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Women's LacrosseElaine Jones

Women's Lacrosse Head Coach

University of Akron

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Please take time to research this program thoroughly. Based on what we observed, Coach Elaine Jones’ behavior and coaching style did not align with what we expect from someone responsible for mentoring young women. Her interactions are dismissive and discouraging demeaning and this impacted players across the board. This is not written out of frustration over playing time or an issue with one situation. She treats athletes poorly across the board it is a reflection of the environment we witnessed. Protecting our daughters means ensuring they are in a place that builds them up, not tears them down. Speak with the athletic director, talk to current players, and gather as much information as you can before committing.

Women's LacrosseElaine Jones

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University of Akron

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I unfortunately experienced playing under elaine jones. she is very manipulative and will get in your head; mentally abusive. I was constantly told i wasnt good enough. she would constantly remind me of all my mistakes and telling me im not worth anything. that is NOT a coach. When i finally realized that what she was doing was affecting my self-esteem/worth on and off the field i decided to transfer. I was in therapy for months to undo what she did to me, i wouldn't wish my worst enemy to play under her.

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University of Akron

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Other NCAA coaches think she is a joke. She has been run out of most programs and she’ll intentionally uses the race card and sexual orientation to keep her job for as long as she can. Any positive reviews on here must be Elaine posing as a player . Don’t be fooled Parents - your daughters will be ruined for life. Players - save yourself. Don’t go to Akron. Literally anywhere else is better. NCAA- Finally step up and do the right thing for the sport and remove her. Elaine- you are pathetic. I hope you rot in hell

Women's LacrosseElaine Jones

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A worthless human who shouldn't be coaching. Parents do not send your daughter to Akron as long as this piece of sh!t is coaching. Ask any former player and they'll all say the same thing, these reviews don't lie. Team culture is fear , her strengths are passive aggressive coaching and mind games all while reminding players their terrible and shouldn't be playing.

Women's LacrosseElaine Jones

Women's Lacrosse Head Coach

University of Akron

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I played for Elaine at Longwood for 4 years and while her and I certainly had our differences I can’t say I would have done my college career any differently. During my 4 years, my team endured a lot of hardship and I’m not sure how else Elaine could have handled it. I learned a lot from Elaine and have taken those skills into my professional life.

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SHOULD BE HELD CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE. I played for Elaine Jones, graduated and am a working adult. This woman ruined my life. I will never be the same because of her. I contacted the college, from the president all the way to the athletic director, and the refused to investigate her. Other college coaches think she is a joke. She knows she can hide behind her race and sexual orientation to not be disciplined or terminated. Elaine, you ruined me for life.

Women's LacrosseElaine Jones

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University of Akron

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DirectHonestKnowledgeableDirectFairKnows The Game

My daughter has had great communication and experience with Coach Jones. I cannot speak for other's experience. From ours, it has all been positive. She is supportive and in a short time, has grown the Akron program in a positive direction

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The NCAA should investigate. This person should NOT be allowed to coach. Recruits everywhere should BEWARE. She has a track record of ruining programs and women athletes. Do your research people!!!!!!!!!!

Women's LacrosseElaine Jones

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As a parent I wish someone in NCAA or IWWLCA would do something. She has affected so many young athletes in a negative way. As you see in all of the reviews she has a long history of emotional abuse which is hard to prove. I saw the effects on my daughter. Months of stress and depression. Know how to play a sport is not enough to be a coach. I wish someone would dig deep and check the girls so they are not harmed.

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DisorganizedOld School MentalityPoor Communication

Coach Jones is not near good enough of a coach to be as bad of a human being as she is. If she had a history of success, maybe we could get past all of her shortcomings but she doesn’t. She divides the team, turns friends in to enemies, and doesn’t know when to take timeouts. Awful coach and person.

Women's LacrosseElaine Jones

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This coach has zero connection with her players besides a few favorites. She does not encourage team bonding. Instead causes more division among the team. She tells the girls one thing to their face and does the opposite. She is new to this program this season and not once has tried to get to know the players individually. She breaks them down instead of building them up. It’s heartbreaking to watch.

