NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Campbell Grayson, a 17-year veteran of the Professional Squash Association World Tour with 14 titles, has joined the Yale Squash Program as an assistant coach for both teams.
 
Grayson, an Auckland, New Zealand, native, won two of those championships, the Cannon Kirk Irish Squash Open and the Northwestern Mutual LifeTime Houston Open, a year before he retired in 2020.
 
Ranked as high as 24^th in the world in 2020, he also helped his country to its best finish in over a quarter of a century at the WSF Men's World Team Squash Championships.
 
"Our team is very excited to have Campbell joining Yale Squash," said Lynn Leong, the Brooks G. Ragen Director of Squash. "Campbell's comprehensive knowledge of the sport combined with his enthusiasm, passion for coaching, and mentorship make him a great fit for our program. No doubt we will also benefit from the dedication and perseverance he displayed throughout his professional career."
Grayson won the U-13, U-15, U-17 and U-19 New Zealand age group national titles. In the final year of his junior career, he also won the U-19 New Zealand International Open, Australian International Open, and the Scottish International Open. He placed ninth at the prestigious British Junior Open and reached the last 16 at the 2004 World Junior Championships.
 
Grayson also won the bronze medal at the 2006 World Doubles Championships in Melbourne, Australia. That performance earned him a position in the 2006 New Zealand Commonwealth Games. A year later he began competing full-time on the PSA World Tour.
 
As a youth, Grayson was selected to be a part of Auckland's elite tennis junior squad and went on to win numerous titles while representing Auckland at the New Zealand Junior Tennis Nationals in 1996. Training at Titirangi Rackets Club, his attention shifted to his father's game, squash, at age 11. He won his first U-13 New Zealand Nationals squash title in 1997.
 
"I am grateful, honored and incredibly excited to join Yale Squash's coaching team. Yale Squash has a rich history as a premier squash program in the country, and I am looking forward to bringing my energy and experience to help take the Men's and Women's teams to greater heights," said Grayson. "Thank you to Lynn Leong and Athletics Director Vicky Chun for giving me this opportunity, and I can't wait to get started."
 
In 2005, Grayson was awarded the NZ Prime Minister's High-Performance Scholarship while studying at Unitec Institute of Technology and majoring in Sports Management. He was awarded the 2006 Sportsperson of the Year Award at Unitec and the 2009 Sportsman of the Year by Squash Auckland.