Harvard University Women's Softball

Elevated to lead the program after 11 years at Harvard, Andrew Rueb '95 was named The Scott Mead '77 Head Coach for Harvard Men's Tennis in August of 2018. Rueb has helped guide the Crimson to 286 victories during his tenure at Harvard as the program's assistant coach, associate head coach and head coach, including ten NCAA tournament appearances and seven Ivy League Championships. Recognized for excellence in the field, Rueb has twice been honored as the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Northeast Assistant Coach of the Year and the ITA Northeast Region Coach of the Year.   The Crimson continued to etch itself as a top team in the nation throughout the 2023-24 season, ending the year with a 22-7 record, a second consecutive trip to the NCAA Sweet 16, and its third straight Ivy title.  Rueb was instrumental in leading All-Ivy and All-American level talent throughout the season.  Cooper Williams '27 (first team singles and doubles), Henry von der Schulenburg '24 (first team singles), Daniel Milavsky '25 (first team doubles, second team singles), and Ronan Jachuck '24 (second team singles) all received All-Ivy nods under the direction of Rueb while Williams also earned All-America honors following a quarterfinals run in the NCAA Individual Championships singles draw.   Rueb led the Crimson to a second consecutive undefeated Ivy League season in 2022-23 while also accumulating an overall record of 21-6, marking the team's first 20-win season since 2018.  Harvard reached historic heights during the season as it qualified for its 28th NCAA Tournament.  As the No. 13 team in the nation, the Crimson were selected to host the opening two rounds of the tournament.  With a pair of 4-0 sweeps of Siena and Arizona State, Harvard advanced to its first NCAA Sweet 16 since 2004.  During the season, Harvard was a consistent figure in the ITA top-15, rising to a tied for program best No. 7 in the nation.  After a deep tournament run and a host of All-Ivy honorees in Harris Walker '23 (first team singles and doubles), Henry von der Schulenburg '24 (first team singles), Daniel Milavsky '25 (first team doubles, second team singles), Ronan Jachuck '24 (second team singles and doubles), and Steven Sun '23 (second team singles), Rueb earned the ITA Northeast Region Coach of the Year for the second straight season.   Finding great success in the 2021-22 season, Rueb led the Crimson to its 31st Ivy League Championship title after earning an undefeated 7-0 conference record. Harvard secured a 19-5 overall record to make its 27th appearance in the postseason and advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament after playing host in the opening rounds. The Crimson remained a steady presence in the top-15 of the national rankings, reaching a season-high of No. 10 from the ITA. Additionally, Rueb was named the Ivy League Co-Coach of the Year, while he coached five All-Ivy League selections. At the conclusion of the season, Rueb was honored with the ITA Northeast Region Coach of the Year recognition.  The Ivy League/Harvard canceled the entire 2020-21 season due to COVID-19. During a shortened 2019-20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rueb guided the Crimson to an 11-1 record, holding an undefeated record at home in dual match play. The Crimson also received a season-high national ranking of No. 11 from the ITA, its highest team ranking since the 1998 season. Rueb was also a standout player at Harvard, where he was a two-time Ivy League Player of the Year and the team's captain as a senior. He is one of only three Harvard alumni to earn the award twice, and six players total in the league's history to garner the award twice. He was a four-time first-team All-Ivy recipient, twice in singles and twice in doubles. Rueb received the prestigious John Reardon Award for Harvard's Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 1995, and in the spring of 2013, he was inducted into the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame. As an assistant coach, Rueb embraced the philosophy of academic-athletic integration. He has served as a proctor, academic advisor and teaching fellow at Harvard. Rueb leads tours to help coaches familiarize themselves with Harvard, and he started 'Back to School Week,' when coaches attend classes with their student-athletes. Rueb also serves on Harvard's coach development committee. Rueb was elected to represent the Northeast Region on the ITA Division I Operating Committee. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard in psychology, and went on to receive Master's degrees from both Harvard Divinity School and Boston University in religion and literature.

Jenny Rohn enters her third season as the Harvard softball head coach. Rohn was named Harvard softball head coach in July of 2023 and is a former Crimson assistant coach. Rohn previously served as head coach at her alma mater, Western Michigan. Rohn's second season as head coach was another successful campaign for Harvard, leading the Crimson to a 26-13 record and a third-straight trip to the Ivy League Tournament. Student-athletes thrived on and off the diamond under Rohn's leadership during the 2025 season, as eight Crimson earned All-Ivy League honors. For a third-straight year, Harvard procuded the Ivy League Rookie of the Year, as Alexa Muller earned the honor, making Harvard the first school in Ivy League history to produce three consectuive Rookie of the Years. Rohn also oversaw a Crimson pitching staff that led the conference in opposing batting average (.239) and ranked second in earned run average (2.98). In her first season at the helm of the Crimson, Rohn wrote another incredible chapter in Harvard's softball history, leading the team to a share of the 2024 Ivy League regular season title. Under the direction of Rohn, the Crimson advanced all the way to the Ivy League Tournament Championship, as eight Harvard student-athletes garnered All-Ivy League recognition. Rohn also mentored first-year shortstop Sophie Sun to a remarkable season, as the Austin, Texas native was named the Ivy League Player and Rookie of the Year, the first student-athlete in the history of the conference to win both awards in the same season. Sun was also one of ten finalists for the TUCCI/NFCA Division I Freshman of the Year award, the first in school history.   "We are thrilled to bring Coach Rohn back to Harvard as our next leader of the softball program," stated McDermott. "Jenny is passionate about Harvard and Harvard Softball and she is eager to build on the foundation of success and bring her own vision for the future. We are excited to watch her lead our team as their new head coach."   "I would like to thank the John D. Nichols '53 Director of Athletics Erin McDermott, Senior Associate Director of Athletics Gerrie Mahoney and the entire search committee for giving me the opportunity to lead Harvard Softball" said Rohn. "It is an incredible honor to come back to Cambridge and lead the Crimson. I am extremely thankful to have the opportunity to coach the brightest student athletes, at the highest level, at the best university in the world.   Also, I would like to thank Hall of Fame coach Jenny Allard for devoting herself to Harvard Softball over the past 28 years as well as giving me the opportunity to coach with Harvard Softball 7 years ago. The alumnae tradition, true passion, commitment to excellence and holistic development of student athletes is unmatched when it comes to Harvard Softball and Harvard Athletics. I am excited and thankful for the opportunity to grow in my professional and personal goals for the future with HSB. Go Crimson!"   Rohn took over a Broncos program she captained for two seasons and led Western Michigan to 17 victories overall and 11 against MAC opposition in 2023. The 17 wins were the most by a first-year WMU head coach since 1986, and the 11 conference victories represented the most ever by a Broncos head coach in their first season.   Under Rohn's leadership, pitcher Rissa Bajusz earned 2023 All-MAC Second-Team accolades, nine players were recognized as Academic All-MAC performers and five landed on the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team.   Rohn left for Kalamazoo, Michigan, after returning to Harvard for the 2022 campaign. Competing for a full season for the first time since 2019, Rohn helped eight Crimson players receive All-Ivy League honors en route to 22 victories – the program's 14th straight season with a .500-or-better record – and a berth in the Ivy League Playoff Series.   Before guiding Harvard back to the diamond for the first time since the pandemic shuttered more than a season-and-a-half, Rohn served a one-year stint as the head coach at Covenant College. In her lone season at the helm, Rohn led the Scots to an 18-18 overall record and a 7-7 mark in conference play. Rohn coached the first NFCA All-Region First Team selection in program history, while producing a program-record six All-USA South West honorees.   During her first full-time stint with the Crimson, covering the 2018-20 campaigns, Rohn helped the program to a pair of Ivy League titles and two NCAA Tournament appearances (2018, 2019). In those years, Harvard went 30-12 against Ivy League competition and produced 15 All-Ivy honorees. A native of Rochester Hills, Michigan, Rohn also served as a volunteer assistant at Harvard during the '16 season, helping guide the Crimson to a 29-17 record, including a 16-4 mark in Ivy League play capped off by a North Division Championship.   Rohn completed her master of science degree in psychology at the University of Louisiana-Monroe in 2017. While at ULM, Rohn served as a graduate assistant coach and helped guide the Warhawks to one of its best seasons (32-30), while becoming the second team in program history to reach the 30-win mark. Prior to joining the ULM staff, Rohn returned to her home state of Michigan, leading Birmingham Groves High School to a district championship as head coach. Rohn was later named MHSAA 2016 Division 1 District Coach of the Year.     Rohn had a standout softball career at Western Michigan, where she served as captain her junior and senior seasons. She graduated from Western Michigan in 2015, earning Magna Cum Laude with a degree in elementary education.

