University of Pennsylvania
ACHA M2 • CSCHC
Date: January 12, 2023
Would Recommend
Kirsten Becker is not only a horrible coach, but she is also a horrible person. She picks her favorites and then singles out athletes that she doesn't like and decides to humiliate them and pick on them in front of the entire team. She ruined my experience at Penn. She takes away the athletes love for the sport of gymnastics. Not only is she the absolute worst at communicating, but she also has zero respect for your time. She wants complete control of everything and everyone and doesn't let the athletes have any say. If one athlete tries to help another, she gets mad at them and says that it is the coaches job only. She doesn't care to ask how you are feeling or listen when you try to tell her. Athletes are scared to say that they don't feel well, or are in pain, or are extremely stressed. She expects gymnastics to be your number one priority at all times and should be more important than your academics...we are at an ivy league school for goodness sake! Her and the assistant coaches talk about athletes behind their backs with the other athletes. They live for drama. She creates a divided team culture of people who are her favorites and want to be friends with her and suck up to her vs. the people she hates and picks on and who aren't afraid to stand up to her. She only cares about winning and doesn't care what the cost of it is....if it costs you your happiness and your joy and your mental and physical health then so be it in her eyes. If you do Penn gymnastics you will become a powerless pawn in her vicious chess game.