Robert Morris University (PA)

"This coach certainly has earned her rating as one of the Top 10 Lowest Ranked College Coaches. To be very clear this has nothing to do with playing time. She thrives on mind games with the players. Blatant favoritism. Entire offense runs off of 1 player. Poor game preparation. Never any change of defensive strategy to shut down top players from other teams. Poor in game management. In non-conference games when getting blown out, seldom are other players rotated in to gain any type of valuable playing experience, see Ohio State game 2026. Games are loss due to coaching mismanagement, yet the players are blamed for the loss. Look no further than Akron MAC championship game blowing a 9 to 4 lead. Akron outcoached RMU. Many players have left this program due to the mental head games that are played and not because of their playing time. A starting senior quits with a handful of games left due to the coach. Several current players are miserable but are scared to come forward. This coach had been protected by Athletic Administration, despite complaints and poor year end survey reviews. That Athletic Director is now gone. The Athletic Therapist was known to make inappropriate comments to the players, and now that individual is gone. The entire coaching staff are ill equipped to coach at the D1 level. The new AD needs to critically evaluate this coaching staff. There is a theme to the reviews and they are very similar to reviews that have been posted about recent former coaches at Youngstown State, and Central Michigan."

"March 1, 2026 - RMU vs. Ohio State RMU went more than 29 minutes without scoring a goal. During this extended scoring drought, the same players remained on the field, with Coach Grove making no changes to the lineup. Throughout this period, the offensive players repeatedly made mistakes and, the defensive players appeared increasingly exhausted and yet they remained on the field. To those who have written reviews describing the blatant favoritism shown toward certain players, only to be challenged by others saying what a great coach she is: the events of that game speak louder than a review ever could."

"I feel the need to offer my opinion of Courtney Grove. She is a hard working, dedicated coach. Courtney & her wonderful staff inherited some toxic players & parents (apples don’t fall far.) One of the parents even interrogated other players because of his/her frustration over the daughter’s playing time, lack of opportunities to score. There were bullies on the team, and the staff had zero tolerance for it. Also, I have two other collegiate athletes, & one of the coaches has young children -they attend practices, games-they are part of the team/family. It is petty for a parent to pick apart our coach having her kids present. Any potential athletes should feel confident that Courtney & her staff have built an amazing culture at RMU. All 16 freshmen have returned as sophomores. 5 out of 7 incoming juniors are back, along with our beloved senior leaders & incoming freshmen class. The team is traveling to Florida this coming season for four days to compete. My girl has thrived under the leadership of Coach Grove and her staff. They have supported, encouraged, & motivated her on & off the field."

"Several recent reviews indicate there were complaints about playing time. I'm sure there were some frustrated players who wanted to play or play more, but when they asked the coach for feedback, it was often dismissed, or no formal coaching was provided to improve player development. What about a starting senior player who left the team with only a few games remaining last year? That's not a playing time issue. That speaks to other bigger problems."

"In my daughter's third year (the coach's second year), she was driven in a school van to a play date at Pitt. This makes sense; it is only a 15-minute drive. Here's the issue - there were not enough seats in the vans for the girls, so the girls had to sit on the floor of the van. Needless to say, there were a lot of angry parents who refused to let their daughters return to campus in the van. Instead, they drove them back to campus themselves. This was completely unacceptable, unprofessional, puts the school at risk, and puts athletes' lives at risk."