Hameed Ahmed has spent the last six seasons as associate head coach and is now in his 13th season with the Harvard squash program in 2025-26. Ahmed was elevated to his current post of the men's and women's programs in 2018, after five seasons as the assistant coach and communications/alumni relations coordinator.    Both the men's and women's programs have seen great success in Ahmed's ten years with the Crimson. The men's side has amassed 157 wins, six Ivy League titles and five national championships (2014, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023). The 2014 title was the Crimson's first since 1998. The women's side has also been strong under Ahmed, picking up 154 wins, ten Ivy league championships and eight national titles.   Ahmed came to Harvard in 2013, after spending the previous two seasons at his alma mater, the University of Rochester, as an assistant coach. During his time at Rochester he made a big impact on the squash program, coaching six athletes that earned All-America honors, 10 athletes that were named All-Liberty League and one athlete that was tabbed as Liberty League Player of the Year. Ahmed saw his team win back-to-back league titles and land the No. 5 spot in the national rankings for two consecutive seasons.    During his collegiate career at Rochester, Ahmed was a three time All-America selection and served as team captain for three seasons. The squad moved from the No. 16 spot in the nation to as high as No. 2 during the 2009-10 campaign.    Ahmed has represented the Finnish men’s senior national team at six European Team Championships and three World Team Championships in 2003-2011. He has won seven Finnish Junior Championships as well as three European Junior Grand Prix titles.   Ahmed is an active doubles player on the SDA Pro Tour and finished the 2022 season ranked as #12 in the world. He has been a member of the SDA Board of Directors since 2019.   Ahmed earned a bachelor’s degree in English in 2011, from the University of Rochester. He was one of Finland's 2007 Fulbright Undergraduates who received a scholarship to pursue undergraduate studies in the United States. He holds a master's degree in Business Administration from Rochester's Simon School of Business and he completed his Master of Liberal Arts degree in finance from the Harvard Extension School in 2018.

RJ Nagel enters his second year with Harvard women's tennis in 2024-25 after joining the staff as an assistant coach in the summer of 2024.  After one year with Harvard, Nagel was elevated to Associate Head Coach in the summer of 2025. Under his guidance in 2024-25 the Crimson won its first Ivy League title since 2017 and went undefeated in conference play for the first time since 2006.  Alongside Traci Green and fellow assistant coach, Khary Pryce, the Harvard staff was named the Ivy League Coaching Staff of the Year.  Under Nagel's direction Harvard earned six All-Ivy honors.  Holly Fischer '25 was named unanimous first team All-Ivy for singles and first team All-Ivy for doubles with Stephanie Yakoff '27.  Yakoff was also named second team All-Ivy for singles.  Maxi Duncan '25 and Charlotte Owensby '26 were each named honorable mention All-Ivy for singles and Duncan and Kavya Karra '27 rounded out the honors with a honorable mention All-Ivy nod for doubles.  In the fall season, Nagel played a key role in helping the Crimson get a duo to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2006.  Stephanie Yakoff and Kavya Karra advanced to the NCAA Division I Women's Doubles Championship after winning the ITA New England Regional. Nagel joined the Crimson following a six-year stint as an assistant coach at with the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) men's tennis team.  While with the Rams, Nagel helped lift the team to an overall record of 79-31, five conference titles, and five NCAA tournament appearances.  Throughout his time at VCU, Nagel coached Charles Bertimon to the NCAA Singles tournament and an A-10 most outstanding player award.  He also guided Bertimon and his twin brother Max to a NCAA Doubles semifinal appearance.  Prior to VCU, Nagel spent six years as an assistant coach for University of Louisiana-Monroe (ULM) women's tennis.  During his tenure, he helped guide the Warhawks to a Sunbelt Conference Tournament Championship and a top-50 ITA ranking, peaking at No. 46 in the 2011 season.  The top-50 spot marked the Warhawks first national ranking since 2003.  Outside of his collegiate coaching experience, Nagel spent time as a hitting partner for formally ranked No. 11 in the world player, Shahar Peer.    As a player, Nagel enjoyed a successful three-year career spanning from 2006 to 2008 at the University of South Alabama.  In his final collegiate season, the South Africa native compiled an individual record of 20-1 and reached a peak of No. 11 in the ITA Regional Doubles rankings with partner, Jack Baker.  Nagel also helped lead the Jaguars to back-to-back Sunbelt Conference Championships in 2007 and 2008. Nagel ultimately graduated with a Bachelor in Sport and Fitness Administration from South Alabama in 2009.  He would go on to also complete a Masters in Kinesiology in 2012 and a Masters in Sport and Fitness Administration in 2014 from ULM. 