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Playing for Elaine Jones was almost a death sentence. She genuinely cannot stand positive and overall happy people and will do anything to bring you down to her level. She instills negative, condescending, and controlling values into her players so they leave the program as depressed robots. The team culture is horribly toxic. The players turn on each other and she lets it happen. She lets certain people completely crumble mentally and does not care about you as a person, you are just filling another pair of cleats. She picks her favorites before you even get to her program and everyone else is practically excluded and "out of the loop" from everything on and off the field. No matter where she is coaching (I cannot believe she is still allowed to coach after the MANY complaints), she will ruin the team, the culture, and ruin you mentally and emotionally. I am so glad I got out when I did or else I could not imagine how depressed as a person I would be. I know for a fact that if I stayed under her coaching, I would hate the sport of lacrosse.

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I have no idea how Elaine Jones was hired at UIndy. My heart goes out to those players and families. Get out while you can. I wish we could give zero stars on this site. My daughter played for Longwood lacrosse. Within weeks of her freshman year, I didn't recognize my child anymore. My happy, lacrosse loving, motivated daughter was withdrawn, suffering severe panic attacks, terrified and her grades were spiraling. Numerous girls on the team were self medicating, vomiting, seeing physicians for depression and anxiety medication and begging for help every single day. We were getting calls in the middle of the night. The college counseling department was full and couldn't see students for weeks and weeks. The few providers off campus were also slammed and couldn't help. There were times that I considered contacting the police and in hindsight should have. Letters from many to the Longwood Dean of Students, Athletic Director, Counseling Center and many others went unrecognized and unanswered. The torment that team suffered under Elaine was real. My daughter left the program and university with many others that season. She was in therapy for YEARS. As a parent I don't think we will ever know the entirety of what she and others endured under head coach Elaine Jones. Its no secret that Elaine personally ruins athletes and young women. Elaine is a deplorable human being, recognizes it and leans into it. I have no idea why it took Longwood years to finally give her the boot, they were aware and did nothing. The lacrosse world sighed with relief the day she was let go. ELAINE SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO COACH EVER AGAIN. Everyone knows what she does to these women. Permanent mental and physical damage! To the parents - please constantly check in with your daughters. Know that it's ok to leave. There are so many other programs where they will be valued. Our daughter played again- for a wonderful coach and is valued, successful and very happy. Isn't that what they deserve?

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I’m shocked she landed another role coaching somewhere else, especially at a school like UIndy. She’s a horrible person who knows a lot of lacrosse. I learned a lot and grew so much tougher but the team still didn’t perform so I’m sure not how effective her coaching can be. If you can perform with your back against the wall with sprinkles of degrading comments you’ll do well, if not you will crumble quickly. She loved using running as punishment (but since that isn’t allowed saying it wasn’t for punishment) and disregarding players injuries. She was so disrespectful to training staff, and in general she lacks social cues. Makes me wonder about the reviews from the UC Davis players who really enjoyed being coached by her. The reviews that say she likes to pit players against each other is true, especially upperclassmen versus freshmen. You can’t do anything right except maybe once a year. When arriving to practice you can show up too early and not early enough depending on how she’s feeling that day. You will probably cry in anticipation before every individual meeting and after. Despite all of this, it did make me stronger and have higher expectations for myself and others of mindfulness and attention to detail, but it also sent me to therapy and created really horrible performance anxiety. Spending my adulthood coaching kids trying to give them the experience I wish I had. Do I regret going there, no, but I hope she’s changed. If you’re a recruit, find out if the coaches you’re considering playing for have families, close friends, a social life, children, pets. These things may indicate that the coach has at least a minimal threshold for compassion

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I hate lacrosse because of Elaine Jones. She messes with your head as soon as you sign the NLI. College lacrosse ended up being the worst experience of my life because of her. Elaine Jones is a bully. Her favorite thing is to emotionally abuse you into tears every single day. In the beginning she would make you tell her you what you were weak in and then torture you with it for the next four years - if you made it that far. Elaine Jones didn’t believe in team bonding. She discouraged any type of friendship among teammates. She always made us say horrible things about each other to our faces. She used to tell us that this is what makes the team stronger. What really happened was we kept turning on each other. If your stats started getting too high she would make up a reason why she had to pull you off the field. She did this until your stats got really low again. Then she would use this to confirm what a bad player you are. I graduated a few years ago and I am still seeing a therapist about what Elaine Jones did to me. For your own sanity, PLEASE stay away from Elaine Jones!

