Name Paul Assaiante | Role Coach | |
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Occupation Trinity College Director of Athletic Development and College Relations,Collegiate Squash and Tennis Coach, Professional Speaker and Author Books Run to the Roar: Coaching to Overcome Fear Education Springfield College, Trinity College | ||
Trinitea #9: Trinity Men's Squash Coach Paul Assaiante
Paul Assaiante is currently the Men’s Squash and Tennis coach at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, Ganek Family US Squash Head National Coach, Professional Speaker and Author. Two-time Olympic Coach-of-the-Year, World Championship Coach and the “winningest coach in college sports history”, Paul Assaiante has motivated top athletes from around the world. His core belief is the need to embrace our fears in order to remove the obstacles to our success. He captures this concept in his book, Run to the Roar: Coaching to Overcome Fear, a visionary reflection on leadership and mentoring from one of America’s most successful coaches.
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- Trinitea 9 Trinity Mens Squash Coach Paul Assaiante
- Professional career
- Awards and Accomplishment
- Publications
- References
Assaiante is a 1974 graduate of Springfield College and holds a master's degree from Long Island University , he currently resides in West Hartford, Connecticut.
Assaiante has led the Trinity men's squash team to sixteen national titles. From 1998-2012, Assaiante and Trinity won 252 consecutive matches, including thirteen national championships—the longest winning streak in college sports history. The steak came to an end when Yale defeated Trinity, 5-4, on January 18, 2012.
In 2014, a $2 million gift to US Squash established the Ganek Family US Squash Head National Coach Fund and Assaiante became the inaugural Ganek Family US Squash Head National Coach on a formal part-time basis. The position is currently the only known endowed coaching position among the more than four dozen sports that are members of the United States Olympic Committee.
At the 2016 Delaware Investments U.S. Open Squash Championships, Assaiante was inducted into the U.S. Squash Hall of Fame.
Professional career
Hartford, CT
Trinity College, Hartford, CT
US Squash
Princeton Club of New York, New York, NY
The Baltimore Country Club, Baltimore, MD
Williams College, Williamstown, MA
The Apawamis Club, Rye, NY
United States Military Academy of West Point, NY
Awards and Accomplishment
1998-2012: Longest consecutive winning streak of any college sport.
Coached 75 All Americans and numerous National Champions in both tennis and squash.
2016: Inducted into U.S. Squash Hall of Fame
2014: Named Ganek Family US Squash Head National Coach
2010: Named U.S. National Squash Coach.
2010: Assaiante Tennis Center Dedication, Trinity College.
2009: Elected to Springfield College Hall of Fame.
2003: U.S.Squash Racquets Association Presidents Award for his lifelong contribution to the sport.
2002: Arthur Hughes Award Recipient (Junior Professor of the Year),Trinity College.
2000:Hartford Courant Coach of the Century.
- Multiple NESCAC Coach of the Year Awards: Tennis and Squash.
- Two- Time Olympic Coach of the Year.
- Hartford World Team Tennis Coach.
- U.S.A. World Team Squash Coach.
- U.S. National Squash Coach
- Recipient of the Gold Key Award from the Connecticut sports writers guild.
- Has raised three million dollars to endow his own Chair "Paul D. Assaiante Professorship of Physical Education".
- Has raised two million dollars to endow the U.S. National Squash Coach Chair "The Ganek Family Chair".