Daniel Dozier joined the Harvard men's swimming and diving program as its assistant head coach in Sept. 2022, and was promoted to associate head coach in July of 2024. The 2025-26 campaign will be his fourth in Cambridge after a three-season stint at West Virginia. Through recruiting and development, Dozier helped keep Harvard in the national conversation in 2024-25 as it appeared in the preseason rankings and maintained its top-25 position for the first two months of the season. After a 7-0 start, the Crimson rose to as high as No. 23 in the CSCAA rankings. Harvard later finished in second place at the Ivy League Championship and sent three relays and one individual to the NCAA Championships. Following the season, Anthony Rincon '25 -- a 2024 Paris Olympian -- captured First-Team Academic All-America honors, becoming the first Harvard athlete to earn first-team accolades since 2009. In Year 2 with Harvard, Dozier helped the 2023-24 edition of the Crimson win its seventh consecutive Ivy League title. Harvard, which played host to the conference meet, won by a 361-point margin after racking up 21 all-Ivy nods, including 14 first-team selections. Dozier helped a pair of Crimson athletes reach the NCAA Championships, including Will Grant '24, who also earned Academic All-America accolades. In his first campaign with the Crimson (2022-23), Dozier helped the program capture its sixth straight Ivy League title as Harvard became the first Ancient Eight school to claim six consecutive outright conference crowns. Along the way, the Crimson collected 16 All-Ivy accolades, including eight first-team honors, and two Academic All-America awards. Dozier also helped Harvard qualify two individuals and five relays earn NCAA Championship invitations.   A former swimmer at UNC Wilmington, Dozier supported both the men’s and women’s teams while at WVU. During his time in Morgantown, Dozier helped the Mountaineers tally five All-Americans, five NCAA qualifiers and 106 Academic All-Big 12 selections. He additionally was on staff when West Virginia had both programs earn CSCAA Scholar All-America accolades in 2019-20.   Dozier began his collegiate coaching career at UNC Asheville, spending three years with the Bulldogs (2016-19). Under his tutelage, UNC Asheville established 39 school records and saw nearly a 300-point improvement at the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association Championship during his tenure. In the classroom, Dozier helped the Bulldogs continue their tradition of excellence as they landed on the CSCAA Scholar All-America team list each semester while he was on campus.   For his efforts in Asheville, Dozier was one of six recipients of the 2019 CSCAA Jean Freeman Scholarship, given annually to assistant coaches whose exceptional contributions have brought recognition to their college or university, and whose leadership, integrity, honesty, competitive attitude, and personal graciousness epitomize those characteristics reflected by Jean Freeman, the longtime women’s swimming coach at Minnesota.   Prior to his start in college, Dozier was the head coach at Quail Hollow Swim Club from 2013-14 before moving on to Waves of Wilmington where he served as a senior group coach from 2015-16.   Dozier, originally from Raleigh, North Carolina, earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise science from UNC Wilmington, helping the Seahawks to back-to-back CAA titles. In his final season, he served as team co-captain.  

Xiao Gin joined the Harvard Softball staff in the summer of 2024, as she begins her second season in Cambridge.  Gin's first season with the Crimson saw immediate success, as Gin helped the Crimson earn a spot in the Ivy League Tournament for a third straight year and post a 26-13 record in the process. Eight Crimson garnered All-Ivy League honors, as two Crimson also earned NFCA Northeast All-Region recognition.  During her collegiate career, Gin kickstarted her coaching career, serving as an assistant travel ball coach for the Aspire Softball Academy and California Cruisers in her hometown of San Luis Obispo, California from 2021 to 2023. Gin also interned with Oregon State’s strength and conditioning program in 2022, assisting in the program’s training schedules and learned key principles in strength training, conditioning, and injury prevention. She also served as a DAM Analytics intern for Oregon State baseball for the 2022 season, utilizing detailed data to craft scouting reports of opposing teams. A former division I student-athlete, Gin played with three seasons with Oregon State from 2019 to 2022, a member of a Beaver squad that advanced to the NCAA Women’s College World Series in 2022. In her three-year tenure with Oregon State, Gin tallied 55 hits, 33 runs, 12 doubles, four triples and 18 RBIs in 91 appearances and was a three-time Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll honoree. She also appeared in the circle seven times for Oregon State, striking out 12 batters over 14.1 innings of work. Following the 2022 season, Gin graduated from Oregon State with Summa Cum Laude honors and a degree in Kinesiology, as she continued her softball and academic career at Hawaii in 2023 and 2024. Over the course of two seasons, Gin appeared in 100 games for the Rainbow Warriors, logging 83 hits, 50 runs and 22 RBIs. She graduated from Hawaii in 2024 with a master’s degree in kinesiology and rehabilitation science.  

Claire Roll begins her first season as an assistant coach during the 2025-26 academic year. Roll brings a plethora of experience and excellence to the Crimson coaching staff, spending the last three seasons as an assistant coach at Wellesley College. During her tenure in Wellesley, Roll elevated and improved the Blue pitching staff each season. Playing a major role in both player development and recruiting. During the 2025 season, Roll mentored the Wellesley pitching staff to a 2.71 team earned run average, its best mark since 2011. Student-athletes enjoyed stellar seasons under Roll's guidance during her time at Wellesely. Sarah Wicker garnered All-NEWMAC honors after the 2025 season, as Roll mentored Wicker to back-to-back sub-2.00 ERA seasons. Wicker is just the third student-athlete in Wellesley program history to have multiple seasons with an ERA below 2.00. Roll spent the 2022 season as the head coach of the Eastern Nazarene College softball program. Roll led Eastern Nazarene to a successful 2022 campaign, as four student-athletes earned All-NECC and All-Region honors. Roll also oversaw a stellar season from Jennelle Munoz, as Munoz earned the 2022 NECC Co-Pitcher of the Year Award. One of the most decorated student-athletes in Gordon College program history, holding the program single-season records for ERA (1.63), strikeouts per seven-innings (9.23), and earned runs allowed (7). Roll graduated from Gordon College in 2012 with a bachelor's of arts degree in sculpture.  

Varela enters her first season with the Harvard softball softball program after joining the Crimson as an assistant coach in the summer of 2025. Varela arrives to Harvard after spending the 2024 and 2025 seasons with Florida International as an assistant coach and director of operations. A native of Miami, Florida, Varela played a key role in the both the Panther's day-to-day operations and the program's success on the diamond. After posting as 21-29 record in 2024, Varela assisted in a turnaround 2025 campaign that saw FIU post a 29-22-1 record, its highest win total since the 2018 season. Within the FIU coaching staff, Varela played a key role in student-athlete development and opponent scouting, working with her fellow coaches in film analysis to identify improvement areas and strategic training areas. Off the field, Varela developed fundraising partnerships with local youth leagues to foster community engagement. Prior to her coaching stint with FIU, Varela was a member of the Panthers' softball program from 2021-2023. Alongside her playing career as a student-athlete, Varela jumpstarted her coaching career as a head coach of the Florida Power Softball Organization, working with her assistant coaches to produce a positive and supportive environment for youth athletes. Varela graduated from FIU with a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in business administration.

