Stephen Frazier-Wong

49 Reviews
Overall Recommendation
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Clemson University - Clemson, SC

Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach
Division: NCAA DI
Conference: Atlantic Coast | ACC

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Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach

Awful Coach, He should not be a d1 head coach

Date: December 8, 2023
By Parent
2.2
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It’s time for Ted to be promoted to head coach and Stephen should be fired. Every problem that comes from the coaching staff starts with Stephen. The program will never make it to ncaa’s with him as the head coach.
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Awful Coach, He should not be a d1 head coach

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It’s time for Ted to be promoted to head coach and Stephen should be fired. Every problem that comes from the coaching staff starts with Stephen. The program will never make it to ncaa’s with him as the head coach.
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Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach

Time for Stephen to be Fired

Date: November 6, 2023
By Other
2.2
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It is time for Clemson Rowing to have a new coach. The environment he creates is absolutely terrible, and he dehumanizes his athletes. On a team with girls that really do care about their academics and the sport, it is never good enough for him. Stephen constantly reminds the team that they are not doing enough and are not working hard enough, when it is him that is the issue. There will be team guidelines for hitting standard and being able to race, but then he decides to pick and choose who has to follow those guidelines. Stephen acts like the girls are robots and doesn't allow for them to be humans. It is quite sad the amount of girls who get told lies during recruitment, then come to Clemson and see the truth of things. I understand that this is a division one sport, and there has to be hard work, but there is a fine line between being a hard/fair coach, and outright being a terrible coach. When girls who are great at the sport and love rowing are quitting the time one after another, it is time to really focus on the main person who is the problem.
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Time for Stephen to be Fired

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It is time for Clemson Rowing to have a new coach. The environment he creates is absolutely terrible, and he dehumanizes his athletes. On a team with girls that really do care about their academics and the sport, it is never good enough for him. Stephen constantly reminds the team that they are not doing enough and are not working hard enough, when it is him that is the issue. There will be team guidelines for hitting standard and being able to race, but then he decides to pick and choose who has to follow those guidelines. Stephen acts like the girls are robots and doesn't allow for them to be humans. It is quite sad the amount of girls who get told lies during recruitment, then come to Clemson and see the truth of things. I understand that this is a division one sport, and there has to be hard work, but there is a fine line between being a hard/fair coach, and outright being a terrible coach. When girls who are great at the sport and love rowing are quitting the time one after another, it is time to really focus on the main person who is the problem.
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Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach

Stephen needs to go or al the very least change everything about the toxic environment he creates for the entire rowing team.

Date: October 25, 2023
By Other
1.6
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He continues to expect things to change, while not making any changes. He is entirely unfair in his approach to coaching and refuses to listen to anything his rowers tell him. He does not respect that these are COLLEGE athletes by not putting academics first. He also does not seem to understand that people can grow and develop their skills, one test and that is all you are for your entire college rowing career. When everyone on the entire team thinks what you are doing is wrong, how can you expect to create a good environment? It's time he either step down or take a long look at the way he coaches, because it is extremely ineffective to the point of being detrimental to the rowers mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
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Stephen needs to go or al the very least change everything about the toxic environment he creates for the entire rowing team.

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He continues to expect things to change, while not making any changes. He is entirely unfair in his approach to coaching and refuses to listen to anything his rowers tell him. He does not respect that these are COLLEGE athletes by not putting academics first. He also does not seem to understand that people can grow and develop their skills, one test and that is all you are for your entire college rowing career. When everyone on the entire team thinks what you are doing is wrong, how can you expect to create a good environment? It's time he either step down or take a long look at the way he coaches, because it is extremely ineffective to the point of being detrimental to the rowers mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
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Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach

Look at other universities or establish a relationship with a mental health provider.

Date: November 2, 2022
By Parent
1.2
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Does not give feedback, encouragement, or praise. Leads by intimidation. Favoritism rather than athletic ability used to establish roster.
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Look at other universities or establish a relationship with a mental health provider.

