For more than two decades, Pat Cosquer's work in squash has been molded by a deep belief in people, in what can happen when talent is seen early, supported well, and given room to grow. He has moved through the sport as a coach, mentor, program builder, and trusted connector, consistently creating access for players from underrepresented backgrounds and helping them imagine bigger futures through the game.
Today, Pat serves as Director of Squash Programs at St. George’s School in Rhode Island and as Coach and General Manager of the Newport Dragons in the National Squash League. Across both roles, the through line is the same: he leads with care, long-view thinking, and a clear sense that squash can open far more than competitive opportunity.
That has been true throughout his journey. From his early years in the urban squash movement at StreetSquash in Harlem, to collegiate coaching at Northwestern, Bates, and Hobart & William Smith, to his work now within one of the country’s most storied secondary school programs,
Pat has built a career that reaches across nearly every level of the American game. He has coached winning teams, developed young talent, and helped build environments where players feel challenged, supported, and deeply seen.
What stands out most, though, is not only his experience. It is his intention.
Pat has long focused on widening the sport’s doorway. His teams have consistently included and been strengthened by players from the Caribbean, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. At St. George’s, that commitment continues in a meaningful way, as he works to expand pathways for young players from regions too often overlooked by traditional recruiting pipelines. He understands that access is not just about spotting talent. It is about trust, relationship-building, and showing families that they are part of the future of the sport too.
That is what makes him such a natural recipient of the Weusi Community Impact Grant.
This grant exists to support people using squash as a vehicle for community building, expanded opportunity, and meaningful impact. It also reflects Weusi’s commitment to storytelling, to making sure the people, places, and possibilities around the game are seen in full. Recipients receive not only funding but also storytelling support and amplification for grassroots work that strengthens community through squash.
Pat embodies that spirit in a way that feels both clear and earned.
Through the grant, he will attend CASA in the British Virgin Islands, where he will spend time connecting with families across the Caribbean and helping bring forward stories that deserve greater visibility. This next chapter is not simply about travel or observation. It is about listening, reconnecting with communities, understanding what families want for the next generation, and helping tell athlete journeys with the depth, dignity, and care they deserve.
That work matters because the full story of squash is never only found in results.
It lives in the people who keep showing up. In the families who believe in what the sport might unlock. In the coaches who think beyond one season. In the work of building bridges between aspiration and access. Pat has spent years doing exactly that, connecting communities, creating pathways, and helping young players move closer to opportunity with greater confidence.
He also understands the importance of representation at the highest levels of the game. In professional squash, he is helping shape a new chapter through his leadership with the Newport Dragons, while modeling what it looks like for more people to be seen not only playing the sport, but leading it. In youth and school squash, he continues to invest in the relationships and structures that make long-term access possible. Together, that work reflects a rare breadth of vision: local and global, personal and strategic, immediate and generational.
That is the kind of impact Weusi believes in.
Pat Cosquer is not simply coaching squash. He is helping reshape who gets welcomed in, who gets supported, and who gets to imagine themselves within the sport’s future.
With the support of the Weusi Community Impact Grant, that work now carries forward to CASA and beyond, through new stories, stronger relationships, and a wider horizon of possibility for the communities he continues to serve.
Anyone interested in learning more about the Weusi Community Impact Grant can find more information here.
