"I was told by three therapists I was being verbally and mentally abused by Steve. Seniors told me they were only able to get through his coaching because of being medicated it “numbed them”. Lots and lots of crying from players at practice, would make our assistant coach cry, and people would often walk out mid- practice due to not being able to handle the emotional toll of how he treated us. After leaving I’ve realized a lot of things that happened there were not normal. He excessively texts you and makes you feel incapable on and off the court. He also would cry to us often. Not normal at all, was also told by other senior players to “run” as in transfer which i did. He also tries to act like he cares about you when you bring up issues to him, but then will continue to belittle you and everyone else. Loves to single people out and embarrass them purposefully too. I don’t recommend AT ALL. "

"Caring, knowledgeable coach. Never seen my daughter so happy having her as a coach. Treats players w respect and honesty -cares about them. Competitive but professional- overall just a very good coach that will take care of you and treat you rt. So much experience in coaching and very knowledgeable. A+ Coach:)"

"Worst experience of my life, caused me to want to quit and caused depression. "

"He has pets on his team. Not for the team. Hes for his pets only"

"Definitely someone I would play for. Charismatic recruiter."

"Seemed very down to earth. Our conversations were limited. Would send weekly and monthly check ins."

"Scott has an old school mentality and has “his guys” that he gives all the opportunities to. He has an inability to know anything about developing a strong pitching staff and makes poor decisions that hurt the Islanders ability to make deep post season runs. Why develop a team of guys when you can overthrow 5 people you particularly like throughout the season? His methods are not backed by science or a strong knowledge of how the body creates power through the kinetic chain. "

"Coach Malone loves the game no doubt, but he doesn't take time to actually evaluate player's skill sets. He gets into the mentality that he has "my guy". This is present on both hitting and pitching. If he likes you and you are not a good player you will still play all the time. If you are really good, and he doesn't like you, you will see the field once every 2 weeks. He gets super anxious when playing against Sam Houston of all schools. Out of every coach I've ever had, he's been the most disconnected with players, has actually played favoritism which is wild to me, because your job requires you to win, not shake hands with players parents before games. If you have a chance to play here, just consider that if Malone is still the head coach, you have an uphill battle just to place high in the conference, and you will listen to piss poor U2 music during practice. He will choose his guys he likes, and for whatever reason will find any excuse to play them, even if it's a non-conference game against UTRGV at the beginning of the year that has little to no meaning. He's hardly had any real success with winning records which is crazy that he's still been employed here as long as he has, and his uniform selections are awful."

"Her main motivational ta tic is to scream or give the silent treatment when you don't play well."