Sean Wilkinson

Biography

Email Coach Wilkinson at sw12@princeton.edu. With a wealth of experience at both the intercollegiate and international levels, Sean Wilkinson was named The Robert W. Callahan '77 Head Coach of Men's Squash prior to the 2013-14 season. He enters his 13th year at Princeton with the 2025-26. Wilkinson, the 2024 Ivy League Coach of the Year, guided Princeton to the Ivy League title that season. The clincher for the league title came on the final day of dual matches in Jadwin Gym, with Princeton rallying from a 4-1 deficit against Penn to win 5-4 and finish 5-1 in the Ivy. Princeton finished that year with three All-Ivy and All-America honorees, including Karim Elbarbary, Hollis Robertson and Thomas Rosini, with Elbarbary becoming a three-time All-American. Princeton followed that with a semifinal run at the CSA team tournament and repeated that finish in 2025. In 2019-20, Princeton finished fourth in the country, and in the return of the tournament in 2021-22 after it was canceled the previous year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Princeton finished sixth. Princeton has competed in the Potter Cup, the top draw of the CSA team tournament, each year it has been held since 2018. Also at the 2022 CSA championships, Youssef Ibrahim '22, the Ivy League Player of the Year, made the final in the Pool Trophy draw, coming two points away from winning the CSA national title. 2023 saw four Tigers participating in the CSA Individual Championships, and two All American honorees in Karim Elbarbary