Kathy Taylor Reviews

Another epic fail for Colgate Women’s Lacrosse, embarrassing is an understatement!

This team has been systematically broken down year on year under Kathy Taylor. To the point that they are now incapable of beating a decent D3 team. Kathy Taylor might have been a very good D2 coach but whatever magic she had is long gone. (which was likely easily recruited great talent in the upstate New York market at a lower academic school masking mediocre coaching- but I digress). More specifically, Taylor makes zero in game and halftime adjustments. This Coach will see a train approaching literally from 2 miles away and continue to walk right into its path. Virtually every game in 2024 the opponent outshoots Colgate 3 to 1. The defense plays a soft man to man coverage leading to inordinate amounts of free shooting space calls and after going down by 4 or 5 goals they then try to increase man to man pressure leading to numerous passes to cutters scoring or just one on one breakdowns leading to 10 point or more losses. The offense is simply scared to make a mistake and are in the bottom 5 percent in the country in shots attempted , goals made, one of the absolute worst in D1 in turnovers and one of the worst in the country in draw controls. Kathy Taylor is the head coach and solely accountable for the outcomes of this program. Whether your are in the tiny fraction of parents who like her or not and no matter how one feels about former and current players allegations of abuse by her, coaches are ultimately judged on wins and losses. And don’t give me “well there are other things more important than wins and loses”, because these kids were all academic high performers coming into college and would achieve off the field in any environment. Team GPA has been consistent and high well before Coach Taylor was hired. In sum, Kathy Taylor you should do the proper thing and step aside for the program to move forward and the ladies who remain to have any chance of salvaging a true student athlete experience. Sometimes true leadership requires selfless sacrifice. Colgate, if Kathy Taylor does not resign, which she likely should have already, you have a professional responsibility to immediately relieve her of her duties for those 20 plus student athletes who prematurely left the program under her leadership and the 20+ current players (at least half of which loathe the day they decided to play under this coach).

Colgate University supports this constant abusive behavior over and over. Coach Taylor may have a handful of foolish followers, but the truth is she creates a toxic environment plays mental games with our daughters during each practice and during game time decisions! Don’t send your daughter to Colgate! Speak to the other athletes she is a SHAM, scam artist and clearly a legend in her own mind!! Don’t go to COLGATE

Horrible program. Horrible coaching. Team is miserable. Freshman transfer while you can before it's too late. The only happy sophomore from last year's squad is the kid that transferred to Vanderbilt!

As a parent and a Women's lacrosse fan it amazes me how KT keeps doing the same thing over and over and over with no results and thinks it is going to work. Good coaching teaches and demands discipline and implements a system that helps the team be better at maintaining possession. Winning teams usually double the number of turnovers in their shot total. Teams are taking triple their turnovers in shots against Colgate. Colgate 28 shots to 37 turnovers in two games says it all. Can't win games when you are not taking shots and don't have possession of the ball. It was the same last year, hopefully something changes. Transfer portal is looking like a real option for many.

Colgate has allowed Coach Taylor to continue to be a terrible leader the program is broken no money asking for fund raising by parents for “away”travel . She will tear down your daughter. Do your homework ask questions !!

If your daughter is being recruited by Kathy Taylor please ask any of the players on the team if Kathy Taylor has had a positive impact on them in any way. You will be lucky if any of them could think of one thing to say.

I am a parent of a former player- key facts about Coach Taylor- 1) she is a narcissist 2) her main plot is to manipulate her players, ultimate puppet master! 3) evil ugly person 4) views her team in a pyramid form , if you in her eyes are on the bottom you are not WORTHY! Stay away!! Call email Instagram other players! Find out what is the real truth about this TOXIC program!

If your daughter has JUST committed or is considering committing, for the mental and physical wellbeing of your daughter ask questions about this program,seek out and ask WHY the athletes are quitting?!!! Your daughter will suffer she manipulates them , they start to question their worth. A smart coach will grow with her team, give them tough love as well as strong leadership . Her assistants sadly don’t have any say and therefore can’t influence Coach Taylor to be a better coach and person. There are many great Patriot League lacrosse programs seek others!

