Men's Football

Tony Reno

Men's Football Head Coach

Yale University

NCAA DI - FCS • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

Starting To Change For The Worse!

Date: November 19, 2024

By Other

2.6

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

1.0

3.0

4.0

3.0

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"Tony Reno is a good, but not great, football coach. He tends to be very transactional and inconsistent with his words. While he’s not a bad person, he struggles with knowing when to pull back. He is extremely regimented and has difficulty adapting to changes. His intensity with his coaching staff is noticeable and sometimes reflects negatively on their approach. The vibe with the program feels different compared to my first year at Yale. Back then, things seemed more relatable and positive. Some of the recent success appears to have affected him negatively. While I respect him as a coach, it’s clear that he doesn’t show much genuine interest in players beyond their performance on the field. He preaches family, but the program doesn’t feel particularly connected right now. My older brother played at Dartmouth and had a much more positive experience while also winning championships. It’s clear that at this level, there’s immense pressure on coaches to succeed, but from a player’s perspective, we just want a program that feels cohesive and supportive. One major issue is the frequent turnover among the coaching staff. It seems to stem from Reno’s coaching style, which creates a lack of continuity. We’ve lost some talented coaches in recent years, and it’s frustrating to see them leave because they’re seeking better environments. At the end of the day, it feels like Tony Reno is focused primarily on Tony Reno and winning football games. The rest — including player development and academics — feels secondary. This lack of connection is disappointing, especially for a program with such a rich history and tradition. While Reno has had some great seasons, they’ve often been followed by truly disappointing and losing ones. It’s frustrating that a program of this caliber hasn’t figured out how to build a stronger and more consistent culture. I think he needs to recalibrate a little bit and reflect on his style as he’s letting circumstances really control his mentality and that’s not really what made him a successful coach. He’s starting to lose his edge."

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Women's Lacrosse

Erica Bamford

Women's Lacrosse Head Coach

Yale University

NCAA DI • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

Immature And Disrespectful.

Date: July 2, 2023

By Other

2.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

1.0

2.0

4.0

2.0

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Poor Communication Intense Old School Mentality Direct Disorganized

"This coach is not a leader of young women. She is not respectful and she doesn’t care about the players off the field. She treats her players like commodities to win at all costs. She is mentally abusive and the team culture suffers tremendously. In fact in 2019 6 seniors walked off the team. "

1

Women's Soccer

Sarah Martinez

Women's Soccer Head Coach

Yale University

NCAA DI • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

How Has She Still Head Coach?

Date: December 23, 2022

By Verified Athlete

2.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

3.0

1.0

2.0

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Passionate About Coaching Positive Person Accessible Believes In You Dedicated To Players

"Terrible coach and even worse person. Tells the team she trusts them all (a lie). Treats some players like her child, and others like garbage. Never has a solution to anything soccer-wise. Does not know how to coach. Will watch the team struggle and do absolutely nothing (because she has nothing substantive to offer) including not making changes to the lineup because there are people on the bench that are good enough to play. She is horrible with injured players as well. Team culture is horrible because of her. It starts from the top anyways. "

2

Women's Soccer

Sarah Martinez

Women's Soccer Head Coach

Yale University

NCAA DI • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

Worst Coach I've Ever Had

Date: August 13, 2022

By Verified Athlete

2.4

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

3.0

4.0

1.0

2.0

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Passionate About Coaching Positive Person Accessible Believes In You Dedicated To Players

"Emotional. Hypocritical. Stubborn. Illogical. VERY unprofessional."

2

Women's Soccer

Brad Bolton

Women's Soccer Assistant Coach

Yale University

NCAA DI • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

Brad

Date: August 13, 2022

By Verified Athlete

2.4

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

2.0

3.0

2.0

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Accessible Easy To Get Along With Positive Person Direct Cool

"He is a goalie coach. I personally haven’t learned from him because of position but I know he struggles with communication and creative drills. "

0

Women's Soccer

Brad Bolton

Women's Soccer Assistant Coach

Yale University

NCAA DI • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

Literal Dad

Date: August 13, 2022

By Verified Athlete

2.6

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

1.0

2.0

4.0

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Accessible Easy To Get Along With Positive Person Direct Cool

"Very basic training. Only does the bare minimum. Stubborn. Lots of dad jokes. "

0

Women's Soccer

Billy Davis

Assistant Athletic Trainer (women's Lacrosse, Women's Soccer)

Yale University

NCAA DI • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

Not Yale Standard

Date: August 10, 2022

By Other

2.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

1.0

2.0

3.0

2.0

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Disorganized Direct Poor Communication Creates A Great Team Culture Dedicated To Players

"There have been multiple instances where injuries have been prolonged because of poor treatment."

0

Women's Soccer

Sarah Martinez

Women's Soccer Head Coach

Yale University

NCAA DI • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

A Way To Go…

Date: August 8, 2022

By Verified Athlete

2.6

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

2.0

Tags

Passionate About Coaching Positive Person Accessible Believes In You Dedicated To Players

"It’s apparent that she greatly loves soccer, but she has a way to go before she starts producing consistent results. Her soccer IQ is ok. One’s experience with her depends on whether you’re her favorite or not. If you’re a favorite, you will feel cared for and supported by her, but if you’re not, it’s going to be up to you. "

0

Women's Soccer

Brad Bolton

Women's Soccer Assistant Coach

Yale University

NCAA DI • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

Decent

Date: August 8, 2022

By Verified Athlete

2.6

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

2.0

3.0

2.0

3.0

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Accessible Easy To Get Along With Positive Person Direct Cool

"Brad is a decent goalkeeper coach but doesn’t respond well to feedback from players. He gives players little to no say in what they want to work on in training, and when he does ask for feedback, changes are not implemented. He has gotten upset with players for wanting different drills than he gives us. He is a nice guy but is not the most motivational or encouraging. He knows the game but would be a better general assistant coach than a goalkeeper coach, as he gives good defensive feedback to the team as a whole."

