Matt Centrowitz named director of XC/track & field at Manhattan College

AU Alumni wrote:

Verbal abuse daily. Assault on occasion. Financial improprieties. Recruiting oddietes. Running injured athletes.

I will not divulge stories on a message board as they may be personally identifiable. If there are any journalists reading this thread, my message to you is go digging, there is gold underneath these hills.

If your want to be transparent why don't you post your name? Seems to be an era of Me Too!

You failed the program and now you will do your best to take down Sr.

Come on gutless show us your colors.

Nobody would ever suggest he cared about the girls team or recommend their daughter or female athlete run for him. And I don’t think he deserves accolades for near misses. A lot is made about how he was a terrible recruiter, but he got some talented kids for a few years. People like Gaeta, Fennel, Hallinan, McCabe, Tshirhart, Jamieson were all legitimate recruits. They had fine careers (for the patriot league) but a better coach should have turned at least ONE of them into an all American.

Truth behold wrote:

AU Alumni wrote:

Verbal abuse daily. Assault. Financial improprieties. If there are any journalists reading this thread, my message to you is go digging, there is gold underneath these hills.

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We all know where the biggest gold rush was located... Put on your Levi’s and grab your pan...

. If your want to be transparent why don't you post your name? Seems to be an era of Me Too!

You failed the program and now you will do your best to take down Sr.

Come on gutless show us your colors.[/quote]

I think the #metoo analogy is quite appropriate here. I, along with other alumni that have contributed here, have experienced and witnessed the behavior that has been described throughout this thread. To this point, I have chosen to remain anonymous because I do not think it would be fair to air the dirty laundry of others without their approval.

Based on my experiences and the experience of my fellow alumni, I do not believe he should be lionized as a coach due to his coaching tactics, lack of recruiting for basically the last decade and lack of sustained success. Other small schools such as Portland and Iona have been able to maintain their programs’ successes instead of being a flash in the pan program.

I love that you point out guys that did not make AA but don’t mention Duffy, Emrani or O’brien Who all were all Americans. Fennell, Hallinan and jamieson all ran 3:43. They were really really good. Being an all American isn’t the only benchmark you can get an athlete to to be considered a successful coach.

What’s your criteria then? Three all Americans over 20 years? That’s not some kind of rare accomplishment. Plenty of coaches have done more with equal talent or less, and didn’t drive away all their other good runners in the process. Also, would be interested to hear about how the guys who liked centro were more prepared for career success. Plenty of the drop outs/transfers are doing quite well for themselves. No disrespect, but they’re doing more than massaging little Matt after his workouts and playing video games all day.

Selective reasoning wrote:

I love that you point out guys that did not make AA but don’t mention Duffy, Emrani or O’brien Who all were all Americans. Fennell, Hallinan and jamieson all ran 3:43. They were really really good. Being an all American isn’t the only benchmark you can get an athlete to to be considered a successful coach.

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Once an eagle mentioned the 3 all-Americans in track. The no all-Americans statement was presumably about XC which I corrected and added individuals (MacAdie 49 and Fennell 63rd-ish) that were close)

AU did record a few top-5 finishes in the 4xmile at Penn, and an indoor All-American DMR as well, along with a few millrose 4x8 wins (not that the latter is overly impressive).

Selective reasoning wrote:

I love that you point out guys that did not make AA but don’t mention Duffy, Emrani or O’brien Who all were all Americans. Fennell, Hallinan and jamieson all ran 3:43. They were really really good. Being an all American isn’t the only benchmark you can get an athlete to to be considered a successful coach.

I’m guessing you are one of those three? 3:43 is a great time. But getting a couple good recruits to run that fast doesn’t make somebody God’s gift to coaching. Just this year schools that had a 3:43 runner include Butler, Wyoming, Bradley, North Florida, Yale, Brown, Illinois State, and Liberty. If you looked over the entire span of Matt’s coaching career, it would not be rare to find programs outside the major conferences that produce runners that good every once in a while — or in the case of some of them, quite often.

It’s interesting how this thread has become the dirty dean complaining thread. If you were so unhappy why wait ten years to vent on a message board

Eagle Fan wrote:

It’s interesting how this thread has become the dirty dean complaining thread. If you were so unhappy why wait ten years to vent on a message board

I think I’ve been fair in my critiques. I have also provided some stats that have supported his on the track coaching.

I think he’s knowledgable with the X’s and O’s, but not great with the Steve’s and Joes hence the issues I’ve previously stated.

I have learned plenty from my time with the program and have tried to carry those lessons with me.

Listen guys, I “ran” for Centro for a few years. Was I a terrible runner? Yes. Did I learn anything? I don’t know. I was strictly B team and he only spoke to me twice, the first time was to ask me to hold the elevator and the second time he called me Jake. One time Sean Dash showed me his balls in the visiting team locker room though...

Please stop picking on coach.

Mr Peanutbutter wrote:

ICoachYouRun wrote:

https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/article/13034273/i-coach-you-run

This article is crazy. I'm pretty sure that I would be fired from my job for acting like that. Considering that he was being followed by a reporter, I'm assuming that this is a toned down version of Centro. I'm not surprised that there were mass transfers out of American.

Based on that article, I wouldn't have minded running there. The question Centro asked of Dellinger is exactly what I would have done.

I can say with 100% certainty that Coach Centrowitz always has the best interests of his athletes (male and female)at heart. He also looks sexy as hell with his shirt off after he rides the stationary bike. Can you guys smell my perfume? Too much?

I always knew he was dirty. I’m just sorry I never got the chance to fry him. None of those receipts looked legit.

AU lady alumna wrote:

Centro senior was the most abusive adult I have yet to encounter. His coaching style is "bend over and take it up the back side and beg for more."

Wow. It's like an episode of Porky's.

Can't believe there are so many haters on this thread!

I used to let Coach into TDR all the time in exchange for some size 14 free Brooks Adrenaline shoes. I had terrible shin splits and the support in those shoes made my days in sitting in that chair a whole lot easier!

I may be legally prevented from voting, but I can still voice my support for “Coach.”