Women's Field Hockey

Barb Weinberg

Women's Field Hockey Head Coach

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI - FBS • Missouri Valley Football Conference | MVFC

Barb Is Our Absolute Rock

Date: June 16, 2026

By Athlete

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

"Barb is genuinely the best coach I’ve had over my 20y in field hockey. She pushed each and every one of us to become better people on and off the field. I’d restart my 5 years under Barb IN A HEARTBEAT. I can’t believe what some of the people on here are saying - Barb truly is the best and was my rock in the most crucial years of my life, she helped me become who I am today and couldn’t be more proud of it BARB WE LOVE YOU"

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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

Caring Coach

Date: June 16, 2026

By Athlete

4.8

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

4.0

Tags

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

"I grew as a player and individual under Barb. She created such a great atmosphere and found me my best friends. We worked hard and enjoyed our time. I came in dealing with mental health struggles and she was my biggest supporter. Nothing but amazing things to say about her desire for her players to be happy and healthy. "

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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

Special Team

Date: June 16, 2026

By Athlete

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

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

"UMASS was the best experience of my life! I would do ANYTHING to do it all over again but I would only do it with Barb as head coach. WE LOVE BARB! BEST CULTURE, BEST TEAM! ROLL"

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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

Manipulative

Date: June 16, 2026

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

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

"Runs her players out of the program and convinces them they are mentally ill. I would not recommend."

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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

Manipulative

Date: June 16, 2026

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

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

"Horrible. That’s it. Just horrible"

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Women's Cheerleading/Dance/Spirit/Stunt

Colby Hall

Women's Cheerleading/Dance/Spirit/Stunt Head Coach / Cheerleading / Spirit

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI - FBS • Missouri Valley Football Conference | MVFC

Supportive And Kind Coach

Date: June 16, 2026

By Verified Athlete

4.4

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

4.0

3.0

5.0

Tags

Accessible Cool Easy To Get Along With Great Communicator Positive Person

"Always available and wants to support athletes. "

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Athletic Staff

Antwan Harris

Sports Performance Coach

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI - FBS • Missouri Valley Football Conference | MVFC

Lively, Intense, And Motivating

Date: June 16, 2026

By Verified Athlete

4.6

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

4.0

5.0

4.0

Tags

Intense Motivational Dedicated To Players Fitness Is Important Passionate About Coaching

"Intense, passionate, and hardcore coach. Wants everyone to be the best and fittest version of themselves. Lively and motivating. "

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Athletic Staff

Whitney Squires

Sports Performance Coach (fh, MSOC, Row)

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI - FBS • Missouri Valley Football Conference | MVFC

Good Coach And Good Person

Date: June 16, 2026

By Verified Athlete

4.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

4.0

5.0

4.0

3.0

5.0

Tags

Cool Direct Honest Knowledgeable Easy To Get Along With

"Genuine, motivating and passionate coach. "

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Athletic Staff

Kirsten Britton

Senior Associate Ad/sport Administration SWA

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI - FBS • Missouri Valley Football Conference | MVFC

Genuine & Knowledgable

Date: June 16, 2026

By Verified Athlete

3.4

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

4.0

2.0

5.0

3.0

Tags

Direct Honest Knowledgeable Organized

"Great resource within athletics. Could be more accessible. "

0

Athletic Staff

Pete Montague

Senior Assistant Director Of Academics (base, Fh, Mlax, MSOC, Sb)

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI - FBS • Missouri Valley Football Conference | MVFC

Amazing Person And Resource

Date: June 16, 2026

By Verified Athlete

5.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

Tags

Accessible Honest Knowledgeable Motivational Understanding

"Supportive, honest, communicative, and caring person. Wants to help you succeed on and off the field. Supportive of your academic goals and wants to help you achieve them. Will do anything and everything he can to help you. Even show's up to your team's athletic contests consistently. "

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Athletic Staff

Mikayla Hudson

Learning Specialist

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI - FBS • Missouri Valley Football Conference | MVFC

Great Person.

Date: June 16, 2026

By Verified Athlete

4.8

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

5.0

4.0

Tags

Accessible Honest Motivational Direct Organized

"Supportive, honest, and communicative. "

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Athletic Staff

Rebecca Spencer

Faculty Athletics Representative

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI - FBS • Missouri Valley Football Conference | MVFC

Supportive And Caring Person

Date: June 16, 2026

By Verified Athlete

4.4

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

4.0

5.0

3.0

5.0

Tags

Cool Direct Honest Great Leader Understanding

"Honest, knowledgable, and kind person. Always wants to support and be a resource for athletes. "

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Athletic Staff

Ryan Bamford

Director Of Athletics

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI - FBS • Missouri Valley Football Conference | MVFC

