"If she was a good coach her record would show. Creates a poor team culture. Picks favorites and it is not based on performance."

"She is brutally honest but it’s for the better of the team"

"When I got recruited, Ghilardi seemed like a kind and respectful person, but I soon learned that was a facade that has tricked many other athletes during their recruiting. Ghilardi loves playing favorites, giving specific people all her attention and support until one day, they get dropped completely and passed on for the next person. Her favor not only determines playing time and starting positions, but also how you are treated amongst the coaches. No one, not even captains, are secure in their position on the team. You can go from being a starter to being placed so deep in the bench you won’t play until next year without a word. I can’t remember an individual meeting day where I didn’t need to console 3-5 people after because they were devastated and insulted by what they were told. Countless of her players have lost their love of the sport by the time they graduated. If she was simply rude and condescending to her players that would be one thing, but she has also been terrible to her own assistant coach in front of her players. Her open criticism and lack of support caused younger players to join her in the maltreatment of the assistant. All of her faults could at least be justified if she was a decent coach at the end of the day, but alas her record speaks for itself. Countless poor game time decisions and psychological mind games causes her teams to implode game after game. I wouldn’t recommend this team to anyone for the sole fact that I wouldn’t want anyone to have to experience this toxic environment."

"Great coach, even better person. Cares about her players as people first. Committed to helping her players succeed off the field, on the field and in life. An amazing role model."

"Elizabeth was instrumental to my success at Skidmore. Not only did she bring in awesome people who ended up being my best friends, she also set us up to do the best we could on and off the field. She is a direct and honest communicator and that was extremely valuable to me and helped shaped me and prepared me for the real world. We consistently had fun as a team and I will forever look back on all our traditions, spring break trips, and locker room memories. I cannot say enough good things about Elizabeth and the Skidmore women’s lacrosse team and highly recommend it to anyone looking for a great coach, competitive atmosphere, and even better people. "

"I have been playing sports all of my life. I have been on many different teams, clubs, and have had many different experiences, but there is no doubt that Coach Ghilardi is the worst of the worst. She is disrespectful, dishonest, and overall a bully. She gets players to trust her at first so that they tell her personal things, but she will end up holding those things against them and also tell them to other teammates. She has extremely poor communication skills and expects everyone to know what she is thinking. She is extremely rude and loves to hold players against each other to create divides between teammates, but also says that she strives for the best team culture. I don’t know how she is still around and it breaks my heart still seeing players so drained and sad, all because of Coach Ghilardi"

"Some coaches aren't people you necessarily like, but you respect them because they're excellent coaches who consistently produce winning results. Other coaches may not have the best record, but you still want to play for them because they genuinely care about you as a person, not just as an athlete, and they're enjoyable to be around. Coach Neubinski had neither of those qualities. I didn't feel supported as a person, and I also didn't have confidence in her coaching or the direction of the program. That combination made it a difficult environment to be part of."

"Ghilardi uses manipulation and abusive tactics in order to control her players. If she was a good coach-maybe some of the mind games would be acceptable. However, frequent over working players, leading to extensive injuries, and poor game day decisions leads to bad season after bad season. Her favorite way to control players is to pit them against each other and often attempts to isolate players through bad mouthing friends and family members. This dynamic frequently leads to a coach vs the entire team ideology across the skidmore womens lacrosse seasons. "

"If you're looking for a program where you can slowly lose every ounce of joy you once had for softball, constantly second guess yourself, and wonder why you ever picked up a glove in the first place... then this is the place for you! Love the thrill of showing up to practice knowing that one mistake might earn you the silent treatment for the next few weeks? Dream of an environment where confidence is replaced with anxiety and every day feels like an emotional obstacle course? Then playing for Coach Neubinski might just be your perfect fit! Who needs constructive feedback, healthy communication, or a coach who builds athletes up when you can have mind games, confusion, and the daily challenge of wondering where you stand? Playing for Neubinski is a 10/10 experience if your goal is to turn the sport you've loved your whole life into something you dread."

"Winner and a great coach"

"Accessible "

"Daughter liked it"

"As a parent watching this team for many years, it is not hard to see why she has the poor record that she does. Her poor decisions of who to play and who not to play resulted in many losses. But this is not what I am here to write about. It is the information I have heard from not only my daughter but MANY of the other girls. Her lack of communication to the girls, her petty vindictiveness towards the girls is disgraceful. If you are not one of her "favorites" you might as well not be on the team. She will not talk or engage with you during practice or hitting sessions. What coach tells players you might be used to pitch batting practice this season, that's it. Or how would you feel if you don't play this year???? This was mentioned before the season even started. In her tenure at Skidmore, notice that every year there have been one or more girls that do not return the following year. She has a nice way of spinning it saying they chose to leave or the girl had an injury. Hey, take a look at her assistant coaches. Yes, every year they all choose not to return. Skidmore College.....parents, prospective players. Please take note of this. This coach creates a toxic environment. Just ask the players...any of them '"

"Team culture fosters bullying and emotional toxicity rather than support and accountability. Player mental health does not seem to be of any concern to Coach Ghilardi. Communication feels disrespectful, and there has been significant assistant coach turnover. Overall, the environment is very negative, don’t commit here."