Former Harvard Men’s Volleyball team captain Chase Howard ’20 enters his third season with the Crimson in 2026 after being named an assistant coach by head coach Brian Baise in June 2023. The former all-EIVA selection returns to Cambridge after spending the 2022-23 season coaching women’s volleyball in Virginia.   During the 2024 season, Howard helped lead the Crimson to a 12-13 overall record and an EIVA Tournament semifinals appearance.  In his first year on the sideline, Howard was instrumental in the development of four EIVA weekly honors recipients and First-Team All-EIVA honoree, Ethan Smith.   The Crimson went 9-15 in the 2025 season including making a return to the EIVA Tournament as the six-seed.  Harvard faced a host of ranked opponents in 2025 including No. 4 Hawaii in the first two matches of the season.  Howard helped the Crimson push the Rainbow Warriors to five sets in the second match which ultimately earned the team national recognition with a No. 20 ranking in the AVCA poll.  To open EIVA action, Howard also helped lead the Crimson to a historic three-set sweep of No. 17 Penn State, snapping the Nittany Lions 38-match conference win streak.  In 2025, Howard was instrumental in leading four Crimson to EIVA honors including James Bardin and Logan Shepherd earning Second Team All-EIVA and Zach Berty and Owen Woolbert receiving Honorable Mention All-EIVA.  After earning his Harvard degree in Environmental Science and Public Policy in May of 2020, Howard served as the Crimson’s volunteer assistant coach for the 2020-21 campaign, while concurrently making a difference working as an accessioning technician at The Broad Institute. When Howard was not keeping the team connected during a 2021 season with no competition due to the pandemic, he was involved with COVID-19 testing at The Broad Institute.   Howard later returned to his native state of Virginia and his alma mater, Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach, in the summer of 2022 to become the school’s women’s volleyball coach. In the fall, he became the women’s beach volleyball head coach for Beach 757 Club.   The libero/outside hitter arrived at Harvard as a 2016 junior national team member and played immediately as a first-year, seeing action in 22 of 23 matches. The experience paid off in 2018 when the sophomore was named the National Libero of the Month three times before helping the Crimson win the EIVA tournament title and earn an NCAA berth. Howard’s Harvard career was cut short, however, in 2020 due to the pandemic. Despite the setback, he still collected all-conference honors from the EIVA and was Harvard Athletics’ recipient of the John P. Fadden Award.  

Luke Hammond has spent 14 years with the Crimson after joining the Harvard coaching staff in September 2011. Hammond currently leads recruiting for both the men’s and women’s teams. The 2024-25 season ended in yet another Ivy League Championships for the women's team, who posted a perfect 6-0 record in conference play. Hammond and the Harvard coaching staff was awarded the Ivy League's Coaching Staff of the Year honor after guiding the Crimson to its ninth consecutive Ivy League crown. The women's team posted a record of 13-2 on the year and finished as the runner-up at the CSA National Championships while the men secure 10 wins and finished sixth at the National tournament. A combined seven student-athletes took home All-America and All-Ivy honors after enjoying success under Hammond and the rest of the coaching staff in the 2024-25 campaign.  In 2023-24, the Crimson teams combined for 23 victories as the women went on to finish as semifinalists and the men in fifth-place at the CSA Team National Championships. The women also earned its ninth-consecutive Ivy League Championship with help from Hammond and the coaching staff. Hammond also helped mentor six players who earned spots on the All-Ivy League Team and four student-athletes who earned CSA All-America honors.  Harvard enjoyed another remarkable season with Hammond in 2022-23, as both teams were again crowned national champions, the fourth consecutive title for the men's and eight consecutive for the women's squash program. The groups combined to post a 31-1 record on the season while five players earned All-Ivy honors.  Hammond helped guide Harvard to another pair of team titles in 2021-22 with both the men and women coming out on top in the  national championship for the third and seventh straight times, respectively. The women finished the season a perfect 15-0, while the men tallied a 15-1 record. Hammond was also instrumental in the women's sixth consecutive Ivy-League Championship and aided in Victor Crouin's run to the CSA Individual title.  In his ninth season with Harvard, Hammond played a crucial role in helping the Crimson to another pair of national championships, amongst other accolades. The 2019-20 teams were some of the best in program history, combining for a 34-0 record, 20 All-America selections and eight First-Team All-Ivy honorees. Hammond helped guide Harvard's programs to a pair of Ivy League titles along with dominant play during the Howe and Potter Cup runs. He also helped coach the Ivy League Players of the Year in Gina Kennedy and Victor Crouin, and individual national champions, Kennedy and Marwan Tarek. Hammond's direction played a large part in helping the women's team to an active 83-match win streak and its sixth straight Howe Cup, both CSA records.  The 2018-19 campaign saw both Crimson programs experience high levels of success as both went undefeated in dual-match play en route to Ivy League and national titles. The women went 13-0 and captured their fourth Ivy championship in a row before earning their fifth straight Howe Cup. The Harvard women's team defeated all 13 opponent by 9-0 scores and enter 2019-20 with a 65-match winning streak. The Crimson men, meanwhile, won the Ivy title outright and finished the regular season undefeated for the first time 2013-14. Harvard (16-0) eventually pocketed the program's 26th Potter Cup and fist since '13-14. Aided by Hammond's expertise, the Crimson produced a women's national title, women's Ivy League crown, and men's individual national championship in 2017-18. The women's squad completed it third consecutive undefeated season, going 15-0 (7-0 Ivy) en route to a nation-leading 18th Howe Cup. The men's team finished second in the nation for the second straight year. A trio from both sides reached the national semifinals in the Pool Trophy and Ramsay Cup draws. Senior David Ryan capped a perfect 19-0 season by winning the men's national title, while Kennedy, a sophomore, contested for the women's championship for a second straight season. Ten student-athletes (six women and four men) earned All-America honors for their performances on the court, whereas eight (four men and four women) were recognized as CSA Scholar-Athletes. The two teams earned seven All-Ivy accolades as well, with the women leading the way with four. In 2016-17, Hammond helped guide the women's team to its third-straight national championship and second consecutive undefeated season. Hammond was also instrumental in helping the men finish 7-0 in Ivy action, earning its fourth Ivy title in the last five years, and in reaching the national title game for the first time since 2014-15.  In 2015-16, Hammond guided the women's team to its second-straight national championship and the Ivy League title, while the men's team finished tied for second in the league. In his first season, he helped lead the Crimson men to a third-place finish (best in five years) and the women to an Ivy League title and national championship. In his second season, Hammond assisted in earning another national championship for the women and a shared Ivy title and second-place national finish for the men. His third season saw two more Ivy titles and the first men's national championship since 1998. His fourth season saw continued success as the women's team took home it third national title in four years and the men's team won its third-consecutive Ivy championship. During the summer, Hammond teaches at camps at both Harvard and Yale. He co-directs the Next Step Squash Junior Program at the Murr Center (nextstepsquash.com). Previously, he taught alongside Jonathon Power and Thierry Lincou, both former world No. 1 players. Hammond is a Level III certified coach and instructor for the US Squash Level 1 and Level II courses. He serves as the College Squash Liaison on the Massachusetts Squash Board. Before joining the Crimson, Hammond coached for three years at SquashBusters, an urban squash program in Boston. There he guided his players to three Urban Team National Finals and one Urban Team National Championship. A 2008 graduate of Kenyon, Hammond earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and environmental studies. He was a midfielder on the lacrosse team and made two NCAA tournament appearances.  As captain of the squash team, he managed all aspects of their emerging program.  In 2019, he earned a Master's Degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education with a focus on managing non-profit organizations.  