Not Helping U Mass To Success

Date: June 16, 2026

By Verified Athlete

2.6

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

4.0

2.0

Tags

Direct Disorganized Easy To Get Along With Poor Communication Positive Person

"Isn't an accessible person. Doesn't care about the athletes but the revenue and success their team brings in. Surface level is a nice talkative person. Hasn't led Massachusetts athletics to success. "

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Athletic Staff

Julie Schmidt

Assistant Athletic Trainer

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI - FBS • Missouri Valley Football Conference | MVFC

Great At

Date: June 16, 2026

By Verified Athlete

4.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

4.0

5.0

3.0

5.0

4.0

Tags

Accessible Cool Knowledgeable Easy To Get Along With Organized

"Knowledgable and supportive AT. "

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Athletic Staff

Lance Overby

Academic Counselor (mxc, Wlax, Row, WSOC, Mtrk)

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI - FBS • Missouri Valley Football Conference | MVFC

Kind And Caring Individual

Date: June 16, 2026

By Verified Athlete

4.4

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

4.0

5.0

4.0

Tags

Cool Dedicated To Players Easy To Get Along With Great Communicator Positive Person

"Supportive and kind. Will always stop to say hi whenever he sees you. "

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Women's Cross Country/Track & Field

Christine Engel

Women's Track & Field Head Coach

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI • Atlantic 10 Conference | A-10

Toxic Coach With Poor Training Methods

Date: March 12, 2026

By Athlete

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

Intense

"By far the worst coach I have ever had. At first upon meeting Christine I thought it was gonna be a good fit because of her bubbly attitude and seemingly caring nature towards me on phone calls and recruitment visit. That quickly changed once I joined the team, there was a clear hierarchy present during practices and meets that was shown in the way she treated you. Her favorite was obvious and it was always the athlete who was peaking, doing the best that season. To everyone else, she only spoke to you to give you your workout and sometimes would not even talk to you after your race. When you request a meeting with her to discuss an issue, she would become stone cold and unapproachable immediately blaming the problem on athlete no matter the situation making them feel like the issue. Absolute dog sh*t training methods, overtraining, no tapering at the end of seasons, and pain-numbingly routine workouts. Training was so monotonous I knew exactly what workouts we were doing before practice even started. Over training showed through my teammates fractured femurs, repeated injuries, and test results from doctors visits. Yet still, she changed nothing and made the athlete feel useless by highlighting the one teammate who was doing well saying 'see its working for her'. She was clearly on a power trip and saw all the athletes as beneath her. Her wardrobe of wearing black every day match per bleak personality. Toxic environment caused me to develop severe anxiety and depression building up to the point where I had to take time off because I could get through warmups without balling my eyes out. All of this was a shared feeling throughout the team but we couldn't talk about it in front of coach because she would then get mad that we we're making it a 'positive environment'. I could go on and on but I'll leave you with this... if you want a good quality D1 track/XC program this is not the place to be. That being said if you have your heart set on UMass Amherst I'd recommend joining the club track team and compete at the D1 meets unattached. Best of luck to whoever sees this and I wish you the best on your journey."

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Women's Lacrosse

Angela McMahon

Former Women's Lacrosse Head Coach

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

NCAA DI • Atlantic 10 Conference | A-10

A Manipulative Presence Who Should Not Be In A Position Of Authority.

Date: September 16, 2025

By Athlete

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

Cool Intense Accessible Direct

"This coach is a narcissistic, manipulative, and abusive presence who should not be in a position of authority. She uses intimidation instead of leadership, tearing players down with constant belittling and mental games that leave them anxious and demoralized. Her behavior crosses the line into both mental and physical abuse, making practices toxic rather than constructive. Instead of fostering teamwork and growth, she thrives on control and manipulation, prioritizing her ego over the well-being of her players. It’s clear that she is not only a terrible coach, but also a damaging influence on the people she’s supposed to be guiding."

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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

Nothing Has Changed Weinberg Continues To Bully

Date: September 6, 2025

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

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

"Has not changed her bullying and manipulative ways. Unfortunate and disheartening to watch young girls be pushed away from the sport they love, while the athletic department condones this nasty, toxic, and disgusting behavior. It is a good thing the university was pushed down to the MAC, maybe Weinberg can pull off some wins. Her heart is not in the right place- it is about money and pushing athletes out the door. I advise all future student athletes to see past the facade Weinberg portrays- she does not care about you or your growth. "

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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

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

Direct Honest Dedicated To Players Helps With Career Passionate About Coaching

"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!"

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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. "

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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

Tags

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. "

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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

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

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

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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

Protect Yourself From Barb's Harm

Date: November 11, 2024

By Other

1.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

Tags

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

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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

Tags

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!"

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