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I was sent this link and saw all of the negative comments about Elaine Jones. Not only did I play for 4 years under her at UC Davis, but I probably wouldn’t have graduated if it weren’t for her care. She had a tough group of girls who needed a lot of coaching on and off the field. Despite some of her social handicaps she did her best to see us succeed on and off the field. Regardless of her inability to create a super cohesive team with bonding experiences, she made me a much stronger person. I know after playing for Elaine Jones I can handle anything life throws at me and for that I’m grateful. F you see this EJ, hope you’re doing well!

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Elaine is a horrible coach. My dreams of wanting to play Divison 1 lacrosse were crushed by her. She manipulates you, bullies you, and ultimately makes you never want to touch a stick again. She decides prior to your freshman year arrival if she will be nice to you or bully you every day. Under her incredibly toxic coaching style, she created such a negative environment that her players would be in the bathroom minutes before practice dry heaving and having panic attacks because it was so unbearable to be there. The players turned on each other and would do anything to get the heat off themselves- this includes ratting other players out over the silliest things, yelling at each other during practice, etc. She would make up lies and go the extra mile to gaslight you. She should never be allowed to coach in any sport ever again. Hiring her at Longwood was a huge mistake and ruined the college experience for many players. As someone who transferred out of Longwood, I loved that school so much and I wish to be back there with my friends every day, but it was not worth staying there with her and struggling with my mental health so much. As someone who endured her coaching, the PTSD and anxiety I dealt with after leaving the program is ongoing. For all of the girls that experienced her coaching, I'm sorry. We deserved so much better than that.

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Quite literally made me hate the sport of lacrosse, that I loved SO much. I had dreams of playing Division 1 lacrosse since I was a little girl. When that dream became reality, it was the best thing ever. Until I met Elaine Jones. She was a bully if she did not like you. She was unmotivating and never once created a good team culture. She destroyed us mentally and physically, day in and day out. I started a NCAA investigation into her my junior year, they did NOTHING. Year after year, 10 girls quitting a year, and that doesn't raise a red flag that something horrible is going on here? Girls are TRAUMATIZED. I graduated undergrad 4 years ago, and she still negatively impacts my thoughts and actions. She would make you say all of the skills you thought you were bad at, just to turn it on you later on. She was conniving, abusive, and manipulative - She should never ever be allowed to coach any sport. Not just WLAX. She ruined my college experience and ruined my love of lacrosse. I will forever hate her. Please take these ratings seriously before considering playing lacrosse at Longwood University or playing for Elaine Jones. She WILL destroy you physically and mentally.

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Literally horrible. Degrading. Manipulative. Pits teammates against each other. Favors certain players and places them of utmost importance. Created horrible experiences for me. Left me with trauma and anxiety from the time spent under her supervision.

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Discourages all forms of team bonding. Humiliates players constantly. Total disregard for physical and mental health of team. Should NOT be allowed near athletes of any age!

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Elaine Jones ruined this sport for me.

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Coach Jones knows the game so well. She cares about the details and can develop players.

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Longwood WLAX is a hostile work environment. NCAA should investigate this coach.

Women's LacrosseElaine Jones

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University of Akron

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Coach Jones is a soul crusher who preys on the destruction of young student athletes. She is a cancer to any program and systematically crushes any self esteem left in the young adults she coaches… If this is not enough, she targets players and bullies them into submission. She is a horrendous human being and a worthless coach. Stay away!