University of South Carolina Beaufort
NCAA DII • PBC
Date: July 20, 2022
Would Recommend
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Very mixed feelings about Jeff. Liking his coaching style will depend on what type of swimmer you are. He likes to pit swimmers against each other when it comes to deciding who will travel to meets, which created a very uncomfortable and hostile environment in my opinion. But this is a common style for some swim coaches, so maybe in the long run it will pay off. But it was not good for the team environment, it made everything feel like a competition and added even more stress to a sport that is already pretty stressful to begin with. Priortizes academics over swimming, and as another review said you can tell that from the GPA drop. Minimal recovery practices which made training very exhausting in season. Randomly cut a bunch of people at the end of the season because they were "bad for the team culture" but didn't cut people that were even worse for the team culture. With all that being said he provides very valuable feedback on your strokes, and is very knowledgeable about the sport of swimming. You can tell he really wants his team to succeed, the path he is taking to get there is just a little questionable. Constantly told us how bad we were, but honestly we partially deserved it- this was most likely his way of motivating us and we were ranked at the bottom of the conference. But it was definitely a bit harsh to have your head coach talk trash to your face.