Indiana University (Indianapolis)
NAIA • RSC
Date: April 12, 2026
Would Recommend
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I was really close with Coach Mandy and it was evident Coach Beirne didn’t like that players went to her. I truly believe Coach Mandy was the reason we had a successful season last year. It was clear her and Coach Beirne didn’t see eye to eye on most things so players started to listen more to Coach Mandy. I believe if she would have called the pitches last year we might have won the conference. I personally don’t think Coach Beirne knows what she’s doing. She has a big ego and a big mouth. She’s constantly chirping at umpires about plays that are in the past. What she says after games rarely makes sense and are often condescending to what she has said previously. We have tried to call out that maybe we aren’t doing what we are supposed to be doing and instead of listening she gets super super defensive. At one point of the season multiple of my teammates were crying in the circle bc of degrading things Coach Beirne said. She’s out of touch and not motivating at all. She constantly brings up the past and what happened last year- leaving out the part that Coach Mandy largely held the entire team together. We have a very dysfunctional team because Coach Beirne lets players party and do what they want. Those players are largely rewarded with playing time. Coach Beirne has clear favorites and how she writes the lineup over and over makes zero sense. She micromanages everything to the point of making everything confusing. She doesn’t treat current players or assistant coaches with any respect. It’s clear to see that she thinks she’s better than she is. I would think you would want to create a cohesive team but she does the exact opposite. She’s told us that she only needs 5 players to buy into her. Its truly the Coach Beirne show. She constantly talks about herself, how she hated practice as a player and how she was an avid partier. Why is this something she preaches to us? Then turns around and yells that WE ARENT SHOWING UP. At this point it’s all laughable. That’s all you can do is laugh. She’s made the games, practice and any softball related function beyond miserable. Literally everyone is miserable. Lazy players are rewarded in this program. There is no discipline what so ever. We have a hitting coach that is overruled by Coach Beirne telling players how to swing and what to do. Myself and others value the opinions of our assistants by they get zero voice or say in anything. I think that’s rude and unprofessional. We’ve had players drink the night before games and girls who are consistently hungover on our bus trips. There’s so much drama within the team it is toxic. This practically mirrors Coach Beirne’s actions. She’s very negative and always talks behind players backs. She puts down other athletic teams and coaches literally in front of us. Coach Beirne has chosen players in leadership positions that should not be in them. We were pre seasoned ranked to be the second best team in the conference and started the season off really strong. Coach Beirne’s constant negativity and unwillingness to change on top of dysfunction she allows to continue to happen has tanked us this year. We have a non existent team culture and at this point we are just going through the motions. It’s beyond frustrating and mentally draining to deal with on top of school work and daily life.