Women's Cross Country/Track & Field

John Napolitano

Women's Track & Field Assistant Coach / Throws

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI • Atlantic 10 Conference | A-10

Best Coach And Best Man Around!

Date: May 9, 2025

By Athlete

4.6

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

4.0

5.0

Tags

"5 star coach at a 3 star university! Would run through a wall for him and I know he would do the same for me!"

0

Women's Basketball

Tory Verdi

Women's Basketball Head Coach

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI • Atlantic 10 Conference | A-10

I Wish He Just Actually Properly Cared About Players And Not Think Of It As A Business. Truth Going To Show

Date: April 26, 2025

By Athlete

2.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

2.0

3.0

2.0

Tags

Intense Cool Direct Accessible Organized

"Verdi, is now at Pitt! Not UMass, he doesn't really care too much behind the scenes of the players. He has his favorite player. He could be more honest, specifically about playing time. I dm'ed his past players from UMass. Unless you weren't a favorite he didn't have much of a relationship. "

0

Men's Baseball

Matt Reynolds

Men's Baseball Head Coach

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI • Atlantic 10 Conference | A-10

A Coach Is Someone Who Motivates Young Adults And Provides Life Lessons. This Coach Does Not!

Date: February 22, 2025

By Other

1.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

2.0

1.0

Tags

Fitness Is Important Old School Mentality Poor Communication

"First word that comes to mind is liar. Team is not motivated and most just go through the motions. Change is needed and I don’t mean the coaches that constantly leave from his managerial style. One of the worst D1 coaches there is. "

0

Women's Tennis

Judy Dixon

Women's Tennis Head Coach

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI • Atlantic 10 Conference | A-10

Lot Of Favoritism And Unfairness Behind The Scenes

Date: February 19, 2025

By Verified Athlete

2.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

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Accessible Cool Direct Intense

"Just not a good person, and really messed up my development as a young adult. Takes it out on players she doesn't like. Don't want to share it here, but hope she knows deep down what she has done. "

0

Women's Field Hockey

Barb Weinberg

Women's Field Hockey Head Coach

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI - FBS • Missouri Valley Football Conference | MVFC

Great Experience At U Mass And We Love Coach Barb

Date: November 25, 2024

By Other

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

Dedicated To Players Honest Creates A Great Team Culture Believes In You Knowledgeable

"Coach Barb led her team to the Final Four with the best team culture out there. Her players have a fantastic all-around experience at UMass. My daughter would not change her experience for anything."

0

Women's Field Hockey

Barb Weinberg

Women's Field Hockey Head Coach

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI - FBS • Missouri Valley Football Conference | MVFC

Protect Yourself From Barb's Harm

Date: November 11, 2024

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

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Dedicated To Players Honest Creates A Great Team Culture Believes In You Knowledgeable

"Dishonest and has shown absolutely no personal personal growth. Still an insidious human being only attempting to financial screw young women. Deceptive and disgusting. If you're going through the recruitment process be careful and don't fall for her trap. Unfortunate to society and the university that she is still allowed to coach, bully, manipulate, and mentally destroy young women. "

0

Women's Lacrosse

Angela McMahon

Former Women's Lacrosse Head Coach

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI • Atlantic 10 Conference | A-10

Controlling Coach / Narcissistic

Date: August 5, 2024

By Other

1.8

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

5.0

1.0

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Cool Intense Accessible Direct

"Not supportive and very controlling. She did not look at the gifts handed to her. SELFISH person ruined the VIBE. "

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Women's Cross Country/Track & Field

John Napolitano

Women's Track & Field Assistant Coach / Throws

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI • Atlantic 10 Conference | A-10

Great Coach And A Great Man To Lead The Throws Squad

Date: June 24, 2024

By Other

4.8

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

4.0

5.0

Tags

Direct Honest Dedicated To Players Helps With Career Passionate About Coaching

"Great leader. Does so much with very little backing and I've seen it firsthand as his athlete. Gave me an experience I only dreamed of in college athletics and I am so grateful!"

