Harvard University

Hameed Ahmed has spent the last six seasons as associate head coach and is now in his 14th season with the Harvard squash program in 2026-27. Ahmed was elevated to his current post of the men's and women's programs in 2018, after five seasons as the assistant coach and communications/alumni relations coordinator. 

The 2025-26 season saw both Harvard programs make deep runs at the CSA National Championships with help from Ahmed and the coaching staff. The men posted a 10-5 record and finished as the national runner-up, marking the program’s best finish since 2023, while the women went 9-4 and advanced to the national semifinals. A combined seven student-athletes earned both All-America and All-Ivy honors during the campaign. Christian Capella was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year, Saran Nghiem received the CSA Betty Richey Award and Caroline Fouts finished as the runner-up at the CSA Individual National Championships.
 
Both the men's and women's programs have seen great success in Ahmed's tenure with the Crimson. The men's side has amassed over 200 wins, six Ivy League titles and five national championships (2014, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023). The 2014 title was the Crimson's first since 1998. The women's side has also been strong under Ahmed, picking up over 150 wins, ten Ivy league championships and eight national titles.
 
Ahmed came to Harvard in 2013, after spending the previous two seasons at his alma mater, the University of Rochester, as an assistant coach. During his time at Rochester he made a big impact on the squash program, coaching six athletes that earned All-America honors, 10 athletes that were named All-Liberty League and one athlete that was tabbed as Liberty League Player of the Year. Ahmed saw his team win back-to-back league titles and land the No. 5 spot in the national rankings for two consecutive seasons. 
 
During his collegiate career at Rochester, Ahmed was a three time All-America selection and served as team captain for three seasons. The squad moved from the No. 16 spot in the nation to as high as No. 2 during the 2009-10 campaign. 
 
Ahmed has represented the Finnish men’s senior national team at six European Team Championships and three World Team Championships in 2003-2011. He has won seven Finnish Junior Championships as well as three European Junior Grand Prix titles.
 
Ahmed is an active doubles player on the SDA Pro Tour and finished the 2022 season ranked as #12 in the world. He has been a member of the SDA Board of Directors since 2019.
 
Ahmed earned a bachelor’s degree in English in 2011, from the University of Rochester. He was one of Finland's 2007 Fulbright Undergraduates who received a scholarship to pursue undergraduate studies in the United States. He holds a master's degree in Business Administration from Rochester's Simon School of Business and he completed his Master of Liberal Arts degree in finance from the Harvard Extension School in 2018.