Women's Soccer

Rick Stainton

Women's Soccer Head Coach

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

NCAA DI • American Athletic Conference | AAC

Poor Environment, Awful Team Culture, And Dishonest

Date: February 19, 2025

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

Tags

"created a better team culture than the previous coach but still had a poor environment, awful team culture, and lots of dishonesty from the coaching staff "

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Men's Baseball

Rory Costello

Director Of Baseball Operations

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

NCAA DI • American Athletic Conference | AAC

Does Not Understand Pitching Or People.

Date: September 1, 2024

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

Poor Communication

"I have been on campus for 2 weeks and I am already shocked by how little Coach Costello knows about pitching. When I saw that a bunch of pitchers went into the portal after last year it should have been a red flag. Unfortunately Coach Bowen talked a good game but it appears to all be false. Not only is coach Costello lacking in knowledge but he belittles the other coaches, my teammates, and former players behind their backs. He has nothing positive to say unless it’s about himself. I wonder what he’s going to say about me? Avoid this place if you are looking for a supportive positive environment. Looks like myself and the other pitchers are on our own to get better. "

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Men's Baseball

Liam Bowen

Men's Baseball Head Coach

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

NCAA DI • American Athletic Conference | AAC

Approach With Caution And Then Run Away Fast

Date: May 9, 2024

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

2.5

2.0

2.3

Tags

Responsive Cares About Academics Accessible Organized

"Not sure who he is coaching for. He does not seem to make the best coaching decisions, and manages his team out of wins often. Not sure if he is just a bad decision maker or just completely incompetent. Be cautious, as he will tell you what you want to hear, but his actions are completely the opposite. He does not seem to care about creating a supportive environment and shows very little pride in his program. He hires some knowledgeable staff, but their voices are squashed. Other staff are just as inept as he is. His players show success despite his ineptness. This program could be so much better."

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Men's Baseball

Rory Costello

Director Of Baseball Operations

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

NCAA DI • American Athletic Conference | AAC

Awful...One Of The Worst Ever

Date: April 17, 2024

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

Poor Communication

"Poor communication. Talks about players and coaching staff to other players. Does not know anything about the sport cannot provide coaching. Cannot hold a conversation, walks away."

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Men's Baseball

Rory Costello

Director Of Baseball Operations

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

NCAA DI • American Athletic Conference | AAC

Horrible. Stay Away. Not Worth It

Date: March 15, 2024

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

Poor Communication

"Horrible, awful, disrespectful, DE-motivator, no knowledge of the sport, threatening. Just some of the words I would use to describe this coach. Threats, intimidation and bullying are the only way he engages with his athletes. "

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Coed Cross Country/Track & Field

Mike DuPaul

Head Cross Country Coach

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

NCAA DI • American Athletic Conference | AAC

Had A Poor Experience With Him

Date: July 29, 2023

By Other

1.4

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.2

3.8

3.1

3.2

3.4

Tags

Positive Person Disorganized Understanding Respectful To Players Accessible

"I ran on some of this coach's earlier teams. Maybe he has improved, but I had a challenging experience with him. He lost all of our trust in him as he would constantly complain about each of us members on the team to the other members of the team in private meetings. Of course, he would not say any of this to our faces, but it just created a toxic relationship between much of our team and him. I also heard that he said nasty things to the team about me after I graduated which was upsetting because I put a lot into the program for him and was respected by my other coaches and teammates. Our team rallied around each other and did well but I certainly wish we had had a different coach."

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Coed Cross Country/Track & Field

Mike DuPaul

Head Cross Country Coach

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

NCAA DI • American Athletic Conference | AAC

I Would Not Run For This Coach

Date: June 28, 2023

By Other

1.6

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.2

3.8

3.1

3.2

3.4

Tags

Positive Person Disorganized Understanding Respectful To Players Accessible

"This coach struggles with a high degree of the basic necessities of scholastic coaching such as caring about and putting the athletes first, communication, fostering a structured and competitive team environment, and being an educator. Not to mention he also lacks the knowledge of the sport to generate the best competitive results out of his athletes and is to vain to admit that and attempt to learn from other, more successful coaches in the sport. The results at Lafayette were misleading as they were achieved after the pandemic in which the athletes were largely away training on their own and their success had nothing to do with this coach and was about the ambition, dedication, intentionality, and locker room vibe facilitated by the athletes themselves. Worst of all, this coach makes everything about himself and suffers from "blame the kid syndrome" when things go poorly on race-day. A coach in a collegiate program owes it to their athletes, institution, and community to be a servant leader, educator, and instill skills in their athletes that can foster success both competitively and after graduation in the professional world. This coach comes up markedly short in those areas."

