University of Saint Joseph
NCAA DIII • GNAC
Date: December 4, 2023
Would Recommend
Stacie Wentz was an abysmal Cross Country coach. She overworked and injured over half the Mens team at USJ. She constantly thought athletes were lying about injuries and illnesses. Only 3 men on the team were able to compete in every race during the season because every other member was injured and could not race at one point or another. Instead of having direct one on one confrontations with athletes about issues she would attempt to use the upper class men to confront them for her. Constantly Passive aggressive. If you were not the top runner there was about a 50% chance she would be at the finish line waiting for you to come through, and if she did end up being there it was about a 50% chance that she would cheer you on when you kicked in. When getting dinner the night before the conference championship meet she told her athletes the budget was 15 dollars and then proceeded to order a 25 dollar meal. Constantly reminds her athletes how grateful they should be to be coached by her. Seems to only wants athletes to succeed for her own recognition. After the conference championship meet she was so upset at the teams performance that when we got back to campus she didn't give an end of the season speech, and instead told us to put the tent away and then proceeded to get in her car and take off without saying a word to us about the meet or the season. Preaches about how communication is so important but is extremely unapproachable and would get very angry with athletes if they said anything that was not exactly what she wanted to hear. Cannot connect with her athletes. Has told her athletes that she is not paid very much and has said "I don't get paid enough for this", needless to say but it is wildly unprofessional to tell your athletes that. The team culture was Us vs. Her. To be fair one of the positive things about her was that she is really passionate about the sport but unfortunately passion does not make you better at coaching.