Squash University
Squash University is in session! As a player, Gilly Lane was a 4 time All-American, and Skillman award winner for the University of Pennsylvania before he went on to become one of the greatest American squash players of all time. As a coach, he’s led his alma mater to a Sloane Team Sportsmanship Award, 3 Ivy League Championships, and the first 2 National Championships in Penn Squash history. As a player, Jackson Bragman won Liberty League Rookie of the week once for Denison University (He will not be a 4 time All-American). As a broadcaster, he’s interviewed a countless amount of the world’s best squash players, coaches, and characters. Together, they host the world’s number 1 college squash focused podcast: Squash University. On Squash University, Gilly and Jackson discuss the biggest headlines and results from across college squash, provide interviews with some of college squash’s biggest names, and more. Make sure to subscribe to Squash University wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss an episode!
Episodes
Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University!
This week, Gilly and Jackson recap their summer coaching together at the Penn squash camp, and look ahead to the 2025/2026 CSA season (0:22).
Less than a week before the start of their freshman years at Princeton University, twin sisters Alex and Sam Jaffe join the pod to talk about regularly playing one another in high stakes tournament matches, representing Team USA at the Worl...
Note: Recruiting for the class of 2027 begins on September 2nd due to the upcoming Connecticut JCT, not September 1st*
Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University!
With only a couple of weeks to go before college squash recruiting gets underway for the high school class of 2027, University of Pennsylvania Director of Squash and Women's Head Coach Jack Wyant joins the show to share an in-depth breakdown of the steps of ...
Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University!
This week, Middlebury College Head Coach and four-time NESCAC Coach of the Year Mark Lewis joins the show. Coach Mark joins Jackson to talk about transitioning from hardball to softball at 25, living with David Pearson for 6 months, lessons learned from a decade of coaching college squash, and more.
Huge thanks to Coach Mark for joining us this week, huge thanks to each of you fo...
Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University!
This week, Yale University's Lachlan Sutton joins the show. The First-Team All-American sits down with Jackson to talk about baseball, cooking, his first 2 years at Yale, on and off the court, what it would mean to win a CSA National Championship, and more.
Huge thanks to Lachlan for joining us this week, huge thanks to each of you for listening along, and as always, enjoy!
Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University and, for the first time ever, welcome to the Squash Podcast Network!
Jackson and Gilly are joining forces with Bill Buckingham and Paul Johnson of Squash Radio, and Sean Choi of The Rally Report to launch the SPN, a home for some of the squash world’s biggest podcasts.
This is a collaboration that we couldn’t be more thrilled about, so listen along to hear what the Squash Podcast ...
Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University!
This week, Jackson is joined by former PSA world #1, current Drexel University head men’s and women’s squash coach, and 2025 Golden Ball winner for "Name of the Year," John White.
Coach White talks about his introduction to squash in Australia, being one of the best-liked pro players on tour, reaching the World #1 ranking, knowing nothing about college squash before bec...
Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University!
This week, Jackson is joined by former Harvard University #1, current PSA World #26, and travel booking wizard Marina Stefanoni.
Marina talks about winning the U-19 US Junior Nationals for the first time at just 13 years old, her college recruiting process, her experience (on and off-court) in Cambridge, her thoughts on the impending LA28 Olympics (don't ask what they means ...
Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University!
This week, Gilly and Jackson discuss the announcement of the new Ivy League postseason tournament (and eradication of the preseason Ivy League Scrimmage), the US National Championships going on at the Specter Center, Jonah Barrington and Sarah Fitz-Gerald's inductions into the PSA Hall of Fame, and the first week of the U Penn summer squash camp, all live from Gilly's P...
Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University!
This week, Jackson is joined by his Denison University teammate and 2025 Liberty League Player of the Year Charlotte Jones to chat about her successful, but exacting, junior squash career, highlights from her first year of college squash, on and off the court, being elected team captain ahead of her sophomore year, and more (2:33).
