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(A) Potter Cup

| Print | Updated August 22, 2010
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The top eight teams in the nation compete in the “A” division of the men’s National Team Championships for the national title and the Potter Cup. The Potter Cup is named for Art Potter, the United States Naval Academy’s longtime coach. Potter, who started coaching at Navy in 1950, coached the midshipmen to national team titles in 1957, 1959, and 1967. Until Trinity  won its first title in 1998, Navy was the only non-Ivy League school to win a national nine-player team championship. Potter was inducted into the College Squash Hall of Fame in 1990.

The records below list the national nine-player team champions. From 1942 to 1988, the title was based on dual-match records, with the team with the best record becoming the national champion. Since 1989, the title has been based on performance in the National Team Championships, with the team winning the “A” division becoming the national champion. Between 1956 and 1988, the National Intercollegiate Squash Racquets Association, the precursor to the Men’s College Squash Association, awarded an additional team trophy based on players’ performances in the national individual tournament. The winners of this trophy are listed at Six-Man Trophy.

NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONS/POTTER CUP WINNERS (COACH):

  • 1942: Princeton University
  • 1943: Yale University
  • 1947: Yale University
  • 1948: Yale University
  • 1949: Yale University
  • 1950: Yale University
  • 1951: Harvard University
  • 1952: Yale University
  • 1953: Harvard University and Yale University
  • 1954: Harvard University
  • 1955: Princeton University
  • 1956: Harvard University
  • 1957: United States Naval Academy
  • 1958: Yale University
  • 1959: United States Naval Academy
  • 1960: Harvard University
  • 1961: Yale University
  • 1962: Yale University
  • 1963: Harvard University
  • 1964: Harvard University
  • 1965: Harvard University
  • 1966: Harvard University
  • 1967: United States Naval Academy
  • 1968: Harvard University
  • 1969: Harvard University
  • 1970: Harvard University
  • 1971: Harvard University
  • 1972: Harvard University
  • 1973: Harvard University
  • 1974: Princeton University
  • 1975: Princeton University
  • 1976: Harvard University
  • 1977: Princeton University
  • 1978: Princeton University
  • 1979: Princeton University
  • 1980: Harvard University
  • 1981: Princeton University
  • 1982: Princeton University
  • 1983: Harvard University
  • 1984: Harvard University
  • 1985: Harvard University
  • 1986: Harvard University
  • 1987: Harvard University
  • 1988: Harvard University
  • 1989: Yale University
  • 1990: Yale University
  • 1991: Harvard University
  • 1992: Harvard University
  • 1993: Harvard University
  • 1994: Harvard University
  • 1995: Harvard University
  • 1996: Harvard University
  • 1997: Harvard University
  • 1998: Harvard University
  • 1999: Trinity College
  • 2000: Trinity College
  • 2001: Trinity College
  • 2002: Trinity College
  • 2003: Trinity College
  • 2004: Trinity College
  • 2005: Trinity College
  • 2006: Trinity College
  • 2007: Trinity College
  • 2008: Trinity College
  • 2009: Trinity College
  • 2010: Trinity College