Matt Donovan Reviews

Matt Donovan

6 Reviews
Overall Recommendation
17%
negative

University of Maryland (Baltimore County) - Baltimore, MD

University of Illinois Chicago - Chicago, IL

University of Indianapolis - Indianapolis, IN

Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach, Field Events Coordinator, Senior Associate A.D. For Development
Division: NCAA DI
Conference: America East

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Overall
2.3
Caring
3.0
Motivational
1.7
Knowledgeable
2.2
Honest
2.8
Overall
Caring
Motivational
Knowledgeable
Honest
2.3
3.0
1.7
2.2
2.8
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Disorganized Poor Communication Cool Direct Fair
contact-phone788-3359

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2.4 out of 5
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Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

Passionate about swimming… not great with swimmers

Date: April 15, 2023
By Athlete
1.8
Average Rating
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No
negative
Overall
2
Caring
3
Motivational
1
Knowledgeable
2
Honest
1
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Motivational
Knowledgeable
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2
3
1
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Disorganized Poor Communication
Very hypocritical and lacks transparency. Says he doesn’t care about garbage yardage then proceeds to give garbage yardage. Complains about his workload, lashes out at swimmers, lacks empathy, and is a poor communicator. Only wants to deal with the “in the pool” matters and doesn’t not want to know personal details of swimmers outside of the pool.
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1.8
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Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

Passionate about swimming… not great with swimmers

Overall
2
Caring
3
Motivational
1
Knowledgeable
2
Honest
1
Overall
Caring
Motivational
Knowledgeable
Honest
2
3
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1
Date: April 15, 2023
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Disorganized Poor Communication
Very hypocritical and lacks transparency. Says he doesn’t care about garbage yardage then proceeds to give garbage yardage. Complains about his workload, lashes out at swimmers, lacks empathy, and is a poor communicator. Only wants to deal with the “in the pool” matters and doesn’t not want to know personal details of swimmers outside of the pool.
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Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

Awkward coach with no structure

Date: April 6, 2023
By Athlete
2.6
Average Rating
Recommended
No
negative
Overall
2
Caring
4
Motivational
2
Knowledgeable
2
Honest
3
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Motivational
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2
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3
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Cool Disorganized
Overall a coach that shouldn't be leading a team at the Division I level. Practices are not consistent with specific training for athletes. Very few swimmers were able to progress under him. Very awkward, and unable to communicate well with his team and hold swimmers and coaches accountable. Great assistant coaching staff but seems like they have no say.
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2.6
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No
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Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

Awkward coach with no structure

Overall
2
Caring
4
Motivational
2
Knowledgeable
2
Honest
3
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Caring
Motivational
Knowledgeable
Honest
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4
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3
Date: April 6, 2023
By Athlete
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Cool Disorganized
Overall a coach that shouldn't be leading a team at the Division I level. Practices are not consistent with specific training for athletes. Very few swimmers were able to progress under him. Very awkward, and unable to communicate well with his team and hold swimmers and coaches accountable. Great assistant coaching staff but seems like they have no say.
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Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

Cares about his swimmers but training style is simply outdated and generic-no individuality. Majority of swimmers have not progressed with him.

Date: April 6, 2023
By Athlete
2.6
Average Rating
Recommended
No
negative
Overall
2
Caring
3
Motivational
1
Knowledgeable
2
Honest
5
Overall
Caring
Motivational
Knowledgeable
Honest
2
3
1
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5
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Old School Mentality Passionate About Coaching Poor Communication Respectful To Players
A coach that cares about his swimmers but who’s training style lacks individuality. Seems we trained for open water swimming rather than specific races that we’ve specialized in. Believes yards+aerobic ability = success but yards swimming is far past that training style. Sets are mentally draining and the sets made the training environment negative.
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2.6
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Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

Cares about his swimmers but training style is simply outdated and generic-no individuality. Majority of swimmers have not progressed with him.

Overall
2
Caring
3
Motivational
1
Knowledgeable
2
Honest
5
Overall
Caring
Motivational
Knowledgeable
Honest
2
3
1
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5
Date: April 6, 2023
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Old School Mentality Passionate About Coaching Poor Communication Respectful To Players
A coach that cares about his swimmers but who’s training style lacks individuality. Seems we trained for open water swimming rather than specific races that we’ve specialized in. Believes yards+aerobic ability = success but yards swimming is far past that training style. Sets are mentally draining and the sets made the training environment negative.
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Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

Heavy on the yardage, passive coaching style, not a direct communicator

Date: April 5, 2023
By Athlete
2.6
Average Rating
Recommended
No
negative
Overall
3
Caring
3
Motivational
2
Knowledgeable
3
Honest
2
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Motivational
Knowledgeable
Honest
3
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Accessible Disorganized Fair Fitness Is Important Poor Communication
Not good at communication, often not paying attention during practices, “garbage yardage”, not motivating at meets, overall disorganized. You can tell he does care about his athletes and their success but does not show it well. Training is very generic and not very individualized, felt like I didn’t see as much improvement as I should’ve.
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2.6
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No
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Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

Heavy on the yardage, passive coaching style, not a direct communicator

Overall
3
Caring
3
Motivational
2
Knowledgeable
3
Honest
2
Overall
Caring
Motivational
Knowledgeable
Honest
3
3
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2
Date: April 5, 2023
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Accessible Disorganized Fair Fitness Is Important Poor Communication
Not good at communication, often not paying attention during practices, “garbage yardage”, not motivating at meets, overall disorganized. You can tell he does care about his athletes and their success but does not show it well. Training is very generic and not very individualized, felt like I didn’t see as much improvement as I should’ve.
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Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

Practice doesn’t change, mostly aerobic and a lot of volume, 0 anaerobic work

Date: April 5, 2023
By Athlete
1.0
Average Rating
Recommended
No
negative
Overall
1
Caring
1
Motivational
1
Knowledgeable
1
Honest
1
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Lying to his athletes, doesn’t care that much, not easily approached, bad communicator
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Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

Practice doesn’t change, mostly aerobic and a lot of volume, 0 anaerobic work

Overall
1
Caring
1
Motivational
1
Knowledgeable
1
Honest
1
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Caring
Motivational
Knowledgeable
Honest
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Date: April 5, 2023
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Lying to his athletes, doesn’t care that much, not easily approached, bad communicator
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Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

Matt has always been a very excited coach and loves to push his athletes

Date: April 5, 2023
By Athlete
3.8
Average Rating
Recommended
Yes
positive
Overall
4
Caring
4
Motivational
3
Knowledgeable
3
Honest
5
Overall
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Motivational
Knowledgeable
Honest
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4
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3
5
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Cool Direct Fair Old School Mentality Respectful To Players
Coach Matt is very caring but has a hard time expressing himself and what he wants. Overall though his way of training is great and I couldn’t ask for a better collegiate coach.
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3.8
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Women's Swimming & Diving Head Coach

Matt has always been a very excited coach and loves to push his athletes

Overall
4
Caring
4
Motivational
3
Knowledgeable
3
Honest
5
Overall
Caring
Motivational
Knowledgeable
Honest
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Date: April 5, 2023
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Cool Direct Fair Old School Mentality Respectful To Players
Coach Matt is very caring but has a hard time expressing himself and what he wants. Overall though his way of training is great and I couldn’t ask for a better collegiate coach.
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