If your daughter is being recruited by Coach Taylor do your daughter a favor and look elsewhere! As a parent you should be looking for a coach that will have your daughter's best interest in mind. You will definitely not get that at Colgate. I do not see how the University will extend her contract so with any luck your daughter will end up playing for a different coach. I wish my daughter never heard of coach Taylor... If I could turn back the clock, I would have begged her to accept one of the other offers. For the record KT did not ask the attacker to play goalie. The attacker (that never played goal before) volunteered to play goalie for her TEAMMATES not for the coach.

Very honest experience with Coach Taylor I am a parent my daughter plays for her currently she is the master of head games, please reconsider my daughter is looking to leave the team! She is a terrible human being- consider and go to another school

Lacrosse Travel teams are all being notified don’t send your athletes to Colgate under Coach Taylor. Freshman Stars in the portal (Coach Taylor recruits) toxic environment. Don’t play at Colgate stay away ask questions ! Colgate administration allowed this!!

Stay far away. Manipulative. Always waiting for the next Freshman class

How long will Colgate University keep this going?

My daughter is currently on the team. If your daughter is committed to play for KT please have her ask the current players if they are happy playing for her. I would be shocked if you get one athlete to say they are. The culture created by this coach is toxic. She will suck your daughters love for the game out of her. Lets look at KT record...it is horrible for someone trying to build a program. In her first year (3-4) = 43%, second year (5-6) =46%, third year (6-12) =33% & fourth year (4-11) =27%. Thats 35% winning percentage over four seasons. Makes zero in game adjustments, KT formulates a game plan and stands there watching it not work. Her roster was so depleted this year from women quitting the team she had an attacker that has never played goalie suit up and get between the pipes. I don't think that has ever happened at a D1 program and KT & the Colgate AD should be embarrassed that it did. Let's not forget the BU game this year where KT did zero pregame on game day and went out to the sidelines 20 minutes before first draw and was a spectator on the sideline basically gave up on the team in a game that turns out to be the one that cost them a playoff spot. I feel sorry for the assistant coaches I am sure they are treated as poorly as the athletes. I really do not know how much longer Colgate can keep her as the HC. If my daughter did not love Colgate she would transfer out. My advice to anyone committed to play at Colgate for KT explore any option you have to go elsewhere.

As a follow up to Coach Taylor’s record!- Colgates record 2015 10-6 2016 8-9 2017 6-9 2018 10-7 2019 8-10 2020 Kathy Taylor 3-4 2021 5-6 2022 6-12 2023 4-10 She has done NOTHING for the culture,morale or the program! Colgate is ranked 67 nationally Prior to Coach Taylor they were ranked in the 50’s nationally!! Why is she still employed?

Let’s review what Coach Taylor and her assistants have done for this program! What has their record been ? Nothing to speak of, where does this program rank not higher since she has taken over this program! How can Colgate attract top recruits with this baggage they are continuing to carry. Have alumni supported this team? She has broken many of these young ladies many many stories have been told. Colgate needs to start listening! How can she still be employed? Her record is awful!!

Let me start by stating I am a parent, of a former Colgate LAX player under Coach Taylor. The freshman and sophomore classes have seen the "newly investigated " Coach Taylor, she is obviously under watch and there fore is behaving "normally" . Some parents have bashed these brave young women for coming out with their stories of abuse, if it were not for them, the underclassmen would be victims as well. Stop "hating on them " and be supportive! Women should support women, not break them and knock them down! Colgate shame on you !

Kathy Taylor and her midget husband have obviously lawyered up! Beware don’t go to Colgate she will destroy you and break you!! Sick sick woman!

Manipulates and marginalizes those players who do not match her myopic view of an athlete. Makes insensitive comments and racial microaggressions. Isolates, intimidates and shames young players, rather than supporting and developing them in a positive way. Student athletes should be protected from coaches like her.

As a parent, I felt it necessary to state the facts here. Coach Taylor has divided this team , she is claiming they need to choose their paths etc.. and not have a divided team YET she has a meeting with the Freshman ONLY after yesterdays game by the DUMSTER stating if you want us to stay please get it on social media!! What desperation looks like? Stop dividing the team walk away and let them each have the experience they all deserve at Colgate! Coach Taylor please take some accountability, 20+athletes have left the program since you started , stop blaming them! Stop sending messages to the team asking for support when you have given none!!

