was fired. "

"Terrible experience. As an athlete I cannot be any less valued and I would not recommend that anyone EVER be led under this man’s supervision and/or coaching. I would think twice about sending your daughter here. He starts team drama, belittles you, has no respect, is dishonest, and only cares to win championships. Just because he has credentials does not make him fit to be a coach, especially of vulnerable young women. This coach is very manipulative… He has no regard for your mental or physical health whatsoever. If you’re thinking of coming to Meredith as a recruit, I hope you don’t. You’ll be trapped. Worst decision I ever made. "

"Coach Scavone, while very knowledgeable of the game, she does have some red flags. Before I even got on campus, I heard some not so great things about her. Past players saying she talks nonsense behind players back’s and doesn’t create a great environment to grow. This should have been the moment I questioned if I wanted to remain committed to her program, but I held out and got on campus that fall. Initially, it was great and it seemed like there was lots of promise as far as team culture and building an environment for growth. However, that initial hope from the fall soon made a complete 180 as soon as we got into the spring season. I’ll put it this way, if you didn’t suck up to her, you were going to be put on the back burner. Having conversations with her after that season felt so forced, even if it was just us talking about our how our day went. Once she makes friends with certain players, it’s almost as if the blinders come on and they can do no wrong. During my time there, we had a teammate making inappropriate remarks online and to OTHER players, all of which went unchecked because she was a friend to her. Even years later, other players and I still recall her dismissal of us, even though we showed up to practice every day and committed our time to the team just like every other girl. As I mentioned in the beginning, she is a very knowledgeable coach, but if you’re not willing to suck up, you will have a hard time feeling welcomed. I know there are other alumna and other players who would completely disagree with me, and that is okay. However, no coach is perfect and unfortunately Coach Scavone did not make me (and other girls) feel welcome and truly apart of the program. "

"Horrible leader. She undermines her coaches confidence and ability to do their jobs. Steer clear at all costs. "

"Resume is impressive, but what you get in reality is far from it. She acts like she cares about players, will attend events and “support athletes”, but is more concerned about having young athletes think she is cool than she is about making sound decisions on behalf of an athletics department. She wants the title but doesn’t want to do the work required of that title and pawns off her job duties on others. Skillful manipulator but that will only carry a person but so far. Is her resume impressive or telling when you see how many collegiate institutions she’s been employed by and how long her employment has lasted at each of those? Keep at an arm’s length!"