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Women's Swimming & Diving

Matt Donovan

Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

NCAA DI • American Athletic Conference | AAC

Passionate About Swimming… Not Great With Swimmers

Date: April 15, 2023

By Other

1.8

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.3

3.0

1.7

2.2

2.8

Tags

Disorganized Poor Communication Cool Direct Fair

"Very hypocritical and lacks transparency. Says he doesn’t care about garbage yardage then proceeds to give garbage yardage. Complains about his workload, lashes out at swimmers, lacks empathy, and is a poor communicator. Only wants to deal with the “in the pool” matters and doesn’t not want to know personal details of swimmers outside of the pool. "

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Women's Swimming & Diving

Matt Donovan

Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

NCAA DI • American Athletic Conference | AAC

Practice Doesn’t Change, Mostly Aerobic And A Lot Of Volume, 0 Anaerobic Work

Date: April 5, 2023

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.3

3.0

1.7

2.2

2.8

Tags

Disorganized Poor Communication Cool Direct Fair

"Lying to his athletes, doesn’t care that much, not easily approached, bad communicator"

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Women's Softball

Chris Kuhlmeyer

Women's Softball Head Coach

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

NCAA DI • American Athletic Conference | AAC

Wins Championships Through Pitching.

Date: April 5, 2023

By Other

1.6

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

3.5

3.0

Tags

Cares About Academics Knowledgeable Knows The Game Organized Passionate About Coaching

"He plays favorites, doesn’t value the “hard worker”, makes false promises, doesn’t like confrontation. Values power hitters and pitchers to win games. Everything else is mediocre. Team culture is more individual rather than team. Have issues with players being selfish. "

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Women's Soccer

Vanessa Mann

Women's Soccer Head Coach

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

NCAA DI • American Athletic Conference | AAC

Not Honest, Unmotivated, Fitness

Date: March 28, 2023

By Verified Athlete

1.6

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.8

1.6

1.8

2.2

1.8

Tags

Fitness Is Important Intense Poor Communication Direct Old School Mentality

"She wasn’t able to lead a team with her coaching staff and has been playing mind games with the team. Was not completely honest during the recruiting process. Often seemed like she did not wanted to work with the team during practices. She was very convinced that her way of letting the team play was always correct and was not open to any kind of input. The fittest players would play the most who were not necessarily the most skilled players."

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Coed Basketball

Ceasar Adim

Coed Basketball Graduate Assistant Coach

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

NCAA DI • American Athletic Conference | AAC

Good For Individual Workouts.

Date: March 3, 2023

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

"Poor overall knowledge of the game. Helpful for individual workouts. "

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Men's Basketball

Evann Baker

Men's Basketball Assistant Coach

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

NCAA DI • American Athletic Conference | AAC

Helpful In Individual Workouts. Poor Communication From Time To Time. Does Not Know When To Pick Someone Up Spiritually When They Are Down.

Date: March 3, 2023

By Other

1.8

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

1.0

2.0

Tags

Players Coach

"Good for individual workouts. Disorganized. Fair communication. Fair motivator. "

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Women's Soccer

Vanessa Mann

Women's Soccer Head Coach

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

NCAA DI • American Athletic Conference | AAC

Bad Communication And Mentally Draining

Date: March 2, 2023

By Other

1.4

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.8

1.6

1.8

2.2

1.8

Tags

Fitness Is Important Intense Poor Communication Direct Old School Mentality

"Bad communication and not supportive "

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Men's Baseball

Liam Bowen

Men's Baseball Head Coach

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

NCAA DI • American Athletic Conference | AAC

Stay Away!!! Good Salesman Beware! Do Your Due Diligence !! Have Your Eyes And Ears Open!

Date: February 13, 2023

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

2.5

2.0

2.3

Tags

Responsive Cares About Academics Accessible Organized

"Dishonest, not credible, empty promises! Zero accountability. No player development, no defined player roles. Does not have players best interest at heart only his! Unethical!!!etc."