As a father of an amazing daughter who was coached by Coach Taylor I felt the need to opine. No doubt she has knowledge of the game (she has over 25yrs coaching), this is not the issue at hand. Coach Taylor is very smart at manipulating, dividing her athletes, she pits them against eachother, perhaps that is her “old fashioned approach “, BUT that doesn’t build a team, help them each grow individually and surely doesn’t add value to the team culture. My daughter has witnessed many of the claims against Coach Taylor, she is a leader that has taken it too far, injuries, mental health, body shaming and the list goes on. These young women are afraid of retaliation from Coach Taylor and her assistants. Colgate University needs shield and protect their athletes . The outside investigation was supposedly not shared with the coach, but she clearly has targeted many . How can a lacrosse program continue with so much “headline risk”. Time to cut their losses!

This is response to the USA Today "Investigation" as well as to some of your reader's feedback. Kathy was our daughter's High School coach a few years prior to her move to SUNY Cortland. Our daughter was not a starter and fought through some injuries on those powerhouse teams. Did our daughter always love her - no - but she fully appreciated that Kathy was motivated to bring out the best in her athletes for the benefit of the TEAM. Had this USA Today Investigative Team interviewed the departing (and many) retained athletes after Syracuse University fired Greg Robinson as football coach, replacing him with Doug Marrone , there would have been a similar one-sided flavor to that article. (A feel-good coach leading an undisciplined program for his polar opposite.) The article holds Colgate out as almost a Mecca for Division I Women's Lax athletes. That is simply not the case, as the team's record over the 13 years prior to Kathy's arrival reflects. Is Division I different from Division III (SUNY Cortland} and II (LeMoyne) ? Absolutely, athletic scholarships to a highly selective, expensive University is a blessing (not without a downside for sure). Did Colgate hope to improve their program? Get more "bang for their buck" with their scholarship money? Did they seek out a coach with a record of success running disciplined programs? I'm guessing the answer to all three is yes. Kathy had athletes from our High School, years after she left, applying to play for her at SUNY Cortland. They and their parents were well aware of her expectations and style. I was glad to see that the limited positive input did include that of an athlete who chose to transfer from SUNY Cortland to LeMoyne in order to finish her career with Kathy. There is no excuse for body shaming and pushing injured athletes back into practice into play - if that is accurate, there must be consequences. But, encouraging an accomplished player to gain strength and weight in order to become an even better athlete? Isn't that in the best interests of the athlete and team? The article shared some background and game stats for some of the better starters for the team. Were they asked to modify their play for the overall benefit of the team? Did they resent this? Some of your readers have also weighed in with gay-shaming? There were some gay athletes on my daughter's team - there was NONE of that. The 6 Seniors were clear on the fact that did not like playing for Kathy. Not mentioned in the article were the circumstances of their prior coach's departure. Given the team's record, one would expect that it was not harmonious. No doubt, resentment for this may have played a part in their acceptance of the transition. To what extent did this attitude metastasize to the rest of the team? Our daughter played for four coaches in High School and College. Would her College program have benefitted from having Kathy as coach, particularly the last two years? Would she have welcomed a return to her disciplined coaching style for improved TEAM success? Absolutely. With attorney involvement on both sides, obtaining more balance for this article would have been difficult. To publish it primarily amplifying the grievances of the athletes who volunteered, with little effort to provide any perspective, feasting on low-hanging fruit, is BAD Journalism!

This post is to address the comment on "growing thicker skin", with all due respect these young ladies have "thick skin", they dealt with her abuse , and they are also "advocates for themselves and others", they should be commended on their strength to come forward. Bravo!

Should never be in front of young women again. She is a sick narcissist. The report that Colgate has and won’t let any parent is telling. The independent investigator Colgate hired is questionable (he previously worked with KT son in law) Not sure this investigation was Fair and Equitable. Abuse is abuse- don’t misconstrue and label these young women as weak or whiney. They were abused. Get the facts, get the documents and question why she is employed.