"Almost every aspect of her coaching was poor. As a former athlete of the UAlbany team I was left with a fear of rowing ever again and extremely damaged mental health and esteem after being scrutinized by her. I would say traumatized is an appropriate description. This coach had potential but unfortunately was unprofessional, mean, biased, never coached, unorganized, had double standards, and contributed and encouraged the most toxic team environment I have ever witnessed. She encouraged poor behavior in her athletes and turned them on eachother. It seemed like she got joy out of bullying her athletes that’s how consistent it was. On top of her mistreatment she also refused to provide helpful coaching and advice. Would never give corrections or adjustments and just sat in silence. Many of my teammates left the team and the driving factor was her for each one. Could not recommend less! I would never wish my experience on anyone."
"She clearly has no idea how to coach. She just keeps burning us out (especially last year). You’ll never have a rest day and she makes us do too many hours. This is for Albany rowing btw."
NCAA DII • Western Water Polo Association Men | WWPAM
Not Complainin But
Date: August 31, 2026
By Athlete
1.4
Would Recommend
Overall
Caring
Motivational
Knowledgeable
Honest
2.0
1.0
1.0
2.0
1.0
"I ain’t gonna rehash the same vibe. Coach Kim she alright to me but she drove off folk including a good coxswain and a really good rower and made other nice ones leave. I ain’t complainin cuz she treats me a favorite but you best watch out if you in her bad side."
NCAA DII • Western Water Polo Association Men | WWPAM
Nightmare Coach
Date: August 31, 2026
By Athlete
1.2
Would Recommend
Overall
Caring
Motivational
Knowledgeable
Honest
1.0
1.0
1.0
2.0
1.0
"She is the biggest liar ever. Don’t believe anything she tells you. She only cares about herself and will manipulate everyone around her to get what she wants"
"She thinks a boathouse is going to magically fix all of her underlying issues with the team. It’s quite obvious that she has no idea what the f**k she is doing, she needs a wake up call. Someone will punch her in the coming years. I hope it’s soon."
"I’m at Albany rn. She yells at us even when we haven’t done anything wrong and lets her favorite athletes get away with anything. I’m always upset after practice and I’m terrified of her. If you want a toxic head coach then Albany is the place for you"
"I’m a current rower at Albany. She drove a few girls off the team and bullies you if you’re not her favorite. She doesn’t care about your physical or mental health and babies her favorites. If you value your happiness then I don’t recommend coming here…"
"This is actually a rating for UAlbany. Don’t believe the quick pick words because the rating system is broke and gives same words to all. Like lowkey, look at all the words is the same. But like for reals, this is about Kim, the big B, and not the rating system. She thinks she can buy us with a boathouse. That’s not enough to compete with how bad she is. Makes us feel anything but “special” like she told the news folk. If UAlbany won’t do anything about her abuse maybe Silhouette Glasses can help us get rid of her."
"She was just mean. One girl on the team said something to recruits that she shouldn’t have and Coach let her get away with it but punished everyone else even those of us who weren’t there. This is how she is with everything. Got a new boathouse at Albany and she only posed for pictures with her favorites. Made the rest of us feel so insignificant."
"She plays favorites. There were times when the whole team was punished for something one person did, while the person who actually caused the problem didn’t seem to have any consequences. It also seemed like some athletes could get away with things that others couldn’t, which definitely gave the impression that she had favorites.
She also did not care if someone was injured. At times it seemed like athletes were expected to just keep pushing even when they were hurt or needed time to recover. There is a difference between pushing athletes to work hard and running them into the ground. I don’t think that line was always respected.
I also don’t think injured athletes always felt supported or like they were still an important part of the team when they couldn’t practice or compete.
At times, it felt like performance and winning were more important than the athletes themselves. She doesn’t care about athletes as people, unless they are her favorites otherwise she just cares about what you can do for the team."
"Is there less than zero for "caring" or "motivational"?? Helen is SELFISH. Ignores the impact a mass shooting would have on a group. She's the leader of a group and says that it doesn't matter how anyone else feels - only her opinion - which is always in delivered in anger. Her assistant coaches even try to point out unfairness and double standards. "
"Continual Emotional and Mental Abuse -
Creates a terrible culture with lack of standards, lack of support, emotional immature system. Only trains small portion of athletes. Spends more time demeaning athletes then developing them. Delusional attempts to reinvent her losing system over and over again by increasing abusive behavior instead of increasing her knowledge of game management, practice management. She is unfair, dishonest, tells athletes that academic are less import. She uses humiliating tactics instead of good communication or training. She has no compassion, invades individuals personal space in poor attempt to "connect", mocks athletes who are working to learn skills. "
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