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Former Men's Lacrosse Head Coachat The University of Tampa• Tampa, FL

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1.9

11 Reviews

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2.0

Caring

1.6

Motivational

1.6

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2.6

Honest

1.5

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Former Men's Lacrosse Head Coach

The University of Tampa • 4-year or above, Private not-for-profit • Tampa, FL

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Coach & Staff Ratings: Rory Whipple

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Men's Lacrosse Rory Whipple
Former Men's Lacrosse Head Coach
The University of Tampa
Whipple Is Certainly Not Legendary
Date: December 10, 2023
By Other
1.8
Would Recommend
Overall
2.0
Caring
1.0
Motivational
2.0
Knowledgeable
2.0
Honest
2.0
Whip is fairly knowledgeable about lacrosse (fairly), but frankly just copies strategies and tactics from more successful coaches. He was a hell of a wrester in college and... was on the lacrosse team. He is a really, really good recruiter, and thus gathers a lot of talented players. However he ends up with too many players, for each one to have an opportunity to contribute and. Seems to take pride in getting the team "in-shape" vs developing/perfecting knowledge, skills, abilities. ( (e.g. players run a lot). Not sure (and baffling) how he obtained the moniker "Legendary Coach"...he certainly is not even close to Danowski, Desko, Messere, B. Scott, Petro, Emmer, Schurr etc... those are Legendary Coaches..
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Men's Lacrosse Rory Whipple
Former Men's Lacrosse Head Coach
The University of Tampa
Date: September 12, 2020
By Verified Athlete
4.2
Would Recommend
Overall
4.0
Caring
4.0
Motivational
4.0
Knowledgeable
5.0
Honest
4.0
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Coach Whipple while being an extremely intense coach, provided an excellent learning experience for his players. If you have a hard working mentality and can be patient you WILL play here. Many freshmen quit because of the intense workouts but that is in them. Coach Whipple is also a very humorous guy when you get to know him.
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Men's Lacrosse Rory Whipple
Former Men's Lacrosse Head Coach
The University of Tampa
Date: February 7, 2017
By Verified Athlete
1.2
Would Recommend
Overall
1.0
Caring
2.0
Motivational
1.0
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1.0
Honest
1.0
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Made me lose my love for the game of lacrosse. Doesn't care about his players only about himself getting a win.
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Men's Lacrosse Rory Whipple
Former Men's Lacrosse Head Coach
The University of Tampa
Date: January 15, 2017
By Verified Athlete
1.2
Would Recommend
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1.0
Caring
1.0
Motivational
1.0
Knowledgeable
2.0
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1.0
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No one should go to U Tampa to play lacrosse unless you want to go to the University anyway. I decommitted from a D1 school, because the coaches said I was a definite All-American and that they loved me. My freshman year they brought in 64 freshman, instead of the normal 11-12 players and threw almost all of them onto JV. I made it up to Varsity and got playing time, but the coaches don't give a damn about you and you're just a piece of meat.15 of us quit this year.
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Men's Lacrosse Rory Whipple
Former Men's Lacrosse Head Coach
The University of Tampa
Date: November 17, 2016
By Verified Athlete
2.0
Would Recommend
Overall
2.0
Caring
2.0
Motivational
2.0
Knowledgeable
2.0
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2.0
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Successful program. Coaches are dedicated. Great scouting reports from Coach Burdick. You'll be in the best shape of your life and win a lot of games, but have to put up with a lot of BS from coaches.
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Men's Lacrosse Rory Whipple
Former Men's Lacrosse Head Coach
The University of Tampa
Date: November 16, 2016
By Verified Athlete
1.6
Would Recommend
Overall
2.0
Caring
1.0
Motivational
1.0
Knowledgeable
3.0
Honest
1.0
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Coach Whipple is an old school coach who refuses to listen to his captains, trainers, or players. Team morale is constantly very low and players straight up hate playing for him. He does not relate to his players nor understand the importance of having a strong team morale. Players are either viewed as assets or liabilities. Turnover is extremely high under coach Whipple.
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Men's Lacrosse Rory Whipple
Former Men's Lacrosse Head Coach
The University of Tampa
Date: November 16, 2016
By Verified Athlete
2.0
Would Recommend
Overall
2.0
Caring
2.0
Motivational
1.0
Knowledgeable
4.0
Honest
1.0
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Rory Whipple is one of the worst coaches in the NCAA. UT's record is not because of him, it is based off talent of the players alone. He runs his players into the ground, causing about 1/3 of the program to be hurt at any given time. He over recruits every year bringing in some 40-50 freshman per class. Doesn't care about academics, saying "you came here to play lacrosse, not be a student". Lacrosse careers die at Tampa
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Men's Lacrosse Rory Whipple
Former Men's Lacrosse Head Coach
The University of Tampa
Date: November 16, 2016
By Verified Athlete
1.8
Would Recommend
Overall
2.0
Caring
2.0
Motivational
2.0
Knowledgeable
2.0
Honest
1.0
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Coach Whipple is very outdated. His thinking process is from the 70's going back to over conditioning. Every kid is playing through injury which is why tampa loses in big games. Team is very good, motivation is always all time low with the coaching leadership. Too many recruits ruin college dreams.
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Men's Lacrosse Rory Whipple
Former Men's Lacrosse Head Coach
The University of Tampa
Date: November 16, 2016
By Verified Athlete
1.8
Would Recommend
Overall
2.0
Caring
1.0
Motivational
2.0
Knowledgeable
3.0
Honest
1.0
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In general, Coach Whipple is very difficult to play for. During the recruitment process he will tell recruits what they want to hear, many of them come into Tampa thinking they will be 1 of 15 recruits as a normal freshman class but will surprised by the number of actual freshman that were told they would have a spot on the team. Whipple has very little if any interest in his players, some players he doesn't even know their real names.
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Men's Lacrosse Rory Whipple
Former Men's Lacrosse Head Coach
The University of Tampa
Date: November 15, 2016
By Verified Athlete
1.6
Would Recommend
Overall
2.0
Caring
1.0
Motivational
1.0
Knowledgeable
2.0
Honest
2.0
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He is the absolute worst coach I have ever experienced. Not one player I've ever spoken to (which is several years worth) has had anything relatively positive to say about this man.
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Men's Lacrosse Rory Whipple
Former Men's Lacrosse Head Coach
The University of Tampa
Date: November 14, 2016
By Verified Athlete
1.6
Would Recommend
Overall
2.0
Caring
1.0
Motivational
1.0
Knowledgeable
3.0
Honest
1.0
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Out for himself treats his son on the team as a god
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