Huge thanks to CJ for joining us this week, huge...
Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University!
This week, Jackson and Gilly are joined by the men's World #32, US #1, and, most importantly, friend of the program Timmy Brownell to recap last week's 2025 PSA World Championships from Chicago, Illinois.
The lads discuss the controversy surrounding Mostafa Asal in recent weeks, his historically dominant run through the men's draw, Ali Farag's bounce-back chan...
Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University!
Jackson and Gilly kick off this week’s episode with Tufts University Head Coach, friend of the program, and Gilly’s college teammate at UPenn over 15 years ago, Joe Raho. Coach Joe names his All-Gilly Lane-NBA Team, listing the 5 pro basketball players that best personify Gilly as a squash player and coach (2:06).
Then, the boys welcome on another friend of the show, and 4-Time C...
Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University!
Gilly and Jackson begin today’s show by discussing the first full day of the Papal Conclave from the Vatican City before diving into a preview of the 2025 Professional Squash Association World Championships, the biggest event on the pro squash calendar, kicking off this week in Chicago, Illinois (0:16).
They also react to the release of the 2024-2025 College Squash Association Al...
Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University!
This week, Jackson and Gilly kick off the show by breaking down the first match of the 2025 NSL season between the Philadelphia Lightning and the New York City Knights and touch on Gilly's glee over Liverpool's Premier League title (0:16).
They then welcome friend of the program Andrew Douglas onto the show. Dougie was a 4-time CSA All-American for Gilly’s Penn Quakers ...
Welcome to a very special edition of Squash University!
This week, Gilly and Jackson welcome the greatest coach in college squash history Paul Assaiante onto the show. In his storied 29-year run as the head coach of the Trinity College men's squash team, Assaiante led the Bantams to 17 CSA National Championships, and recently added 2 more as a special advisor for the Trinity women’s team.
Coach A joins Squash U to talk about h...
Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University!
Gilly and Jackson open the show by discussing Rory McIlroy’s win at the Masters last weekend before diving into an offseason edition of the mailbag. They answer your listener-submitted questions about building college programs from the ground up, the future of professional squash, recruiting, the NSL, pre-match music, and more.
Huge thanks to everyone for listening all season lon...
Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University!
This week, the Pride of Britain Nathan Lake joins the show, live from the NSL Draft in Charlottesville, Virginia, to catch up with Jackson for the first time in over 2 years. This is the third interview Jackson and Nathan have recorded together, so make sure to check out the first 2 by clicking the links below.
Nathan talks to Jackson about joining the NSL, losing weight, creatin...
Welcome to the first annual Golden Balls!
This week, Jackson and Gilly hand out their season-end awards to the biggest and brightest stars in college squash including Name of the Year, Bald Guy of the Year, Friend of the Program Bump of the Year, and more.
Huge congrats to all of this year’s nominees and winners, huge thanks to you for listening along, and, as always, enjoy!
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Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University!
This week, Gilly and Jackson welcome Professional Squash Association/National Squash League MC and host of Squash Radio Bill Buckingham (of Buckingham Palace fame) onto the show to recap the NSL Draft from the Boar's Head in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Bill and Jackson share behind-the-scenes insight from their experience at the commentary table in Charlottesville before the ...
Welcome to a post Team National Championship edition of Squash University!
We crowned our 2025 CSA National Champions over the weekend, starting with Trinity overcoming Harvard in a thrilling 5-4 women’s final and, of course, Gilly’s Penn boys taking down Yale in the men’s final!
Jackson and Gilly kick off the show talking about Penn winning its second straight National Championship, how it compares to the first, and Gilly’s though...
Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University. It's National Championship week!
On this week's episode Jackson and Gilly recap last weekend's eventful CSA Divisional Team Championships in Philadelphia and discuss how Jackson's parents spent more time with Gilly over the weekend than he did.
With the CSA National Team Championships getting underway this weekend, Jackson fills out his men's and women&ap...
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