Eastern Michigan University
ACHA W2 • NULL
Date: July 12, 2024
Would Recommend
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To keep it short (ish), Eastern has a great group of girls on the swim team. The majority of girls are very real and genuinely care for each other, the problem is when drama inevitably arises Derek has no clue how to handle it. He has no clue how to handle girls with injuries, girls with insecurities, girls that are under performing and pretty much just girls in general. If you are not one of the favorites, then you will not get attention at practice from the coaches in a positive and helpful way, period. There is so much potential with this team, and this program has such a great history and really good support within the athletic staff - Derek just needs to go. His way of coaching and mentality is simply not suited for this program and it is damaging the college careers of many athletes that come through. I could give countless examples of why he should not be coaching this team - and I don’t consider my experience to be the worst especially compared to some of the girls I’ve seen him treat terribly. He does have some okay swim knowledge, but thats about where I draw the line with positives. As the years have gone by he seems to care less and less in the way he tries to motivate the team, and its really unfortunate to see a team of girls with great potential get no results because of the way we were coached, tapered, and treated overall.