0

Women's Field Hockey

Barb Weinberg

Women's Field Hockey Head Coach

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI - FBS • Missouri Valley Football Conference | MVFC

Caring, Compassionate, And Fosters A Winning Culture

Date: December 7, 2023

By Other

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

Dedicated To Players Honest Creates A Great Team Culture Believes In You Knowledgeable

"Barb is a great leader who cares about us as people first. She is a second mom and her door is always open when we need anything. I cannot imagine being a student-athlete anywhere else!"

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Women's Field Hockey

Barb Weinberg

Women's Field Hockey Head Coach

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI - FBS • Missouri Valley Football Conference | MVFC

Highly Recommend Coach Barb And U Mass Fh

Date: December 7, 2023

By Other

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

Dedicated To Players Honest Creates A Great Team Culture Believes In You Knowledgeable

"Coach Barb creates a great team culture that is both a family away from home and also an elite, competitive atmosphere. She has taught me so much on and off the field and I am grateful for my experience at UMass. "

0

Men's Soccer

Ed Matz

Men's Soccer Head Coach

Assumption University

NCAA DII • Region 10

Best Friend As A Coach And For The Rest Of Your Life

Date: December 2, 2023

By Other

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

Direct Intense Accessible Cool Creates A Great Team Culture

"Has done a great job at every step of his career. Incredible recruiter and outworks his resources. Players seem to gravitate to his personality'. Teams are very organized and will run through a wall for him. "

0

Women's Softball

Mikayla Panko

Women's Softball Assistant Coach

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI • Atlantic 10 Conference | A-10

Coach Mack Is An Awesome Coach!

Date: November 20, 2023

By Other

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

Cool Motivational Believes In You Knows The Game

"one of the best coaches I have ever played for, and creates an inclusive and positive environment. She is so knowledgeable on the game and works hard to craft individualized plans for hitters success. She care immensely for all her players, and works hard to create strong and lasting bonds. The BEST hitting coach ever! "

0

Men's Soccer

Ed Matz

Men's Soccer Head Coach

Assumption University

NCAA DII • Region 10

Terrible Coach, No Knowledge Of Soccer, So He Never Had A Chance To Be A Coach, Maybe He Has Fun.

Date: October 25, 2023

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

Direct Intense Accessible Cool Creates A Great Team Culture

"He was a terrible mens soccer coach at Northeastern University. He is zero knowledge of soccer, doesn't under tactics so forget about learning or growing under him. He is a coach that just plugged along as an assistant for couple years then got the Northeastern mens soccer job in 1995. In America, all to often you don't need to know anything about soccer to get an assistant coach position. Then this allows someone like Ed to be a head coach. Then someone like him coaches kids and premier and the bad cycle of coaching and teaching continues to America."

0

Women's Crew/Rowing

Eric Carcich

Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach / Rowing

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI • Atlantic 10 Conference | A-10

