Website ratemycoaches.com

I do not have an opinion on how accurate these sites are. If there is a small sample size I usually ignore it. Remember it is more likely that someone with a bad experience is more likely to use one of these sites than someone with a good experience.

Look at http://www.coachgrader.com/ as well and you can compare the two.

KC - I probably wouldn't put much confidence in the website. I haven't heard of a single college coach who doesn't have his detractors both inside and outside of the program and as was mentioned, those are the ones most likely to give input.

Its kind of like this. I have 5 managers who work for me. Every year, on supervisory feedback tools, the 1 or 2 angry (and often worst) employees make sure to fill out that survey. Kind of funny, because its pretty obvious by their comments who it is. The happy people fill them in at a far lower rate.

I would instead, if I were you, try and find some other families that you can talk too straight up about their experiences. I think you'll get a much more accurate view in those kinds of conversations.

A site like this sounds like a great place for parents and players with a grudge.

so true rjm

My dad was a college professor (recently retired) and he and I have talked about "rate my professor". He said that there is virtually no correlation between rate my professor and the internal surveys taken in class. The internal surveys, which every student fills out, presents a much more balanced perspective. RMP is primarily the kids who have a grudge + a few random inputs.

Since Rate my coach has far few entries (at least from the few coaches I looked up), I'd suggest it has even less validity.

KC-

I'm Matt, a co-founder at RateMyCoaches. Thanks for using our site!

Our ratings are fairly accurate because we receive submissions from players who both love and dislike their coach. In fact -- our ratings, as a whole, are positively skewed.

If the coach in question has several ratings dating back to 2009, the ratings most likely reflect what a team feels as a whole, rather than just one disgruntled player.

If you'd like, send me an email at matt@ratemycoaches.com and I can give you a behind-the-scenes outlook on this coach.

Hope to hear from you,

Matt