"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. "

"Brought the program back at Nova, she gave me the opportunity to be a NCAA athlete in a new sport. Was patient with all of as we learned and taught us to be better teammates. Grateful for everything she taught me and love Kim Kiwi, always felt like she cared about me. Without all the things she did this past year, nsu would never have been able to have a team. Sad she left but thankful her and Emily were my coaches. "

"I was a young player but he was very intense and wasn't the best with younger players"

"puts on a "cool tough coach" act, but she's really just a jack a*s. terrible leader, did not improve my skillset while working with her. says obnoxious s**t because she's in a position of authority. undermines other staff and makes it really awk for the athletes. its a shame people keep hiring her, she's not a fit for coaching. "

"good person and coach. got along with well, cared about me outside of practice. enjoyed her sense of humor. workouts were challenging. team culture we joined as freshmen was rough, prolly from covid and coaching change. could tell she tried to make it better, took a lot of time. "

"She was my coach through a coaching change, covid, the death of a teammate, and a shooting on campus. She was understanding and compassionate in all those situations towards our team and staff, to an extreme. I think people sometimes took advantage of her being a nice person then lost their s**t when she set a boundary. I grew tremendously as an athlete and person because of her, I have nothing but the utmost respect and gratitude for working with her. I felt like she cared about the team and was knowledgeable but never really had the opportunity to coach a normal team due to constant tragedy and crisis management. The biggest issue I had with her was she hired staff who continuously undermined her, created a lot of division that was unnecessary. She should’ve fired most of the staff on numerous occasions - Austin, Kaitlin, Ronnie, Veronika, Farrah, Egan, Maddie - were HORRIBLE staff members. Outright bad at their jobs, seemed like she was constantly doing everyone’s work. It seemed like certain staff members were constantly working against her and trying to get the team to join them. She also kept people on the roster that didn’t belong, you can’t do the workouts but keep complaining? Just stop. The haters are those she was too kind to, they would’ve never been happy and they aren’t happy now either. They just wanted the attention they got from complaining. To say she didn’t care about you or respect you is a lie, there were no investigations or incidents, you’re being petty and posting lies. She deserved better than how many people treated her. "

"MSU made a huge mistake hiring her. Abusive, manipulative, and a liar. Wasn’t even trusted to be with athletes alone by the time she was fired. "

"There is an overall good team culture but coaches do not care about anyone unless they are at the top scoring points. They recruit a big group to give you an opportunity and if you struggle at all they stop mentoring you. The coaches are awkward and do not give actionable feedback (ex. Telling me the reason I got sick was because I did not work hard enough). Coach Breznau specifically was poor with communication. I was in therapy and on medication during my time on the team to deal with her borderline emotional abuse and manipulation. However, she does a decent job fighting eating disorder culture and does not promote hyper competition between teammates. Just wanted to share since she keeps winning Big 10 Coach of the Year. She ruined my love of the sport, so I cannot recommend her. "

"Coach Breznau was cruel, disrespectful, & unprofessional. She also emotionally abusive. My daughter’s experience with this coach was appalling. "

"Matt’s coaching goes beyond what we do on the erg and on the water. He values communication, nutrition, sleep, academics, personal life, etc. Many coaches I’ve had in the past didn’t preach or even acknowledge the importance of taking care of these things like he does. There are a lot of stressors in the life of a college athlete, and he knows how to read us. Matt is not only an incredible coach, but also, a mentor. "

"I can't say enough about what Roger taught me about life and wrestling. He works hard and is the type of coach everyone should have."