Overlooks Hard Work And Dedication To Chose Favorites

Date: October 25, 2023

By Other

1.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

2.0

1.0

Tags

Direct Accessible Cool Intense Believes In You

"Eric has always been a coach that has chosen favorites and I think he's gotten worse about hiding it over the years. As someone who was recruited by him, I was equally as excited as he was about the new experiences and opportunities for growth as he seemed to be coming to UMass. After the first year though, his intentions became more clear. Emphasizing his excitement for the incoming classes have served as a scapegoat for him for the past three years of stagnant conference performance (4th in 2021, 2022, and 2023). He has tried to move past these years of failure by excitedly looking forward to the classes ahead, and in the process ignores the hard work and adversities that the classes he did not recruit have put in. This continues now even with the athletes that he recruited himself, continuing his trend of hypocrisy and lying. As a previous rower, it breaks my heart to watch over and over again as freshmen who are so excited to row well and improve have their dreams and potential ruined by a coach who chooses his favorite athletes not based on how well they move a boat, but by how much they go and talk to him in the office and "build a relationship." While I agree it is important for coaches to have a relationship with their athletes, it starts with how much of a safe, trustworthy, and reliable space a coach provides to there athletes, and Eric provides no such thing. Additionally, after years of being coached by him, my confidence in him as a coach on a technical and athletic level has diminished. Every year, he has switched the type of rowing stroke that he considers the "UMass stroke" around winter time, and then switches back in the fall at the beginning of the next year. By doing this, he creates different strokes within boats and tension between athletes because no one adjusts quickly enough to his drastic changes (ex: pause at the finish changed to fast hands around the back end last year and the year before). There is also tension created between the athletes because of his selection processes. Eric's favorites are put in the top boat, coxswain or rower. They are certainly fast because there is not a lack of speed on the team, but the way in which he selects the top boat inflates the heads of the athletes that he choses and belittles the dedication of all those placed (not ranked-placed) below the 1st Varsity 8+. Eric also has a tendency to inflate egos by making lineups that are requested to him by his favorites, collaborating with them over the training plans, and considering their opinions in selection processes; all things that athletes should essentially have no say in. Overall, Eric is an indecisive man with a love for drama among his teams and I would not recommend him as a coach to any young athletes or any programs looking for a coach."

0

Women's Crew/Rowing

Eric Carcich

Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach / Rowing

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI • Atlantic 10 Conference | A-10

The Team Culture Is The Best Part Of This Experience And He Helps Cultivate That

Date: October 9, 2023

By Other

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

Direct Accessible Cool Intense Believes In You

"he’s an amazing coach that works his hardest to promote team culture and develop the athletes as people"

1

Women's Crew/Rowing

Eric Carcich

Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach / Rowing

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI • Atlantic 10 Conference | A-10

What Was The Coach Like? How Is The Team Culture?

Date: October 9, 2023

By Other

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

Direct Accessible Cool Intense Believes In You

"He is a great coach, very easy to talk to and accommodating. Very transparent and is willing to have a conversation with anyone if something is unclear. I have never had a single issue with him or his style of coaching. "

0

Women's Crew/Rowing

Eric Carcich

Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach / Rowing

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI • Atlantic 10 Conference | A-10

Could Not Recommend Eric Or This Team Enough. We Are Truly Building For The Future And It’s Finally Starting To Show

Date: October 9, 2023

By Other

4.6

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

4.0

5.0

Tags

Direct Accessible Cool Intense Believes In You

"Eric has created a team continuously building for the future and an environment where we all love practices and pushing each other to be better. I completely disagree with some of the other comments but I think it’s because he was still so new in this role and had to set a foundation for the future. Eric is someone who is willing to work with anyone, you just have to go in and ask. He took a lot of our feedback last semester and implemented it into the training plan this year. And the difference is already so noticeable. A level of buy in is necessary for any team and I honestly believe that the negative comments have come from people who didn’t even try to put any trust in the training plan or in the coaches. He is genuinely one of the only coaches in the game who works and has such a close relationships with many of his athletes and genuinely cares about them."

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Women's Crew/Rowing

Eric Carcich

Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach / Rowing

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI • Atlantic 10 Conference | A-10

I Would Like To Say That As A Coach He Is Very Empowering

Date: October 9, 2023

By Other

4.6

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

4.0

5.0

Tags

Direct Accessible Cool Intense Believes In You

"in my personal experience he uplifts athletes and has created an amazing team culture at umass"

0

Women's Crew/Rowing

Eric Carcich

Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach / Rowing

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI • Atlantic 10 Conference | A-10

I’d Like To Say That Eric Is Definitely The Best Coach At U Mass

Date: October 9, 2023

By Other

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

Direct Accessible Cool Intense Believes In You

"Definitely the best coach I’ve ever worked with "

1

Women's Crew/Rowing

Eric Carcich

Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach / Rowing

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI • Atlantic 10 Conference | A-10

A Pleasure To Work With!!!!!!