0

Men's Football

Tony Reno

Men's Football Head Coach

Yale University

NCAA DI - FCS • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

Date: July 15, 2020

By Verified Athlete

2.8

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

2.0

4.0

2.0

Tags

Intense Direct Accessible Cool Organized

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0

Men's Football

Jay Anderson

Men's Football Head Coach

Oberlin College

NCAA DIII • N/A

Date: January 9, 2020

By Verified Athlete

2.6

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

1.0

5.0

1.0

Tags

Intense Accessible Cool Direct

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0

Men's Football

Jay Anderson

Men's Football Head Coach

Oberlin College

NCAA DIII • N/A

Date: January 9, 2020

By Verified Athlete

2.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

3.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

Tags

Intense Accessible Cool Direct

"Though a knowledgable defensive coach, not good at being a head coach. Demonstrated clear favoritism that was noticeable to the team. Ultimately, not someone who I would trust in good conscious as a football player. "

0

Women's Ice Hockey

Joakim Flygh

Women's Ice Hockey Head Coach

Yale University

NCAA DI • Great Midwest Athletic Conference | G-MAC

Date: June 12, 2018

By Verified Athlete

2.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

3.0

2.0

1.0

Tags

Accessible Intense Direct Cool

"Very kind but does not communicate effectively to his players what he needs from them in order to be successful"

0

Men's Football

Tony Reno

Men's Football Head Coach

Yale University

NCAA DI - FCS • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

Date: April 18, 2018

By Verified Athlete

2.0

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

3.0

1.0

Tags

Intense Direct Accessible Cool Organized

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0

Men's Football

Tony Reno

Men's Football Head Coach

Yale University

NCAA DI - FCS • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

Date: October 24, 2017

By Verified Athlete

2.8

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

4.0

3.0

1.0

Tags

Intense Direct Accessible Cool Organized

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0

Men's Football

Tony Reno

Men's Football Head Coach

Yale University

NCAA DI - FCS • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

Date: October 24, 2017

By Verified Athlete

2.6

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

4.0

2.0

3.0

1.0

Tags

Intense Direct Accessible Cool Organized

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Men's Football

Tony Reno

Men's Football Head Coach

Yale University

NCAA DI - FCS • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

Date: October 24, 2017

By Verified Athlete

2.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

3.0

2.0

Tags

Intense Direct Accessible Cool Organized

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0

Men's Football

Jay Anderson

Men's Football Head Coach

Oberlin College

NCAA DIII • N/A

Date: June 22, 2017

By Verified Athlete

2.8

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

1.0

4.0

3.0

Tags

Intense Accessible Cool Direct

""

0

Women's Ice Hockey

Mark Bolding

Women's Ice Hockey Head Coach

Norwich University

NCAA DIII • USA South Athletic Conference | USAC

Date: May 5, 2017

By Verified Athlete

2.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

3.0

2.0

Tags

Cool Accessible Intense Direct

"He is knowledgeable, he knows a lot about the game, but I believe that he doesn't use his tools properly. He has a lot of good players that he doesn't even look at when they could be a tremendous help to the team. If he likes you you're golden and you will play, but if somehow you get on his shit list good luck digging yourself out of that hole. "

0

Women's Ice Hockey

Joakim Flygh

Women's Ice Hockey Head Coach

Yale University

NCAA DI • Great Midwest Athletic Conference | G-MAC

Date: February 19, 2017

By Verified Athlete

2.8

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

2.0

3.0

Tags

Accessible Intense Direct Cool

""

0

Women's Ice Hockey

Joakim Flygh

Women's Ice Hockey Head Coach

Yale University

NCAA DI • Great Midwest Athletic Conference | G-MAC

Date: February 19, 2017

By Verified Athlete

2.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

1.0

3.0

Tags

Accessible Intense Direct Cool

""

0

Women's Ice Hockey

Joakim Flygh

Women's Ice Hockey Head Coach

Yale University

NCAA DI • Great Midwest Athletic Conference | G-MAC

Date: February 19, 2017

By Verified Athlete

2.6

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

1.0

3.0

Tags

Accessible Intense Direct Cool

"Cares about his players, but struggles with communication outside of 1-on-1 interactions. Never did a great job about being on the same page with his assistants, which lead to confusion at times."

0

Women's Ice Hockey

Joakim Flygh

Women's Ice Hockey Head Coach

Yale University

NCAA DI • Great Midwest Athletic Conference | G-MAC

Date: February 19, 2017

By Verified Athlete

2.8

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

4.0

1.0

2.0

4.0

Tags

Accessible Intense Direct Cool

"He's a nice man. He has good intentions, and speaking with him one on one can sometimes be beneficial. However, he lacks the necessary communication skills that a division one coach should have. Many times he will leave important things unsaid, like constructive criticism, because either he is too nice or simply does not know how to approach us. "

0

Men's Football

Tony Reno

Men's Football Head Coach

Yale University

NCAA DI - FCS • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

Date: November 14, 2016

By Verified Athlete

2.2

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

2.0

3.0

Tags

Intense Direct Accessible Cool Organized

"Not a good person to be a head coach"

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Men's Football

Tony Reno

Men's Football Head Coach

Yale University

NCAA DI - FCS • Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | MPSF

Date: November 14, 2016

By Verified Athlete

2.8

Overall

Caring

Motivational

Knowledgeable

Honest

3.0

1.0

2.0

4.0

Tags

Intense Direct Accessible Cool Organized

"Talks a lot about family, but he is not there when his players really need him."

0

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