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Women's Soccer

Vanessa Mann

Women's Soccer Head Coach

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

NCAA DI • American Athletic Conference | AAC

Mind Games, Limited Soccer Knowledge, Creates Poor Team Culture.

Date: December 13, 2022

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.8

1.6

1.8

2.2

1.8

Tags

Fitness Is Important Intense Poor Communication Direct Old School Mentality

"Poor coaching. Doesn’t understand the game - played with a front 4 and no midfield. Played mind games with the team and made everyone turn on each other rewarding snitching with minutes. Had a loosing record every year."

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Women's Swimming & Diving

Patrick Malone

Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

Manhattan University

NCAA DI • New Jersey Athletic Conference | NJAC

Date: July 14, 2020

By Verified Athlete

1.4

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

4.0

2.8

Tags

Accessible Knowledgeable Believes In You Direct Motivational

""

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Women's Swimming & Diving

Patrick Malone

Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

Manhattan University

NCAA DI • New Jersey Athletic Conference | NJAC

Date: July 13, 2020

By Verified Athlete

1.4

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

4.0

2.8

Tags

Accessible Knowledgeable Believes In You Direct Motivational

""

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Women's Soccer

Leslie Wray

Women's Soccer Head Coach

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

NCAA DI • American Athletic Conference | AAC

Date: June 18, 2018

By Verified Athlete

1.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

2.0

1.0

"Not knowledgeable on soccer. Chooses favorites and ignores other players. Let assistant coach make a majority of the decisions. Scheduled weekly meetings in an attempt to be accessible but ended up canceling every week. Class of 2018 began with 11 players and only 2 graduated with the team, that says something about the coaching staff. "

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Women's Basketball

Phil Stern

Women's Basketball Head Coach

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

NCAA DI • American Athletic Conference | AAC

Date: April 5, 2018

By Verified Athlete

1.6

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.2

1.4

1.0

2.0

1.0

Tags

Intense

"Very weird guy to be honest. He talked way too openly about his dating life. He swears he looks like Vince Vaughn so we ONLY watched Vince Vaughn movies on our bus trips. If you are currently being recruited by him, be very weary of what he says. He has lied in the past about why his players transfer or only stay a few years."

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Women's Basketball

Phil Stern

Women's Basketball Head Coach

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

NCAA DI • American Athletic Conference | AAC

Date: April 3, 2018

By Verified Athlete

1.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.2

1.4

1.0

2.0

1.0

Tags

Intense

"Phil would be a great salesman but he unfortunately falls short as a basketball coach. I remember him making a comment about how he rather coach baseball because he grew up playing it. He would weirdly get very angry at very random moments. We had a running joke that it must be, "that time of the month." Overall, terrible experience."

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Women's Basketball

Phil Stern

Women's Basketball Head Coach

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

NCAA DI • American Athletic Conference | AAC

Date: April 3, 2018

By Verified Athlete

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.2

1.4

1.0

2.0

1.0

Tags

Intense

"Phil is a manipulative person. When I asked him why so many of his players transferred he lied and said it was because he was going to leave and they didn't want to play for UMBC if he wasn't there. He only runs the Princeton offense and never allowed us to fast break. His assistant coach, Carley, is similar and difficult to talk to. "

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Women's Basketball

Phil Stern

Women's Basketball Head Coach

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

NCAA DI • American Athletic Conference | AAC

Date: April 28, 2016

By Verified Athlete

1.4

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.2

1.4

1.0

2.0

1.0

Tags

Intense

"Throughout the whole recruiting process, Phil Stern was dishonest and manipulative in what he chose to tell recruits. Including the amount of transfers he's had in the past three years. I believe Phil Stern does not care about his players and is only considered how with how he individually looks to the public. Overall the experience at UMBC was very eye-opening."

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Women's Basketball

Phil Stern

Women's Basketball Head Coach

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

NCAA DI • American Athletic Conference | AAC

Date: April 28, 2016

By Verified Athlete

1.4

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.2

1.4

1.0

2.0

1.0

Tags

Intense

"He is manipulative and it is impossible to talk to him. His staff is even nervous to tell him what they really feel about things because he will shut them down. Not many people return after one season, and if they do have a hard time with him. He is good at drawing up plays at the end of shot clocks or game situations. Runs plays every time down the floor, there is no flow to his game, easy to scout because he wants to control every second of the game."

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