"Thank god for live streaming. Having watched a former player of mine under this coach I can offer you this with some parental insights - These girls have all played club/travel. They have all had a good coach who was a terrible person or a bad coach who was an amazing person. They know the difference. They don't care. They just want a good coach. This person is not it. No idea what kind of person she is, don't care. She is a terrible coach. In 2025 her assistant coach (who is also the pitch calling pitching coach) had to leave the team never to return and she never replaced her or any of the other coaches who ALL quit after attempting to coach with her over the past few years. After speaking to two of them they were just "disgusted" by this coaches treatment of the girls and of their fellow coaches. Not one exit interview was ever conducted by the now resigning AD Gail. SO - That's right, 2025 - ONE COACH FOR A WHOLE COLLEGE TEAM FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. NCAA average number of coaches for ANY division is 3.7 FULL TIME coaches per team. I'm sure that didn't effect the players development at all right? When you bat a base stealing slapper 2nd BEHIND a 375 hitter with great speed (had 36 SB this year) and power to both fields, AND YOU LEAVE IT LIKE THAT FOR HALF A SEASON, you should just turn in your coach card on the spot. Too many things like this to list here, but I gotta say this. There have been several cases where a player who has been parked on the bench has gone to Liz respectfully and asked, "Hey coach what do I need to work on or get better at to earn a spot? What kind of goals could I set ? What do you want to see from me?" Only to find themselves ignored and never seeing the field or the batting order again. MAKE ME BETTER COACH IF I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH NOW!!! Nah for daring to even question what I'm doing (which they didn't) you get to sit the bench for the rest of your life! Dare I mention she actually didn't play a senior on senior day? Who does that? Someone who doesn't actually want to be a coach and isn't actually invested in these young women. IT HAS TO STOP! Their practices are short with little to no actual instruction. Watching college players blow a pickle play because they hadn't practiced it, was depressing AF. No batting instruction. No full time pitching instruction (even though the part time person Alexis is, in fact, awesome, her contributions are over shadowed by Liz's constant narcissisms and self importance. In summary Liz mostly ignores her advice for her own reasons) no real content to her coaching. It's all just fluff like she doesn't even want to be there. The pitch calling "strategy" is one dimensional, not adaptable, not open to discussion (actually nothing is open for any sort of discussion) and she has not improved over the years of losing and giving up games because of bad pitch calling. Her man management and accountability for herself, is non-existent. She is obtuse, closed off and absolutely un-approachable. The administration has been given multiple examples of this persons inane and often insulting interactions with her players and her lack of accountability for her own failures only to continually stall, whitewash, make excuses, etc.. They are as much to blame for this debacle as Liz is. Want to do the right thing for Liz, let her move on to some other career where she might actually be happy. Sooner or later, if she is still the coach, there will be a lawsuit coming to Skidmore. In 2026 the girls flipped the script and in a move of incredible heart and character, have dedicated themselves to playing for each other, not for this coach. It has lead to some great successes and proves that with a different coach, they could achieve great things. "

"two words: emotionally abusive. "

"I saw her sniff her armpits at a game VERY UNPROFESSIONAL. If you want to watch a loser coach come on by to one of these games. She is terrible we need her out IMMEDIATELY!!! How’d she even get the job? i’m just shocked to say the least this is what yall call a coach. "

"Coach Ghilardi is not the same person that recruited you once freshman season begins. It is clear from the beginning she will pick favorites and they will do no wrong in her eyes. Her “favorites” could make a mistake during a game and not be pulled out, however a “non-favorite” could make that same mistake and would immediately be pulled from the game. She will talk about players behind their back and put them against one another. It does not make for a cohesive team as you can see from the previous year’s records. The environment created comes from the top down and if all players do not feel valued, there is no way to create a winning team. She is on her third assistant coach in just a matter of a few years. She is very good at robbing you from the joy of lacrosse. Should a player have the unfortunate experience of having a medical issue or injury, you immediately become of no value to her. The support is not there and there is no opportunity to feel valued from that point on. Should a player ask how they can improve, she will not provide you with a direct answer. Coach cuts players and does not stay committed to them once on the team. "

