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 (John Conroy)
- 1943: Yale University (John Skillman)
- 1947: Yale University (John Skillman)
- 1948: Yale University (John Skillman)
- 1949: Yale University (John Skillman)
- 1950: Yale University (John Skillman)
- 1951: Harvard University (Jack Barnaby)
- 1952: Yale University (John Skillman)
- 1953: Harvard University (Jack Barnaby) and Yale University (John Skillman)
- 1954: Harvard University (Jack Barnaby)
- 1955: Princeton University (John Conroy)
- 1956: Harvard University (Jack Barnaby)
- 1957: United States Naval Academy (Art Potter)
- 1958: Yale University (John Skillman)
- 1959: United States Naval Academy (Art Potter)
- 1960: Harvard University (Jack Barnaby)
- 1961: Yale University (John Skillman)
- 1962: Yale University (John Skillman)
- 1963: Harvard University (Jack Barnaby)
- 1964: Harvard University (Jack Barnaby)
- 1965: Harvard University (Jack Barnaby)
- 1966: Harvard University (Jack Barnaby)
- 1967: United States Naval Academy (Art Potter)
- 1968: Harvard University (Jack Barnaby)
- 1969: Harvard University (Jack Barnaby)
- 1970: Harvard University (Jack Barnaby)
- 1971: Harvard University (Jack Barnaby)
- 1972: Harvard University (Jack Barnaby)
- 1973: Harvard University (Jack Barnaby)
- 1974: Princeton University (Bill Summers)
- 1975: Princeton University (David Benjamin)
- 1976: Harvard University (Jack Barnaby)
- 1977: Princeton University (David Benjamin)
- 1978: Princeton University (David Benjamin)
- 1979: Princeton University (Norm Peck)
- 1980: Harvard University (Dave Fish)
- 1981: Princeton University (Norm Peck)
- 1982: Princeton University (Bob Callahan)
- 1983: Harvard University (Dave Fish)
- 1984: Harvard University (Dave Fish)
- 1985: Harvard University (Dave Fish)
- 1986: Harvard University (Dave Fish)
- 1987: Harvard University (Dave Fish)
- 1988: Harvard University (Dave Fish)
- 1989: Yale University (David Talbott)
- 1990: Yale University (David Talbott)
- 1991: Harvard University (Steve Piltch)
- 1992: Harvard University (Steve Piltch)
- 1993: Princeton University (Bob Callahan)
- 1994: Harvard University (Bill Doyle)
- 1995: Harvard University (Bill Doyle)
- 1996: Harvard University (Bill Doyle)
- 1997: Harvard University (Bill Doyle)
- 1998: Harvard University (Bill Doyle)
- 1999: Trinity College (Paul Assaiante)
- 2000: Trinity College (Paul Assaiante)
- 2001: Trinity College (Paul Assaiante)
- 2002: Trinity College (Paul Assaiante)
- 2003: Trinity College (Paul Assaiante)
- 2004: Trinity College (Paul Assaiante)
- 2005: Trinity College (Paul Assaiante)
- 2006: Trinity College (Paul Assaiante)
- 2007: Trinity College (Paul Assaiante)
- 2008: Trinity College (Paul Assaiante)
- 2009: Trinity College (Paul Assaiante)
- 2010: Trinity College (Paul Assaiante)
- 2011: Trinity College (Paul Assaiante)
- 2012: Princeton University (Bob Callahan)
- 2013: Trinity College (Paul Assaiante)
- 2014: Havard University (Mike Way)
- 2015: Trinity College (Paul Assaiante)
- 2016: Yale University (David Talbott)
- 2017: Trinity College (Paul Assaiante)
