Hiram College
NCAA DIII • NCAC
Date: April 11, 2024
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Michael is extremely knowledgeable about the sport and has a deep understanding of strength training. He knows how to create a competitive athlete and what to do to win. Michael is the type of coach who will push you to greatness. He will figure how what you need to do or change to reach your full potential, but he also puts part of the responsibility on the athlete to make those changes as well. It is hard for Micahel to devote individual time to athletes when he is the only full time coach and the director of aquatics, with a growing team. There is a lot he has to juggle with practices, recruiting, fundraising, meet scheduling, etc., and the only help he has is from Jason Groselle, a part time volunteer coach who has another job and a family. Michael relays heavily on his captains to do the work of a GA or assistant coach. Because of this, communication in certain areas is not great. The practices and overall atmosphere does feel like a Boys Club at times. Michael is still rather young himself, and is coach of both the men’s and women’s teams The needs of the women’s team are sometimes brushed aside or not taken as seriously as they need to be. Michael also tends to put more responsibility on the female captains than the male captains as well. Overall, Michael is a decent coach, he just needs a full time assistant coach (preferably a female coach) to help him with the load of a fast growing team. It is hard for just one person to cover many different roles so soon into their careers, and it is evident that an additional coach would be beneficial to athletes and to Michael’s coaching abilities.