"Think long and hard before committing to playing for this woman. Gaslighting, dishonesty and manipulation is how she gets players to come to her program and then you see her true colors. She behaves like a middle school bully who talks about players to other players behind their backs sharing their personal information violating trust. She can’t retain assistant coaches or managers due to her disrespectful behavior. So many red flags-beware. Her unsuccessful record speaks for itself "

"Multiple athletes quit the team when I was there under her coaching. Team environment was overall just terrible. I wish it had been better-just overall a hot mess and it seemed like it had been like that for years and years based on all the stories passed down from upper class men "

"Not a positive experience with this guy. "

"Perspective athletes — don’t waste your time unless Skidmore College is your daughter’s #1 choice. I wasted my time taking my daughter to a clinic this past weekend and it was a disorganized mess. Coach has NO PERSONALITY. If a coach can’t run an organized clinic that explains the abominable record and program in the pooper. Tuitions is very expensive so don’t get fooled. "

"The type of coach that tends to play favorites and becomes too close to certain players, which often leads to distrust between players and coaches. For example, having direct texting and phone calls with certain players while discussing other players is no way to build trust. Despite having a large roster at the Division III level where there is unlimited substitutions, he relies heavily on just 13–14 players. As a result, Skidmore frequently struggles late in games, giving up leads due to fatigue and overuse of the same athletes game in and game out. Even at the most elite levels, no one expects a player to be effective over 180 minutes in a span of 3 days. Last season(2024), this pattern contributed to injuries among key players and multiple games that ended in losses or draws, even when the team had been ahead. While the coach may be knowledgeable, his lack of trust in players he did not personally recruit is evident. He's a young coach and is trying hard to build a better team, but he's going about it in all the wrong way. "

"While Manny is undoubtedly passionate about rowing and brings a high level of intensity to his role, his approach to leadership raises serious concerns. He often frames his coaching style as fostering a “family-like team culture,” yet this has, in practice, enabled inappropriate behavior among athletes and blurred the line between professionalism and personal entanglement. In his first year, he appointed a rising sophomore as team captain—an athlete who went on to verbally abuse teammates over the next three years without any meaningful intervention. This lack of accountability significantly harmed team dynamics. By his third year, he appeared surprised when an entire women’s eight chose not to return, seemingly unaware of the long-term damage that poor leadership choices—enabled by his own oversight—had caused. This pattern suggests a larger issue: a coach who struggles with identifying and cultivating healthy, effective leadership, perhaps due to his own limitations in this area. Manny’s conduct has often felt erratic and unprofessional. He tends to single out athletes he disfavors and frequently overshares personal struggles, including mental health challenges, in ways that undermine his role as a stable and trusted leader. While openness can be powerful, it must be balanced with boundaries—something he often fails to maintain. His ego-driven coaching style limits collaboration and discourages input from others, even when they bring more experience or technical expertise. This contributed to the departure of the most accomplished coach the program had hired in recent memory—a significant loss for the team. Despite frequent rhetoric about a desire to win, results have not reflected meaningful progress. For instance, the men’s team placed identically at the end-of-season regatta two years in a row (third in the 3rd level final), despite his public insistence that the program has made significant gains. His communications to the broader rowing community often read more as spin than substance. Lastly, the team’s social media presence, which Manny manages, has not supported recruitment efforts. Frequent typos and awkward posts diminish the program’s credibility. Delegating this responsibility to student-athletes—who better understand what resonates with prospective rowers—could turn it into a more effective and engaging platform. This need for control, again, feels ego-driven. "

"Gail's loyalty lies with the institution of Skidmore college and not with the athletes. She has made that clear to the players on the Skidmore softball team over and over again when they have gone to her for help with an emotionally abusive coach. The coach does not prioritize the health and well being of the students, she is toxic and she has directly caused severe anxiety of many players, of which she seems to take pride in, and also caused several players to leave softball and the school in her 3 short years with Skidmore. ALL of the players (everyone one of them) have gone to Gail with stories of the coach's inappropriate behavior interfering with their mental health and confidence. They have told her of dismissive and malicious responses made to them by the coach regarding their own mental health struggles as well as physical concerns and she continues to defend the coach. Never mind the fact that the coach is not a capable coach when it comes to the game of softball. Gail, the student affairs department and many of other departments at Skidmore including the President are aware of the major problems that this softball coach has been causing since she began and they will not do a thing to support these girls, who have been continually asking for support from the beginning and it is extremely sad to watch. She walks away from a player meeting with her head held high after these girls have poured their heart out to her with very valid points. So the bottom line is that Gail absolutely does not support student athletes when there is any kind of conflict between a player and coach, and will dismiss, disregard and deny what the athlete has to say but will defend the coach she hired until the end. "