A collegiate athlete himself, Ocasio joins the program from Pomona-Pitzer, where he was in his first season with the Sagehens. Ocasio has also coached at both the club and high school levels, serving as a coach with SoCal Water Polo Club for five years while also winning a CIF Division 3 Championship with Yorba Linda as an assistant coach. As a collegiate athlete, Ocasio attended Golden West College and the University of La Verne during his career. He won a CCCAA State Championship with Golden West College and also played for the Puerto Rican National Team.

Kaaron Conwright is in his fifth season with the Crimson for the 2025-26 campaign, as he joined the Harvard coaching staff in 2021. Conwright assists in the coaching of the men's and women's sprinters, hurdlers and horizontal jumpers. Conwright once again played a vital role in developing Crimson athletes during the 2024-25 season, his fourth at Harvard. Conwright saw Victoria Bossong and the women's 4x400m relay team earn All-America First Team honors at the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships. The outdoor season brought even more success. With Conwright's assistance and mentoring, the men's 4x100m relay team broke the school record, won an Ivy League title and qualified for the 2025 NCAA East First Round in Jacksonville, Florida. Chloe Fair, Marta Amani, Izzy Goudros and Bossong all took All-America honors at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships as well.  In his third season in Cambridge, Conwright pushed Crimson athletes to new heights. Working with his fellow coaches, Conwright guided Chloe Fair to All-Ivy League honors and second team All-America status in the women's 400m hurdles, as the Crimson women's 4x400m relay squad qualified for the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Conwright also coached a record-breaking men's 4x400m relay team of Aaron Shirley, Gregory Lapit, Peter Diebold and Lance Ward, as the quartet also qualified for the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships.  The 2022-23 saw Conwright push the Crimson women to a sweep of the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships. At the 2023 Ivy League Heptagonal Championships, Crimson student-athletes won Ivy League titles in the women's 200m, women's 400m and the women's 4x400m relay. Conwright coached the Crimson to even more success at the 2023 Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Championships, as seven Crimson earned All-Ivy League honors. Conwright's first season with the Harvard coaching staff during the 2021-22 season saw student-athletes excel throughout the season. The Crimson women won the 2022 Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Championship, as Tina Martin won Ivy League titles in the 60m and the 200m.  As a sprinter at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Conwright was a 3 time all-American in the 100m from 1998-2000 where he finished 5th, 7th, and 3rd respectively.He was a 2 time all-American in the 200m placing 5th in 1998 and 7th in 1999. In the Big West Conference, he was a 4-time champion in the 100m from the years of 1996-2000 where he still holds the conference record at 10.12. He later went on to run a 10.10 at the national championships that same year at Duke University. He was also a 2-time Big West Conference champion in the 200m.  In 1999, he ran first leg on the gold medal winning 4 × 100 m relay at the World University Games in Palma De Mallorca, Spain. He was also a finalist in the 200m in the same championships. In 2001, he made his second national team where he ran first leg on the silver medal winning 4 × 100 m relay at the World University Games in Beijing, China. At the 2002 IAAF World Cup, he was called to replace an injuried Tim Montgomery on the 4 x 100 relay. Together  with Jon Drummond, Jason Smoots and Coby Miller, he ran third leg setting a World cup Record of 37.92. At the 2006 IAAF World Cup he lead off  the 4 x 100 metres relay again, this time with Wallace Spearmon, Tyson Gay and Jason Smoots, breaking the previous championship record by setting a new record of 37.59 seconds. In his professional career, Kaaron competed trained with HSI under the tutelage of John Smith from 2002 to 2007. Kaaron was able to compete in two Olympic Trials Championships. 2000 and 2004. He also competed in every US National Championships from 2000-2007, making the finals in both 2003 and 2006.  His personal best time over 100 metres is 10.05 seconds, achieved in July 2000 in Flagstaff. Although his best performance cane in the 2003 National Championships at Stanford University running a 10.16 into a -1.6 headwind. Unfortunately, while leading his semi-final heat, he pulled up 20 meters from the finish line. Although he still managed to make the finals running 10.24, he was unable to run due to injury. His personal best time over 60 metres is 6.61 seconds, achieved in March 2003 in Boston. In the 200 metres, he has 20.59 seconds, achieved in July 2002 in Rome Kaaron served as Head sprint coach for the National Korean Federation for one year, 2007 through 2008, before returning home and taking an assistant coaching position with John Smith from 2009-2021. During this period, Kaaron was able to coach athletes such as Carmelita Jeter, Jason Richardson, Tyson Gay, Gil Roberts, Ryan Bailey and Michael Cherry. Kaaron lives in the outskirts of Boston with his wife and two kids (10 and 8).

