John Russo

18 Reviews
Overall Recommendation
39%
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Hofstra University - Hempstead, NY

Men's Baseball Head Coach
Division: NCAA DI
Conference: Colonial

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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: March 24, 2020
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2.0
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Coach Russo is a good guy and is good to his players but is not good enough to win at the division 1 level. He has had a decade of losing seasons at Hofstra.
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Date: March 24, 2020
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Coach Russo is a good guy and is good to his players but is not good enough to win at the division 1 level. He has had a decade of losing seasons at Hofstra.
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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: March 22, 2020
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2.8
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A great guy and a players coach. He does play favorites but so does every coach. Not sure that he can coach a winning club with his style. There has been problems winning with him. Many people have mixed opinions and has been known to be skeptical of paying to play.
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2.8
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Date: March 22, 2020
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A great guy and a players coach. He does play favorites but so does every coach. Not sure that he can coach a winning club with his style. There has been problems winning with him. Many people have mixed opinions and has been known to be skeptical of paying to play.
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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: November 10, 2019
By Verified Athlete
4.8
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A player's coach. He is very straight forward and honest with you. He wants the best for his players and truly cares about them.
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Date: November 10, 2019
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A player's coach. He is very straight forward and honest with you. He wants the best for his players and truly cares about them.
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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: August 23, 2017
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3.8
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Date: August 23, 2017
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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: August 23, 2017
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3.4
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Date: August 23, 2017
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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: August 23, 2017
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3.8
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Date: August 23, 2017
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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: August 23, 2017
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Date: August 23, 2017
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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: August 23, 2017
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3.0
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Date: August 23, 2017
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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: June 5, 2017
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1.2
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If you're from long island and connected in ways that can help him then this may not be a bad choice ... if you enjoy losing. His favoritism is awful, his hitting knowledge is even worse and he won't be there much longer. I've never seen daddy ball at the college level but I do remember it when I was 7. It's worse here.
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Date: June 5, 2017
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If you're from long island and connected in ways that can help him then this may not be a bad choice ... if you enjoy losing. His favoritism is awful, his hitting knowledge is even worse and he won't be there much longer. I've never seen daddy ball at the college level but I do remember it when I was 7. It's worse here.
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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: April 2, 2017
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3.0
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Not too bad of a coach
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Date: April 2, 2017
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Not too bad of a coach
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Date: April 2, 2017
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3.0
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Date: April 2, 2017
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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: April 2, 2017
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4.8
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Date: April 2, 2017
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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: April 2, 2017
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2.2
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Date: April 2, 2017
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Date: April 2, 2017
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4.2
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Coach Russo is a complete player's coach but sometimes makes questionable decisions. Overall average coach.
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Date: April 2, 2017
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Coach Russo is a complete player's coach but sometimes makes questionable decisions. Overall average coach.
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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: April 2, 2017
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4.2
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Date: April 2, 2017
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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: February 14, 2017
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1.4
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John Russo is the worst coach I have played for in my career. Not only is he not honest but he is extremely two faced. He knows next to nothing on the game of baseball, and ruins the game for his players. He is unfit to run a division 1 program let alone coach kids. Along with that he basically responds to a parent who donates.
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Date: February 14, 2017
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John Russo is the worst coach I have played for in my career. Not only is he not honest but he is extremely two faced. He knows next to nothing on the game of baseball, and ruins the game for his players. He is unfit to run a division 1 program let alone coach kids. Along with that he basically responds to a parent who donates.
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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: October 22, 2016
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1.6
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John Russo is the worst coach in the CAA and may be the worst coach in the northeast. He relies on a booster parent who runs the team in a GM role proving players, coaches, facilities and who knows what else. It reminded me of daddy ball when I was in middle school. All to help one player reach his and the dad's goals. If you're not from LI do not go here. You will hate baseball soon after Russo and his cronies start coaching you. Stay away, his record speaks for itself.
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Date: October 22, 2016
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John Russo is the worst coach in the CAA and may be the worst coach in the northeast. He relies on a booster parent who runs the team in a GM role proving players, coaches, facilities and who knows what else. It reminded me of daddy ball when I was in middle school. All to help one player reach his and the dad's goals. If you're not from LI do not go here. You will hate baseball soon after Russo and his cronies start coaching you. Stay away, his record speaks for itself.
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Men's Baseball Head Coach

Date: September 3, 2015
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Date: September 3, 2015
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