Date: October 9, 2023

By Other

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

Direct Accessible Cool Intense Believes In You

"A pleasure to work with!! "

1

Women's Field Hockey

Barb Weinberg

Women's Field Hockey Head Coach

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI - FBS • Missouri Valley Football Conference | MVFC

Would Give The Shirt Off Her Back For Anyone. We Stand Behind Barb And The Decisions She Has Made.

Date: October 3, 2023

By Other

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

Dedicated To Players Honest Creates A Great Team Culture Believes In You Knowledgeable

"I know Barb as a coach and a person who will give anything to anyone. She is one of the most caring and empathetic individuals I have ever met. Barb always puts her team first and does what is in the best interest of the goals and values they have built. I stand behind her and the decisions she has made regarding the UMass Field Hockey program. "

3

Women's Field Hockey

Barb Weinberg

Women's Field Hockey Head Coach

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI - FBS • Missouri Valley Football Conference | MVFC

Destroyed Self Esteem Even Years After Playing For Weinberg

Date: October 3, 2023

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

Dedicated To Players Honest Creates A Great Team Culture Believes In You Knowledgeable

"Lack of personal development and character development. I would recommend the University to anyone, but Weinberg is the downfall of the university and the field hockey program. In addition to the team's ability to win a championship. Creates inner turmoil and attempts to push people away from the program while celebrating others. If you have a good exeperience, of course you're in support of Coach Weinberg, but for those (she has a high turnover rate of players) who do not, you have a terrible experience because she targets you and is relentless in her act of bullying and having meetings to degrade you. Recovering from her abuse on my self esteem even years after playing for her has been one of the largest challenges in my life. "

3

Women's Field Hockey

Barb Weinberg

Women's Field Hockey Head Coach

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI - FBS • Missouri Valley Football Conference | MVFC

Thank You For A Rewarding Four Years As A Student Athlete

Date: October 2, 2023

By Other

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

Dedicated To Players Honest Creates A Great Team Culture Believes In You Knowledgeable

"Coach Barb helped me grow as a person; academically, athletically, and socially. She cared about my well-being above anything else. I could not have asked for a better experience at UMass."

1

Women's Field Hockey

Barb Weinberg

Women's Field Hockey Head Coach

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI - FBS • Missouri Valley Football Conference | MVFC

We Support Coach Barb And U Mass Fh

Date: October 2, 2023

By Other

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

Dedicated To Players Honest Creates A Great Team Culture Believes In You Knowledgeable

"It is disappointing to see one former player continue to bully Coach Barb. We support her fully and what she is building at UMass. "

2

Women's Field Hockey

Barb Weinberg

Women's Field Hockey Head Coach

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI - FBS • Missouri Valley Football Conference | MVFC

Protect Yourself And Don't Fall Victim To Weinberg

Date: October 2, 2023

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

Dedicated To Players Honest Creates A Great Team Culture Believes In You Knowledgeable

"Acts with zero ethics or regards to DEI. One of the least inclusive people I've ever met- going as far as making a point to make players feel excluded in order to get them to quit. Wins games barely... constantly going into strokes or OT against teams UMass should be beating during game play. The games are a painful watch under her coaching. Lack of understanding of keeping the players who deserve to be in the game- too busy being focused on a rotation and bullying players to quit for their recruiting money. Emotionless. Stone cold. Stoic. Will look you in the face and say the most blasphemous and rude statements with a straight face then stare at you with no emotions behind her stone cold blue eyes. It's sinful and a crime and honestly scary that this woman is allowed to work with student athletes who are young women. She has more allegations against her than A10 championship wins... Well, I guess it would be a start to have a single a10 championship win or a national championship appearance "

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