Purdue University
ACHA M3 • ICHC
Date: July 10, 2023
Would Recommend
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I write this as a warning to any recruit or interested player. Drew Roff is NOT someone you want to be coached by. On paper, he looks like a great guy and a big family man. When I first started talking to him, nothing seemed to be wrong and he seemed like a genuine coach, hence I committed to play for his program. But the minute you become a player in his program, you become subjected to his emotional abuse and straight up manipulation. So many people enter his program with such a love for the sport and end up leaving completely burned out and hating the game. He prides himself on knowing his players on a deeper level and being super approachable but that could not be further from the truth. Aside from maybe 3-4 players on the team, he does not care to learn anything about who you are. He consistently lies and then tries to manipulate players into thinking they are the problem. Also, do not trust anything he says in the recruiting process. Every single player he talks to he promises the world and once he actually gets you on campus that could not be further from the truth. And before this gets dismissed as someone who was upset they didn't get playing time or whatever he tries to say when people speak up about his toxic coaching and manipulation...this is coming from someone who was a starter and got some serious awards and accolades. I can't even imagine the experience of the people who don't play and those who he does not value (which he makes no point to hide from what I've witnessed). Furthermore, not only is he a horrible coach, but there are some pretty disturbing things that also take place in that program. In short, if you are looking to be coached under him, go somewhere else, it is not worth your mental health and sanity.