Brooks enters his third season coaching the Crimson throwers for the 2025-26 season. He comes to the Harvard after spending the past two years at Penn, where he served as an assistant coach of men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field, responsible for recruiting and training the throwing squad. He coached two university and Ivy League record holders and produced the 2022 NCAA Champion in the men's outdoor javelin. In his career, Brooks has mentored 19 national champions and over 100 All-Americans. More national success followed for Brooks in his second season in Cambridge. The 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach, Virginia saw senior Kenneth Ikeji garner All-America First Team honors in the men's weight throw, as Ikeji was also named the USTFCCCA's Indoor Men's Field Athlete of the Year and the Most Outstanding Men's Field Athlete at the 2025 Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Championships. The outdoor season saw Brooks continue to guide his student-atheltes to stellar performances. For the second time in her career, sophomore Milina Wepiwé earned All-America honors in the women's discus throw, as sophomore Emilia Kolokotroni also garnered All-America Second Team honors with a top-10 showing in the women's hammer throw at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships.  In his first season in Cambridge, Brooks made an immediate impact, mentoring Kenneth Ikeji to a national title in the men's weight throw at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships, as Ikeji also earned All-America First Team status with a second place finish in the men's hammer throw at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Brooks also guided a pair of first-year throwers to incredible heights. Under Brooks' leadership, Milina Wepiwé finished in seventh place in the women's discus throw at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships, earning All-America First Team status in the process. Wepiwé also won the Ivy League title in the women's discus. Emilia Kolokotroni excelled at the Ivy League Championships, winning the conference championships in the women's hammer and weight throws. The USTFCCCA named Brooks the Northeast Region Men's Assistant Coach of the Year for the indoor campaign.   Prior to his time in the Ivy League, he served as an Associate Head Coach of men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field at Iowa State University from 2013-2021. During his time in the Midwest, he trained jumpers, throwers and combined event athletes and personally coached 10 school record holders, 12 conference champions, 31 All-Americans and the 2014 indoor and outdoor NCAA women's shot put champion.     He also held positions as an Assistant Coach of men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field at the University of Oklahoma (2012-2013), the Head Coach of women's indoor and outdoor track and field at Williams College (2008-2012) and the Head Coach of women's indoor and outdoor track and field at MIT (2005-2008). He was a three-time NCAA, New England and NESCAC coach of the year during his time at Williams College and the 2007 NEWMAC Coach of the Year during his time at MIT. 

Judy Pendergast '22 enters her seacond season as an assistant coach for Harvard track & field and cross country for the 2025-26 season. A former Crimson standout, Pendergast works with the women's and men's distance and middle distance groups.  In her first season as a coach in Cambridge, Pendergast played a key role in a landmark year for Harvard's distance group. Pendergast aided senior Graham Blanks to a second-straight NCAA Men's Cross Country National Championship, as both Crimson cross country squads earned spots at the 2024 NCAA Cross Country Championships as well. The indoor season saw Pendergast usher in more success for the Crimson, as sophomore Sophia Gorriaran, the women's 4x400m relay and the women's distance medley relay all earned All-America First Team honors at the meet, as the outdoor season saw senior Ben Rosa and sophomore Ferenc Kovacs take All-America recognition at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships.  The team captain for the 2021 Harvard women's cross country team, Pendergast returns to Cambridge after serving as the assistant cross country/distance coach for the University of Tennessee for the 2023-24 season. The Volunteers enjoyed an excellent season with Pendergast on the staff, as Tennessee's men's and women's cross country squads finished in first place at the 2023 NCAA Cross Country South Regional Championships. Benefiting from Pendergast's guidance, Tennessee's women's team finished in sixth place at the 2023 NCAA Cross Country Championships, matching the best finish in program history. Prior to her arrival in Knoxville, Pendergast worked with Harvard track & field and cross country as an assistant coach for the cross country team and distance groups for the 2022-23 season. During Pendergast's initial stint as a coach with the Crimson, Harvard's women's team won the 2022 Ivy League Cross Country title, and the men finished in 17th at the 2022 NCAA Cross Country Championships.

Chris Bryce heads into his second season for the 2025-26 academic year as an assistant coach with the Crimson. Bryce assists in the development of the throws and vertical jumps groups. The 2024-25 campaign saw Bryce assist in the development of several key contributors for the Crimson on both the conference and national levels. The 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships saw senior Kenneth Ikeji and sophomore Tito Alofe garner All-America honors, as Ikeji took USTFCCCA Northeast Indoor Men's Field Athlete of the Year. Bryce ushered in more success during the 2025 outdoor season, playing a key role in guiding sophomore Emilia Kolokotroni to All-America Second Team recognition in the women's hammer throw.   

Former Harvard Women’s Swimming and Diving standout and Ivy League champion Geordie Enoch ’18, Ed.M. ’19 was named an assistant coach in September of 2023. The 2025-26 campaign will mark her third in Cambridge. In 2023-24, Enoch helped Harvard finish in second place at the Ivy League Championships, marking the program's 21st straight first- or second-place finish at the conference meet. She also mentored four NCAA qualifiers, a number that represented the Crimson's highest total since 2019. As season later, Harvard completed the 2024-25 campaign with a perfect 10-0 dual-meet record, which included a sweep of the annual HYP meet. The Crimson's 10-0 record was its first since 2006, while its Ivy dual-meet title -- as a result of its 7-0 performance -- was its first since 2015. The HYP win, meanwhile, marked the program's first since 2014. Harvard fell short of its goal of winning the Ivy League crown, finishing in second place, but won nine events, with Alexandra Bastone taking home Co-High Point Swimmer of the Meet honors. Bastone, along with Nina Janmyr and Remi Edvalson, later earned NCAA Championship berths, securing the program's 13th straight season of appearing at the national meet.   Enoch transitioned to a full-time role in 2023-24 after spending the previous two seasons as a volunteer assistant coach with the Crimson. In those two years, Enoch helped Harvard capture the 2022 Ivy League championship and finish in second place in 2023, while tutoring the distance and middle-distance groups. Enoch was also integral in the development of the team’s non-travel squad, leading training sessions when the Crimson traveled to away meets.   As an athlete, Enoch was a part of two Ivy-title winning teams (2016, 2018), while claiming individual league championships in the 200 individual medley (2015, 2018), 400 individual medley (2015) and 800 freestyle relay (2018). A team captain in 2017-18, Enoch was the Ivy League High Point Swimmer of the Meet in 2015, qualified for the 2016 Olympic Trials in the 200 IM and was a four-time Second-Team Scholar All-American. During her time in Cambridge, Enoch was one of the top athletes across all sports at Harvard, capturing the 2015 Rookie of the Year for Harvard Athletics Award and the 2018 Francis H. Burr Scholarship to cap her career. She also collected numerous Harvard Women’s Swimming and Diving accolades, earning the Outstanding Freshman Award in 2015, the Dr. Mary Ellen Mangano Award in 2016, and the Nancy Sato Award in 2018.   Prior to entering the collegiate coaching profession, Enoch was a coach for Eagle Swim Team in Owings Mills, Maryland during the summer of 2014 and 2015, and served in a similar capacity with Cambridge Masters Swim Club from Sept. 2015-Jan. 2016. In her time with Cambridge, Enoch organized and created weekly distance practices for post-collegiate competitive swimmers, including 12-time Olympic medalist Dara Torres. Enoch later founded and was an associate head coach for the Community Charter School of Cambridge Swim and Dive Team. During her eight-month stint from Dec. 2018-July 2019, Enoch, who also served as a middle and high school teacher at the school, developed a season plan and wrote tailored workouts for 18 students, ranging from ages 11-19, and from beginners to high school varsity-level athletes, including a member of the Puerto Rican national synchronized swimming team.   Outside of her swimming accomplishments, Enoch has also been involved in local politics, first as a field director for Harvard Forward Political Campaign (Oct. 2019-Aug. 2020) and then as a policy fellow for the Office of Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu (May 2020-April 2021). More recently, Enoch served as the director of constituent services and communication (April 2021-Aug. 2022) for the Office of State Representative Joan Meschino before transitioning to Meschino’s Chief of Staff.   Enoch graduated from Harvard in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in government and a minor in psychology, while also obtaining a German certification. A year later, she earned her master’s degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education.

