Women's Crew/Rowing

Kim Chavers

Former Head Coach

Nova Southeastern University

NCAA DII • Western Water Polo Association Men | WWPAM

Worst Experience Of My Life

Date: September 16, 2026

By Athlete

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

"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."

0

Women's Crew/Rowing

Kim Chavers

Former Head Coach

Nova Southeastern University

NCAA DII • Western Water Polo Association Men | WWPAM

Clueless Coach Who Clearly Doesnt Care About Athletes Or Results

Date: August 31, 2026

By Athlete

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

Poor Communication

"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."

0

Women's Crew/Rowing

Kim Chavers

Former Head Coach

Nova Southeastern University

NCAA DII • Western Water Polo Association Men | WWPAM

Not Complainin But

Date: August 31, 2026

By Athlete

1.4

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

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."

0

Women's Crew/Rowing

Kim Chavers

Former Head Coach

Nova Southeastern University

NCAA DII • Western Water Polo Association Men | WWPAM

Nightmare Coach

Date: August 31, 2026

By Athlete

1.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

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"

0

Kim Chavers

Former Rowing Head Coach

Michigan State University

NCAA DI - FBS • Centennial Conference

She’s A Certified Fucktard

Date: August 31, 2026

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

"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."

0

Kim Chavers

Former Rowing Head Coach

Michigan State University

NCAA DI - FBS • Centennial Conference

Steer Clear From Albany Rowers

Date: August 31, 2026

By Athlete

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

Disorganized

"Avoid her at all costs. I’m a current rower at Albany and she is making me so miserable and uncomfortable"

0

Kim Chavers

Former Rowing Head Coach

Michigan State University

NCAA DI - FBS • Centennial Conference

Laughed In My Face After Making Me Cry

Date: August 31, 2026

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

"Actual fart bucket. AVOID AT ALL COST. Just bullies you when you’re not a her favorite precious perfect rower."

0

Kim Chavers

Former Rowing Head Coach

Michigan State University

NCAA DI - FBS • Centennial Conference

My First Bully Is My Coach

Date: August 31, 2026

By Athlete

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

Poor Communication

"She’s sooo mean to her athletes. I walked on and I’ve been having such a horrible experience."

0

Women's Crew/Rowing

Kim Chavers

Former Head Coach

Nova Southeastern University

NCAA DII • Western Water Polo Association Men | WWPAM

Disrespects Her Athletes

Date: August 31, 2026

By Athlete

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

Poor Communication

"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"

0

Women's Crew/Rowing

Kim Chavers

Former Head Coach

Nova Southeastern University

NCAA DII • Western Water Polo Association Men | WWPAM

Evil Woman Who Thrives On Athlete Misery

Date: August 31, 2026

By Athlete

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

Poor Communication Disorganized

"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…"

0

Kim Chavers

Former Rowing Head Coach

Michigan State University

NCAA DI - FBS • Centennial Conference

Hot Mess Express Mixed With High School Immaturity.

Date: August 31, 2026

By Athlete

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

Disorganized

"Incredibly mean, picks favorites, if you’re not considered a favorite rower kiss the water goodbye."

0

Kim Chavers

Former Rowing Head Coach

Michigan State University

NCAA DI - FBS • Centennial Conference

U Albany Bad Rating

Date: August 31, 2026

By Athlete

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

"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."

0

Women's Crew/Rowing

Kim Chavers

Former Head Coach

Nova Southeastern University

NCAA DII • Western Water Polo Association Men | WWPAM

Just Plain Mean

Date: August 31, 2026

By Athlete

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

Disorganized Old School Mentality Poor Communication Intense

"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."

0

Women's Crew/Rowing

Kim Chavers

Former Head Coach

Nova Southeastern University

NCAA DII • Western Water Polo Association Men | WWPAM

Would Not Recommend

Date: August 21, 2026

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

"She was awful"

0

Kim Chavers

Former Rowing Head Coach

Michigan State University

NCAA DI - FBS • Centennial Conference

She Only Cares If You Are One Of Her Favorites

Date: August 12, 2026

By Athlete

1.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

2.0

1.0

Tags

Disorganized Poor Communication

"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."

0

Coed Field Hockey

Helen Knull

Coed Field Hockey Head Coach

Michigan State University

NCAA DI - FBS • Centennial Conference

Selfish. Angry. Unsupportive.

Date: February 14, 2025

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

"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. "

0

Coed Field Hockey

Helen Knull

Coed Field Hockey Head Coach

Michigan State University

NCAA DI - FBS • Centennial Conference

Continual Emotional And Mental Abuse

Date: February 13, 2025

By Other

1.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

2.0

1.0

Tags

Poor Communication

"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. "

0

Kim Chavers

Former Rowing Head Coach

Michigan State University

NCAA DI - FBS • Centennial Conference

Great Times At Nova Southeastern

Date: September 15, 2024

By Other

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

Motivational Believes In You Cares About Academics Easy To Get Along With Great Communicator

"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. "

0

Men's Football

Ron Burton

Men's Football Head Coach / Defensive Line

Michigan State University

NCAA DI - FBS • Centennial Conference

Intense Coach Who Wanted To Win

Date: June 4, 2024

By Verified Athlete

2.8

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

2.0

3.0

Tags

Direct Intense Cares About Academics Fair Old School Mentality

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

0

Coed Crew/Rowing

Egan Berne

Coed Crew/Rowing Assistant Coach / Rowing

Michigan State University

NCAA DI - FBS • Centennial Conference

Not A Fit For Collegiate Coaching. Would Not Recommend.

Date: May 14, 2024

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

"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. "

0

Kim Chavers

Former Rowing Head Coach

Michigan State University

NCAA DI - FBS • Centennial Conference

Had A Good Experience At Msu.

Date: May 14, 2024

By Other

4.8

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

4.0

5.0

Tags

Believes In You Cares About Academics Easy To Get Along With Great Communicator Respectful To Players

"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. "

0

Kim Chavers

Former Rowing Head Coach

Michigan State University

NCAA DI - FBS • Centennial Conference

Good Person & Coach For Our Program

Date: March 24, 2024

By Athlete

4.6

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

4.0

5.0

Tags

Accessible Cares About Academics Dedicated To Players Organized Understanding

"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. "

1

Kim Chavers

Former Rowing Head Coach

Michigan State University

NCAA DI - FBS • Centennial Conference

Dolores Umbridge Of Rowing

Date: March 15, 2024

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

"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. "

-1

Coed Cross Country/Track & Field

Lisa Breznau

Director of Track & Field/Cross Country

Michigan State University

NCAA DI - FBS • Centennial Conference

People Who Are Working Hard Don’t Get Sick

Date: February 12, 2024

By Other

2.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

1.0

4.0

2.0

Tags

Poor Communication

"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. "

0

Coed Cross Country/Track & Field

Lisa Breznau

Director of Track & Field/Cross Country

Michigan State University

NCAA DI - FBS • Centennial Conference

Regretful Choice Running For Msu

Date: September 5, 2023

By Other

1.8

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

1.0

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

0

Ratings

• Colleges

Michigan State University

• Coach & Staff Ratings

Coach & Staff Ratings

Tags

Tags

Tags

Tags

Tags

Tags

Tags

Tags

Tags

Tags

Tags

Tags

Tags

Tags

Tags