Rating #60879 Details

Walking on eggshells. Feelings and emotions being dismissed. An environment of spying and snitching on teammates. That is what you get when you are around Jessica O'Donnell. She feeds off of young girls who grow up in homes with a rougher upbringing and sees it as an opportunity to "be a mom" to those girls. She is far from a mom to them. She feeds them lies and manipulates them. She turns players against one another and breeds an environment of fear and distrust. The 2 years I spent with her were some of the lowest years of my life. I was living in fight or flight for those years, and it has been extremely difficult trying to unlearn the fight or flight feelings and behaviors I developed even now that she is gone. I hope she takes the time to invest into herself, grow and heal. And I hope no one ever gets treated the way we were treated by her. She broke a lot of hearts, souls, and nervous systems. College athletics is hard, and we know that. But you can still coach hard with basic human respect and decency. Treat people like people. Not like property. Jessica O'Donnell - I hope you find peace. But I also hope you never coach young women ever again. And I hope you stop posting your own reviews on this website, it is apparent.