Minnesota State University (Moorhead)
ACHA M2 • NULL
Date: July 22, 2023
Would Recommend
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My experience with this coach was highly negative. This coach came into my swim career during my junior year of swimming. I had mild-intense shoulder problems but had worked with previous coaching staff to modify workouts. I was mostly kicking the swim workouts and focusing on sprints. During my junior year with this coach I tried over 5 different types of hybrid training. The head coach switched the training every 2-3 weeks depending on his mood. This head coach was constantly yelling or screaming at his athletes. I was in the athletic training room for shoulder rehab about an hour each day. The head coach did little to accommodate what the athletic trainers would advise or ask when in terms of training with the given shoulder problems I was having. I cried almost everyday during my junior year of swimming. My next year swimming was filled of getting yelled at for schedule conflicts, as well as lack of “commitment” to my team. I ended up quitting the team 2 months before conference. The athletic trainers had told me that if I had kept swimming that I would not be able to lift anything above my head if I continued swimming during my last year. I asked the coach if I would be able to manage the swim team to help get split times, manage food and hotel orders, and more. I was told that if I wasn’t going to swim then I did not have a place on the team. 0/10 do NOT recommend this coach.