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Satinder Bajwa
| Title: | Head Coach |
| Organization: | M Squash |
| Phone Number: | (617) 495-4851 |
| Email Address: | sbajwa@fas.harvard.edu |
| College: | London Southall College of Technology |
| Experience: | 11th Season |
Satinder Bajwa is currently in his 11th season as head coach of Harvard's men's and women's squash teams in 2009-10. Bajwa has mentored world-class players and national champions from around the world including the United States. Under his direction, the women's team has won six Ivy League titles, while the men's squad as captured five conference crowns. The women also won the College Squash Association (CSA) national championship (Howe Cup) in 2001 and 2010. The men's team also claimed the five-man USSRA National Team Championship the same year.
In the past 10 seasons, Harvard's men's squash team has seen 33
All-Ivy League honors, two Rookies of the Year and one Player of
the Year. The national spotlight has been even brighter with
Harvard being recognized with 33 All-Americans in that same time
frame. He has posted an 82-33 record in men's play during his
tenure. In 2006-07, Siddharth Suchde '07 climbed the ladder to
claim his stake as the game's top player by winning the CSA
Individual National championship. Women's teammate and perrenial
All-America selection Kyla Grigg '07 matched the accomplishment
giving Harvard the game's top players on either side.
During the 2009-10 season, Colin West '10 won the individual men's
title, while Laura Gemmell '13 took home the women's individual
crown.
On the women's side, Harvard has had 30 All-Ivy League players under Bajwa. The women have had five Rookie of the Year honors, three Player of the Year honors, and three CSA individual national champions, while being recognized with 38 All-Americans. Bajwa has posted a 93-28 overall record with the women and guided the team all the way to the national championship in 2010.
Bajwa served as the head coach at the United States Military Academy (1985-88) before returning to the United Kingdom to take on the challenge of International (soft ball) squash. Back in London, he initially represented and managed the Stripes Club's National Squash League team before moving on to work in the development and promotional aspects of the game. His 10-year stint in this area allowed him to direct many world class players, including one of the greatest players of all time, Jansher Khan.
Concurrently, Bajwa is the President and Founder of Complete Sports Solutions (CSS) which consults with industry experts such as Octagon. Bajwa currently partners with WSM to promote the Super Series Squash Finals. His company - CSS - owns exclusive rights for the promotion of the Super Series Squash Finals featuring the world's eight best players. The event is now in its 11th year and is an annual sporting fixture on the United Kingdom sporting calendar.
Bajwa made his return to United States collegiate coaching in 1998 with his appointment as head coach at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, where he led the men's team to its best season ever.
An American citizen, Bajwa was born in India and schooled in the United Kingdom. As a player, he was ranked on both the North American hard ball and the International squash tours during the 1980s. Still competing as a senior, Bajwa has won the US National Championships in the over 35 and over 45 age categories.
A graduate of London Southall College of Technology, he and his wife Surinder, have three children: sons Pehlaaj and Cherrag, and daughter Kimran. The family resides in Huron Village situated in Cambridge, Mass.