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Date: November 2, 2022
By Parent
Does not give feedback, encouragement, or praise. Leads by intimidation. Favoritism rather than athletic ability used to establish roster.
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Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach

Clemson

Date: May 2, 2022
By Athlete
3.0
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not the best I am jus.
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Date: May 2, 2022
By Athlete
not the best I am jus.
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Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach

Date: September 21, 2020
By Verified Athlete
2.8
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Date: September 21, 2020
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Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach

Date: April 27, 2020
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4.8
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Very open if needed help with anything
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Date: April 27, 2020
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Very open if needed help with anything
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Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach

Date: June 30, 2019
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4.0
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Date: June 30, 2019
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Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach

Date: April 14, 2019
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5.0
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Date: April 14, 2019
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Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach

Date: November 21, 2017
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2.8
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Date: November 21, 2017
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Date: November 21, 2017
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2.8
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Date: November 21, 2017
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Date: November 21, 2017
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3.0
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Date: November 21, 2017
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Date: November 21, 2017
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4.8
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Can come across as quiet and reserved at first, but has a great passion for this psort and the team. Great to talk one-on-one.
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Date: November 21, 2017
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Can come across as quiet and reserved at first, but has a great passion for this psort and the team. Great to talk one-on-one.
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Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach

Date: October 29, 2017
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1.8
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Does not communicate. Is not consistent. Doesn't trust his own judgement.
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Date: October 29, 2017
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Does not communicate. Is not consistent. Doesn't trust his own judgement.
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Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach

Date: October 25, 2017
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2.6
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Date: October 25, 2017
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Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach

Date: October 24, 2017
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3.4
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Date: October 24, 2017
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Date: October 23, 2017
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2.8
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Date: October 23, 2017
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Date: October 23, 2017
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1.6
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Plays favorites, talks behind the backs of his rowers to other teammates, literally makes no sense, doesn't communicate with the team.
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Date: October 23, 2017
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Plays favorites, talks behind the backs of his rowers to other teammates, literally makes no sense, doesn't communicate with the team.
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Date: October 23, 2017
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4.2
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Knowledgeable and good one-on-one. Helpful if you show you're trying to improve. Doesn't have time for people who are just there to mess around
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Date: October 23, 2017
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Knowledgeable and good one-on-one. Helpful if you show you're trying to improve. Doesn't have time for people who are just there to mess around
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Date: October 23, 2017
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1.8
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Only good in small groups but that's not always. Has told some people that he is uncomfortable being around this many girls.
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Date: October 23, 2017
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Only good in small groups but that's not always. Has told some people that he is uncomfortable being around this many girls.
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Date: October 23, 2017
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2.0
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Date: October 23, 2017
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Date: October 23, 2017
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2.4
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SFW took over my senior year. Terrible transition and way to end my rowing career of 8 years. No respect for team traditions. Got the sense he was embarrassed by our performance, and thought making the team feel bad about losses was a way to motivate. Relationship with alumni is pitiful. Rowing is a family, insulting to forget about us once we left
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Date: October 23, 2017
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SFW took over my senior year. Terrible transition and way to end my rowing career of 8 years. No respect for team traditions. Got the sense he was embarrassed by our performance, and thought making the team feel bad about losses was a way to motivate. Relationship with alumni is pitiful. Rowing is a family, insulting to forget about us once we left
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Date: October 23, 2017
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2.6
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Though he is knowledgeable about rowing, he doesn't know how to communicate that to the team as a whole. One on one he does a better job of connecting. I personally don't find his leadership or coaching styles to be motivational, so thankfully we have 4 other coaches to go to for that.
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Date: October 23, 2017
By Verified Athlete
Though he is knowledgeable about rowing, he doesn't know how to communicate that to the team as a whole. One on one he does a better job of connecting. I personally don't find his leadership or coaching styles to be motivational, so thankfully we have 4 other coaches to go to for that.
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Date: October 23, 2017
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3.2
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Caring
2
Motivational
2
Knowledgeable
5
Honest
4
Overall
Caring
Motivational
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Honest
3
2
2
5
4
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3.2
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Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach

Overall
3
Caring
2
Motivational
2
Knowledgeable
5
Honest
4
Overall
Caring
Motivational
Knowledgeable
Honest
3
2
2
5
4
Date: October 23, 2017
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Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach

Date: October 23, 2017
By Verified Athlete
2.0
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No
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Overall
2
Caring
1
Motivational
1
Knowledgeable
3
Honest
3
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Caring
Motivational
Knowledgeable
Honest
2
1
1
3
3
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2.0
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Women's Crew/Rowing Head Coach

Overall
2
Caring
1
Motivational
1
Knowledgeable
3
Honest
3
Overall
Caring
Motivational
Knowledgeable
Honest
2
1
1
3
3
Date: October 23, 2017
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