Davenport University
NCAA DII • GLIAC
Date: May 3, 2026
Would Recommend
Got handed a completely rebuilt program and has fumbled it because he’s a subpar travel ball director. Maybe instead of constantly going on vacation you should have actually worked with your team. Ronda knew this hire was going to happen years ago from my understanding. They just waited until the program was completely rebuilt to try to act like he did something. Quite the opposite actually. The on field decision making, costly low softball IQ and the mentality of playing everyone really shot this team in the foot. This is division 2 softball and instead of playing to WIN games he plays politics to try and appease people. When in reality if you played the best lineup consistently and didn’t make such terrible softball decisions this team would easily be in the upper half of the conference. This conference is significantly worse than previous seasons. I can’t comprehend how this team got swept by FSU 4 times. Jake the snake is sure happy this coaching staff took over because he couldn’t seem to beat the last one so he reverted to lying and stealing their pitcher. I have evidence that he also helped with the ousting of the last staff. All I wanted was my daughter to have a good experience playing and didn’t expect the politics and arrogance of this coach. I encourage anyone to watch a game and watch how Brad caches at third base. Terrible attitude and terrible body language. He is more motivated to argue calls than he is he to actually coach the game. I guess overall the most surprising aspect of this program now is all the lying and preaching of how Brad has made everything better. It’s like a political campaign of justification. Why is that the main focus? We have a very good, talented roster and the athletic department is more interested in putting the spotlight on Brad like he’s a hero. When in reality they should be putting the spotlight on the players. I believe they did the same thing last year with Ronda. I remember reading an article about how they surpassed wins from the previous season and the article made it seem like Ronda was the reason. What is actually wrong with this athletic department. Truthfully. From leadership to sports information. I’m starting to believe something is really mentally wrong with these people. There’s a reason why alums don’t come back and there’s a reason why so many people speak negatively about this school and program. I wish the hiring committee actually would have taken their time as I know many talented coaches applied for this position- even a guy who had won multiple championships and had multiple regional appearances at the division 2 level - he wasn’t even considered because it was already set in stone years prior by Ronda that Brad would get this job. Ronda seems to pretty hands off now though. Interesting how that all works. Not sure why she’s not criticizing what’s happening on the field. It’s been a year of p**s poor coaching all around and the rehiring of the pitching coach is also notably a big disaster. You have one of the best pitchers in the conference riding the bench because you have a pitching coach that doesn’t know what he’s doing. He caters to his certain favorites and everyone else is thrown to the wolves. Again, this entire experience has been like a poor, unstructured travel ball team. My daughters high school coach wouldn’t let his team leave the dugout in between doubleheaders so they would focus together as a team to win the next game. Brad has let our team scatter everywhere. It’s just not what we expected a division 2 experience would be and honestly I don’t know why I’m even shocked because we have coaches that have never coached division 2 softball so they simply are just providing their low level softball experiences so in reality Davenport leadership should be to blame. Such a disappointing coaching experience for us. I’ve heard a lot of negative comments about Brad when he was at the NAIA level but didn’t think much of it. Now I’m seeing and experiencing it first hand. He’s not a coach you want your daughter to play for. No growth or development is occurring here. Just politics, bad food pictures and a campaign to paint a picture that just isn’t truthful. Such a shame. I believe it’s time for DU leadership to be let go. I believe the entire athletic department will benefit from those changes. I wouldn’t have wasted my money on travel ball fees and traveling if I knew my daughter was coming to play for a rec ball coach at DU. It’s infuriating.