Sean Wilkinson - Assistant Squash Coach - Men's Squash Coaches

Sean Wilkinson

Title:
Assistant Squash Coach
Email:
saw332@drexel.edu

Sean Wilkinson joined the men's and women's squash teams as Head Coach John White's assistant in the program's inaugural season of 2011-12. Wilkinson, a graduate of Bates College and native of Zimbabwe, most recently served as the assistant coach for the men's and women's squash teams at Brown University.

Wilkinson spent the 2010-11 season at Brown, where he led the team's daily practices and coordinated the program's recruiting efforts. He also conducted daily individual and group instruction sessions during the off-season for the Bears.

Prior to his time at Brown, Wilkinson served as the assistant coach of the Bates women's squash team in 2008, taking the lead with respect to team practices and fitness for the team which finished ranked 12th in the nation.

Wilkinson brings with him a wealth of coaching experience beyond the college ranks. That includes a two-year term as the head coach at the PoliSquash Sports and Fitness Club in Milano, Italy. Selected as a PeterNicolSquash endorsed coach, Wilkinson held 50 sessions a week for individual and group squash players. In addition to running these sessions, Wilkinson headed the junior squash program, recruiting new players to the game and organizing their lessons. He also managed a league of over 150 players and put together club tournaments, including the annual 5Nationals International Tournament with 64 competitors.

Working closely with former world number one player Peter Nicol, he has also coached at the Nicol Champions Academy for the past three summers and the Squash and Beyond program at Williams College during the summers of 2008 and 2009. Wilkinson began his coaching career at the Power Squash Academy at Dartmouth College during the summer of 2008.