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Head Coach Stuart leGassick is a native of Aberdeen, Scotland.
He originally came to Brown as the first coach for the Men's
Varsity team, starting the program in 1989, and assumed dual duties
as Head Coach of the Men's and Women's teams in 1990. While at
Brown, leGassick has raised the performance and expectations of
both teams. He has led the women's team to the top echelon of
women's squash in the United Sates. In 1996, leGassick's women's
team finished 3rd in the Howe Cup, the National Team Championship
for the Women's Intercollegiate Squash Racquets Association. In
1997 and 2001, leGassick's women's team won the Clarence C. Chaffee
Award at the Howe Cup for its demonstrated qualities of
competitiveness and court demeanor. His men's team has progressed
steadily to compete in the Top 10 of the United States
Intercollegiate Rankings, and have on four occasions won the Hoehn
Cup (1999, 2000, 2003 and 2005). He has successfully coached and
developed four-time first team All-American Devon Kennedy, who won
the Betty Richey Award as the nation's outstanding squash senior
and reached the final of the Intercollegiate Individuals in 1999.
Devon was also voted the Brown University Student Athlete of the
Year in 1999. Stuart has also coached numerous All Americans, All
Ivy and Scholar Athletes. Stuart played a major role in the
conversion of the Kate Brodsky Squash Pavilion from hardball to
international softball courts in fundraising, planning and in
supervising the construction of the courts. Active in national and
international squash, leGassick was instrumental in bringing the
United States Open Squash Championship to Brown in 1994 and 1995,
which was won by Peter Nicol (1994) of Scotland and Jansher Khan of
Pakistan (1995). leGassick, 49, learned his squash in the 1960's in
England at one of Britain's premier squash prep schools. Captain of
squash for three years at the College of Ripon and York St. John,
and semifinalist ('83) and quarterfinalist ('81 and '82) in the
British Colleges Squash Championship, leGassick possesses an
Honours Degree in Human Movement Studies, Sport and Recreation
Management. leGassick came to the United States with the highly
sought-after British Squash Racquets Association Coaching
Certificate. Prior to his arrival at Brown, leGassick worked at the
Heights Casino in Brooklyn, New York. In 1986-87, the Casino
produced seven No. 1 nationally ranked U.S. Junior players and each
year produces 50 or more nationally ranked junior players. Stuart
is presently a Level II USSRA Technical Coach. Presently le Gassick
is serving as President of the Women's College Squash Association.
leGassick, who resides on the East Side of Providence with his
wife, Loren, and their children, Alexander "Sandy," Anne, Philip,
and baby Peter. He has instructed at the Junior National Squash
Training Center, and is a member of the Professional Squash
Racquets Association. He is also involved in the United States
Olympic Coaches Training Program and conducts several junior
clinics and camps at Brown and in Scotland.
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