University of West Florida
NCAA DII • GSC
Date: April 8, 2024
Would Recommend
Wonderful university in a great location. Tennis team suffer under a lack of leadership. How unfortunate the coach rarely is there during trainings but is more interested in his pickleball. If a player is struggling with anything tennis wise, there is no one to one to help you improve your technique. No investment in the tennis during the off season travelling to play other universities and hardly any warm up matches during the season. It is a heavily based S American team so if you come from Europe you are warned, they like to stick to themselves and are very exclusive to anyone who does not speak their language, even on court the language spoken is Spanish. The current assistant coach Irene has ruined the team culture, she is verbally abusive to team players, is not professional, has her favourites and is disrespectful, has a temper and if you are injured you have to fight to get clearance. Both her and coach are under pressure to perform and they take their stress and frustrations out on the team. Team is renowned in the athletic domain at UWF to be toxic and divisive. If there is a better mix of Europeans and S Americans with new leadership in place, this could be an amazing place to start a tennis journey. When you see a womens tennis team suffering from eating disorders and on anxiety medication and there is deep unhappiness with numerous players you know that this is rotten to the core. As a parent I urge you to find a coach who at the very least would pick you up from the airport, help you find accommodation and take an active interest in your tennis . It is with regret that i write this but as a parent I would not wish any young woman to have to experience this level of bullying. Its all smoke and mirrors in this place.