Senior Coaches

Brigita Roemer – Strength and Conditioning Coach

Brigita works daily with members of Team USA at the Specter Center to prepare them to excel on the international stage by implementing research supported and sports specific methods...

Paul Assaiante – National Coach Emeritus

Paul Assaiante is currently the Men’s Squash and Tennis coach at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, National Coach Emeritus, Professional Speaker and Author. Two-time...

Junior Coaches

Geoff Mitchell

Resides Chatham, New Jersey School/Club The Chatham Club Years Coaching 35 Years as US Squash Coach 5 Events Coached BJO 2015 Regional Squad 2014-2019 Best Advice Build and be confident in your...

Richard Elliott

Resides Redwood City, CA School/Club Squash Zone Years Coaching 35 Years as US Squash Coach 5 Events Coached Regional Squad 2019 Best Advice Play for the love of the game. Enjoy...

Hope Prockop

Resides Boston, MA School/Club Murr Athletic Center Years Coaching 33 Years as US Squash Coach 1 Events Coached Regional Squad 2018-2019 Best Advice At the highest levels, squash has the most...

Fabio Cechin

Resides Ardmore, PA School/Club Merion Cricket Club Years Coaching 12 Years as US Squash Coach 3 Events Coached Pan Am Junior Championships 2017, 2018 & 2019 Regional Squad 2015-2019 Best Advice Competitive,...

Tina Rix-Stout

Resides Jersey City, NJ School/Club The Pingry School Years Coaching 15 Years as US Squash Coach 5 Events Coached Battle of the Border 2014, 2016 Regional Squad 2013-2019 Best Advice Becoming a...

James Sutcliffe

Resides Greenwich, CT School/Club Greenwich Academy Years Coaching 16 Years as US Squash Coach 4 Events Coached Battle of the Border, 2017 Regional Squad 2015-2019 Best Advice Hard Work Beats Talent When...

Attila Agh

Resides Westport, CT School/Club Green Farms Academy Years Coaching 19 Years as US Squash Coach 5 Events Coached Battle of the Borders 2016, 2017, 2018 Regional Squad 2013-2019 Best Advice Don't waste...

Chris Lengthorn

Resides Philadelphia, PA School/Club The Shipley School Years Coaching 14 Years as US Squash Coach 2 Events Coached Battle of the Border 2018 Regional Squad 2018 Best Advice Learn the fundamentals of...

Henry Clutsman

Name:Henry Clutsman Location:Cincinnati, Ohio Club or school:Cincinnati Country Club Years coaching:12 Years as USQ coach:5 Trips as USQ coach:Battle of the Border (2017), British Open (2019,18,17) Advice/guidance:The best thing to...

Lee Scott

Resides Louisville, KY School/Club Louisville Boat Club Years Coaching 26 Years as US Squash Coach 1 Events Coached US Squash Academy 2018 Best Advice Always have fun, passion and hard work...

Fiechter and Amanda Sobhy Advance to Southwestern Open Quarterfinals

Team USA's Olivia Fiechter and Amanda Sobhy are through to the quarterfinals of the Southwestern Open after second round wins Thursday, September 28, at the Houston Squash Club. Both Fiechter and Sobhy opened up their campaigns with 3-0 victories to move on to the PSA Gold quarterfinals. Fiechter, the three seed, defeated Egypt's Sana Ibrahim 12-10, 11-7, 11-1 in thirty-eight minutes. “I’m really excited to get through that match, Sana was extremely aggressive and even until the...

Sabrina Sobhy Reaches Career High Ranking of World No. 13

Team USA's Sabrina Sobhy moved up three places in the PSA World Tour rankings this week to reach a new career high of world No. 13. With the points for the 2022 CIB Egyptian Open expiring, there have been a number of movements inside the women’s top twenty, and  Sobhy has been one of the beneficiaries. The likes of Tesni Evans and Sarah-Jane Perry have seen their rankings tumble, meaning Sobhy has broken into the top...

Houston Wild Card Navani Notches First Round Upset

Seventeen-year-old U.S. junior Riya Navani pulled off the first top fifty upset of her career, defeating Egypt's world No. 45 Nour Aboulmakarim in the first round of the Southwestern Open Wednesday, September 27, at Houston Squash Club. Navani--a top-ranked U.S. junior from California--was making just her second appearance as a wild card in a PSA Gold event, following up her debut last fall at the Oracle NetSuite Open. The American earned a 2-0 lead, but Aboulmakarim...

Houston Welcomes Top Women’s Players for Southwestern Open

Three Americans will vie for the Southwestern Open title as top five seeds, September 27-October 1, in the second edition of the PSA Gold event at the Houston Squash Club. World No. 5 Amanda Sobhy, world No. 9 Olivia Fiechter and world No. 15 Olivia Blatchford Clyne all enter the top half of the draw with hopes of reaching the final, but may need to get past each other first. The Southwestern Open was shaken up...

Amanda Sobhy Upsets World No. 1 Gohar to Reach Qatar Classic Semifinals

Team USA's Amanda Sobhy upset world No. 1 Nouran Gohar--her first win over the Egyptian in her last ten attempts--to reach the inaugural women's Qatar Classic semifinals Wednesday, September 13, in Doha. The Connecticut-based Gohar had defeated the American world No. 5 in all nine of their previous encounters since 2019, and appeared on track for a tenth early on with four game balls up 10-6 in the first game. Sobhy saved all four game...

Eight Americans Enter Qatar Classic

Eight Americans travel to Qatar to compete in the second PSA Platinum event of the season--the QTerminals Qatar Classic, September 9-16 in Doha. Team USA's four top-twenty-ranked women enter the inaugural women's draw and will join the field on Sunday, September 10, after receiving first round byes. World No. 5 Amanda Sobhy, world No. 9 Olivia Fiechter and world No. 14 Olivia Blatchford Clyne will all play on adjacent club courts at 1:30pm local time, 6:30am...