Gear came to Cambridge in June of 2024 following a two-year stint at SUNY Brockport.  While serving as an assistant coach for the Golden Eagles, Gear also worked towards a master's in athletic administration.  Prior to SUNY Brockport, he spent a season as an assistant coach at Nazareth College.    Gear also has a wealth of coaching experience with club teams, serving as both an assistant and head coach for three separate volleyball clubs in the Rochester, New York area.   In his own collegiate experience, Gear enjoyed a playing career at men's volleyball powerhouse, University of Southern California.  While with the Trojans, Gear was a model student-athlete, serving on the team's leadership committee, receiving the NCAA MPSF All-Academic Scholar Athlete Award, and earning the USC Ideal Trojan Award.  In 2021, Gear graduate from USC with a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences. 

Tracey Bird, who has extensive experience coaching at international competitions and with the U.S. Olympic Training Center, was named Harvard's diving coach, working with both the men's and women's programs, in Oct. 2025. The 2025-26 campaign marks her first at the helm of the divers and her eighth season overall. In 2024-25, Bird helped seven women's divers (Ennika Carlson, Tabitha Chen-Fiske, Remi Edvalson, Samantha Holtz, Nina Janmyr, Elizabeth Miclau, Amy Wotovich) and three on the men's side (Jack Holland, Will Sullivan, Raphael Tourette) reach the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships, with Edvalson (platform) and Janmyr (1-meter) securing NCAA Championship berths. In 2023-24, Bird helped three women's divers (Remi Edvalson '25, Nina Janmyr '26, Amy Wotovich '25) reach the NCAA Championships. Edvalson was a qualifier in 1-meter and platform diving, with Janmyr and Wotovich competing at 1- and 3-meters, respectively. Janmyr was also the Ivy League champion on both boards. The women's trio was part of a quartet that competed at the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships. On the men's side, meanwhile, Adam Wesson '25 earned an NCAA berth in the 1- and 3-meter competitions, and was one of five Crimson divers to appear at the zone meet. In her fifth season in Cambridge, Bird helped a women's diving program send three athletes to the 2023 NCAA Championships in Edvalson '25 (platform), Janmyr '26 (1-, 3-meter) and Elizabeth Miclau ’24 (platform). This all occurred after the Crimson qualified seven divers for the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships. Edvalson (1-meter) and Miclau (3-meter), meanwhile, were All-Ivy League Second-Team selections. On the men's side, Bird helped Wesson '25 reach the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive year. Prior to Wesson performing on national stage, Wesson was one of five Harvard divers to compete at the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships. Wesson, who garnered All-Ivy Second-Team accolades, posted a runner-up performance in the 1-meter event and a fourth-place effort on the three-meter board, both of which punched his NCAA ticket.   Bird helped guide the Crimson to a banner year in diving in 2021-22. On the women’s side, the Crimson took the top four spots in the 1-meter while claiming the top four spots and six of the top eight positions in the 3-meter event at the Ivy League Championships. Katie Laverty ’25 won the 1-meter event while Miclau captured the 3-meter event. Georgina Milne ’22 won the Ron Keenhold Career High Point Diver Award for cumulative points over four years while Laverty captured the Rick Gilbert Award as the High Point Diver of the Meet. Eight Crimson qualified for the NCAA Zone Diving Championships before Miclau advanced to the NCAA Championships.   On the men’s side in 2021-22, all four divers qualified for the NCAA Zone Diving Championships. At Zones, Wesson placed second in the 3-meter event and sixth in the 1-meter event to advance to the NCAA Championships. Wesson proceeded to earn Second Team CSCAA All-America honors, finishing 16th in the nation in the 1-meter event.   Previously at Harvard, Bird acted as the Crimson’s interim diving coach from 2017-19 and as a volunteer assistant coach in 2019-20.   Holding a wealth of experiencing coaching at the international level, she has coached at the Junior World Championships in 2008 and 2012, at the Youth Olympic Games and World Series Championships in 2014, at the Junior Pan Am Games in 2019, and at Grand Prix competition in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2020. She guided Gracia Leydon Mahoney to a gold medal in the 16-18 girls 3-meter at the 2012 Junior World Championships.   Bird has acted as a USA diving coach and team leader at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs on multiple occasions, including in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017. She has also served as a judge at several high-level collegiate competitions including the NCAA Championships, ACC Championships, SEC Championships, and Big 10 Championships.   During the 2012-13 season, Bird acted as a volunteer assistant coach at her alma mater, Stanford University, after serving as the diving coach at Concord Carlisle Regional High School from 2003-12. A 2014 inductee into the Eastern Massachusetts Interscholastic Swim Coach Academy Hall of Fame, Bird coached 13 of a possible 18 state champions over her nine years as well as 12 All-Americans.   From 1991-96, Bird acted as a USA diving coach with Stanford Diving, sending multiple student-athletes to compete at Division I institutions, including two at Stanford University. She was also the Safety Certification Director/Instructor for USA Diving, Region VII. From 1989-91, Bird was the head diving coach at DeAnza Junior College, mentoring the women’s junior college state champion in 1991.   Bird previously assisted at Stanford from 1986-89, while also acting as the head age group coach and program administrator for Stanford Diving. During that time, Bird was the secretary and newsletter editor of the Professional Diving Coaches Association. From 1984-86, Bird served as the health education program director within the Stanford athletic department.   A native of Darien, Connecticut, Bird earned a bachelor’s degree in human biology from Stanford University in 1984. While competing for the Cardinal, Bird qualified for the NCAA Championships four times and helped Stanford win the 1983 national title.

