Webster University

"Not respectful to his players. Creates a negative environment. Will tell you everything is great and then ignore you. Makes no adjustments for opponents, no adjustments to formation and very few substitutions."

"Caroline for a short time was our only athletic trainer and despite having the pressure of fixing every injured athlete on campus she was always super cheerful and has a way of brightening your day. Even during masked Covid times you can hear her smile through the mask which would also make you smile. She is my favorite person on the entirety of Webster campus to go talk to and gossip with. Also super knowledgeable and has helped work through several small injured and sprains."

"Scott is super awesome as an athletic director, especially from the perspective of a distance track athlete because he also ran cross country and track in college. He cares about each athlete and know every single athlete from every sport by name. Loves to talk to you about your sport and other passions. Best show of character is when our track coach quit he took on the role of coach even while still doing all the duties of an AD and made sure the track athletes got the top care we needed until he could find a replacement. He is like everyone’s favorite uncle. Also love his Boston accent"

"Coach Siener has built an outstanding program at Webster. He cares about his players beyond the field and supports them throughout their academic career and beyond. "

"Coach Siener has built and outstanding program at Webster. He cares about his players beyond the field and supports them throughout their academic career and beyond. "

"Great athletic director who brings a wealth of experience and professionalism. "

"Chris Sandefur was a horrible coach. He lacked communication and destroyed the team culture. He would never ask any of us how we were feeling physically, emotionally, mentally, etc. He also would make degrading comments during workouts that would discourage athletes instead of motivating them. He would also on several occasions bash our university and our team's work ethic. Sandefur was heard telling a recruit that "there are better places to go, other places that care more about this sport". He also would consistently bash the team by telling the men's team that "you guys are not hardworking" on runs with them, and then later denied it in a meeting with the whole team and the athletic director. He also hardly ever texted athletes back when regarding important issues like meet information or injuries. He would then lie and say he did not receive text messages. The lack of communication created an atmosphere of tension and frustration amongst the team. He also would never talk to the athletes while at meets, never giving splits or very much encouragement of any kind. He also seemed to primarily speak and give advice to the men's team, along with only giving them important information about meets or workout locations. All of that information had to be relayed through a male on the team to the women's team. It came off as sexist and like he did not care about the women's team, despite their success winning cross country conference. Additionally, Sandefur stopped creating training plans that differed for the men and women. Typically men and women have different training plans such as less mileage or less reps of a workout-- but the last couple months Sandefur did not differentiate and that resulted in a lot of the women's burnout. "