Derek Sapp

25 Reviews
Overall Recommendation
12%
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Seton Hall University - South Orange, NJ

Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach
Division: NCAA DI
Conference: Big East

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Overall
2.0
Caring
2.5
Motivational
1.6
Knowledgeable
1.9
Honest
2.2
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Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

False promises from the start

Date: March 23, 2022
By Verified Athlete
2.0
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Was told when the last coach left there was a large search for a new coach and of course they ended up hiring our assistant. Not a very talented communicator or motivator. Terribly hard to talk to about mental health.
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Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

False promises from the start

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Date: March 23, 2022
By Verified Athlete
Was told when the last coach left there was a large search for a new coach and of course they ended up hiring our assistant. Not a very talented communicator or motivator. Terribly hard to talk to about mental health.
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Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

Date: June 3, 2020
By Verified Athlete
3.8
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Derek is a very young head coach. He has some great experience in coaching stroke and sprint, and is working on his distance coaching abilities. He is one of the most caring coaches I have ever had and is trying to do the right thing even though sometimes it is hard to agree with his stance. He cares for the person not just the athlete.
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3.8
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Date: June 3, 2020
By Verified Athlete
Derek is a very young head coach. He has some great experience in coaching stroke and sprint, and is working on his distance coaching abilities. He is one of the most caring coaches I have ever had and is trying to do the right thing even though sometimes it is hard to agree with his stance. He cares for the person not just the athlete.
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Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

Date: April 17, 2020
By Verified Athlete
2.2
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Pretends the environment to be something that he did while it was of the efforts of the team. Lacking the social and intellectual ability to realize how he effects many of us under him, which typically is very poor impact causing much stress, anxiety, confusion, misunderstanding, and blames on others since he has hold in his "position of power"
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Date: April 17, 2020
By Verified Athlete
Pretends the environment to be something that he did while it was of the efforts of the team. Lacking the social and intellectual ability to realize how he effects many of us under him, which typically is very poor impact causing much stress, anxiety, confusion, misunderstanding, and blames on others since he has hold in his "position of power"
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Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

Date: March 10, 2020
By Verified Athlete
3.8
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Overall
4
Caring
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3
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3.8
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Motivational
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Date: March 10, 2020
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Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

Date: March 31, 2019
By Verified Athlete
3.2
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Derek is a new head coach. I swam for him when he was the assistant and then head coach.Derek cares about how swimmers preform but more importantly cares about their well being. As any first time head coach he has a lot to learn which comes with experiance.He is a strong sprint coach/his distance coaching has gotten better.Team atmosphere is great
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Motivational
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Date: March 31, 2019
By Verified Athlete
Derek is a new head coach. I swam for him when he was the assistant and then head coach.Derek cares about how swimmers preform but more importantly cares about their well being. As any first time head coach he has a lot to learn which comes with experiance.He is a strong sprint coach/his distance coaching has gotten better.Team atmosphere is great
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Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

Date: March 25, 2019
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2.0
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He was hired because the SHU administration is more interested in finding coach's that they can push around. From my understanding he was a great assistant coach but undertook a head coaching job to early in his career. Nice man though.
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Date: March 25, 2019
By Verified Athlete
He was hired because the SHU administration is more interested in finding coach's that they can push around. From my understanding he was a great assistant coach but undertook a head coaching job to early in his career. Nice man though.
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Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

Date: February 27, 2019
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2.0
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My recruiting was great because he was the assistant at the time.
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Date: February 27, 2019
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My recruiting was great because he was the assistant at the time.
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Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

Date: February 26, 2019
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1.4
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Date: February 26, 2019
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Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

Date: February 26, 2019
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1.2
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Date: February 26, 2019
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