Mike Way, a professional coach for more than 30 years and one of the best teachers of the game in the world, was hired as Harvard's Gregory Lee ’87 and Russell Ball ’88 Endowed Coach for Squash at Harvard University on Aug. 9, 2010. The 2024-25 campaign marked his 15th at the helm of the Crimson squash program. Between the men's and women's teams, Way has amassed 386 total wins in his illustrious coaching career in Cambridge.  The 2024-25 season ended in yet another Ivy League Championships for the women's team, who posted a perfect 6-0 record in conference play. Way and his staff were awarded the Ivy League's Coaching Staff of the Year honor after guiding the Crimson to its ninth consecutive Ivy League crown. The women's team posted a record of 13-2 on the year and finished as the runner-up at the CSA National Championships while the men secure 10 wins and finished sixth at the National tournament. A combined seven student-athletes took home All-America and All-Ivy honors after enjoying success under Way in the 2024-25 campaign.  For the ninth consecutive season in 2023-24, Way earned the Ivy League Women's Squash Coach of the Year award by leading his team to an undefeated 6-0 mark in conference play and the program's eighth consecutive Ivy League Championship. The group finished as semifinalists at the CSA Team National Championships, completing the season with an 11-2 overall record. Individually, Way mentored three CSA All-Americans - Saran Nghiem '26, Marina Stefanoni '24 and Lucie Stefanoni '27 - and four All-Ivy League team selections. Nghiem and Marina Stefanoni also squared off in the finals at the CSA Individual National Championships, where Nghiem emerged victorious to claim the Ramsay Cup and the title of Individual National Champion.  On the men's side, Way's group posted a 12-4 record on its way to a fifth place finish at the CSA Team National Championships. David Costales '26 made great strides in his sophomore season under Way, earning First-Team All-American honors while his teammate, Omar Azzam '27 earned All-Ivy League Team consideration.  In September of 2023, Way added The Ragatz Family Harvard Coach of Excellence to his title for helping the Crimson women's squash program reach unprecedented heights. Following a historic women's squash season in 2022-23, Way is a first-time Ragatz Family Harvard Coach of Excellence honoree having previously received the Herscot award. Way guided the program to its eighth straight Howe Cup and team national championship in 2022-23, where Harvard upset No. 1 Trinity in the finals to capture the title. His team also secured its CSA record 100th consecutive win and posted a 14-1 record overall en route to its seventh straight Ivy League title. Way was once again named Ivy League Coach of the Year, a perennial recognition he has received for the last seven years. Three players made the All-Ivy League first team under Way's direction, with his Crimson athletes individually posting a 104-30 mark for the season. Harvard Men's Squash had another remarkable season by going 17-0 and never wavering from their spot atop college squash. With Way's guidance, the Crimson won their first Ivy title since 2020 and captured their fourth straight CSA Team National Championship. The hallmark of the Crimson regular season came in their matchup against No. 2 Penn.  Narrowly beating Harvard last year to claim the Ivy League title, the Crimson looked to reverse the result this year on their home court.  With their backs against the wall, down 4-3 and down in the two remaining matches, Harvard stormed from behind to defeat Penn and ultimately win the Ivy League Championship. The gritty win over Penn ultimately set the tone for the rest of the season as the men when on to claim their fourth straight CSA Team National title. Way earned another Ivy League Coach of the Year distinction on the men's side while two of his players earned All-Ivy League honors. Senior captain, Marwan Tarek, also was honored with the Skillman Award from the CSA in 2023.  Way's teams continued their excellence during the 2021-22 season with both the men's and women's programs winning CSA National Championships. The victories marked Way's fourth National title with the men and ninth with the women. Victor Crouin also won the Individual Championship National Championship, the sixth men's player to earn the title during Way's tenure. Way coached a total of seven All-Americans this season, including six first-team honorees. He was honored as the Ivy League Coach of the Year on the women's side for the seventh consecutive year after guiding the Crimson to a 15-0 record, a mark which extends the program's win streak to 98 matches. Way also reached the 150-win threshold for his career with both the men's and women's teams during the 2021-22 campaign.  The 2020-21 season was canceled by the Ivy League due to COVID-19.  The 2019-20 season was another triumphant campaign for Way and the Crimson. He led Harvard to an undefeated regular season and its second straight Ivy League Championship with a 14-0 record and a combined individual mark of 146-5. The season-long effort earned Way the Ivy League’s Coach of the Year Award in both the men’s and women’s divisions. Way went on to lead Harvard to back-to-back Potter Cups at the CSA National Championships, the 27th title in program history. The Crimson also swept the individual national championships with Marwan Tarek and Gina Kennedy bringing home the hardware. Way and his staff also coached 10 players to All-America selections, and nearly every award the Ivy League has to offer. Kennedy and Victor Crouin were named the Ivy Players of the Year, while eight athletes landed on the All-Ivy League First Team. Way also etched his name into the squash history books on the women’s side, coaching the team to its sixth straight Howe Cup and an active 83-match win streak, both of which are CSA records.  Way added to his plethora of trophies at Harvard in the 2018-19 season. The Crimson men and women finished both of their respective seasons undefeated, each picking up Ivy League championships. Both teams went on to win national championships. Way earned Ivy coach-of-the-year recognition with the women, while Sabrina Sobhy won the Ivy League Player of the Year Award. Victor Crouin, meanwhile, was named Ivy League Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year on the men's side. With the women, Way finished the dual season by extending their winning streak to 65-consecutive match victories, dating back to the 2014-15 season.  Three more trophies were added to the Harvard showcase after the 2017-18 season. The Crimson women completed a third straight undefeated season, capturing the Howe Cup and Ivy League title, and men's captain David Ryan brought home the Pool Trophy after delivering a series of dramatic upsets to complete a Cinderella story. Way coached several players of the Professional Squash Association, including world champions Jonathan Power and Sarah Fitzgerald. In addition, Way guided Graham Ryding to three Canadian titles, Shahier Razik to four Canadian championships, and Marine Baizley and Melanie Jans to six Canadian national titles between them. His junior program in Canada amassed over a 100 national titles during his time. Some of Harvard’s graduates have gone on to compete on the world professional tour, notably Ali Farag and Amanda Sobhy. Farag ’14, who won two national individual titles, was ranked No. 1 in the world and was a world champion. Amanda Sobhy ’15, meanwhile, won four national individual titles and is consistently a world top-10 player. Way has been a frequent guest speaker at coaching conferences held by the World Squash Federation and both the Canadian and U.S. Squash Associations. A native of England, his formative squash years were in Nottingham where he won a state championship and helped his team to the finals of the national team championships. After moving to Canada in 1981, he worked his way onto the national squad and helped the Canadian team win the Pan American squash championships in 1985. "My real strength in the sport of squash has clearly been from the coaching perspective. I have been a sponge for everything and anything in order to be more effective," Way said. "I pride myself on taking pains to really understand the needs and personality of the individual. My passion for squash is as strong as ever. I'm still learning and that makes the difference.”