Jack Wyant came to the University of Pennsylvania prior to the 2004-05 season as the head women's squash coach. He was named Penn's Director of Squash before the 2018-19 season, and prior to that Wyant spent six seasons as head coach of both the men's and women's teams.
In the 2025 season, the Quakers began the year with a seven match winning-streak, entering the season ranked at No. 6 by the CSA. Jumping in the national rankings to No. 3, the Red and Blue fell to No. 2 Trinity before going on a three-match win streak over Ivy League opponents No. 7 Yale, No. 9 Columbia, and No. 8 Cornell. Halfway through the season, Sohaila Ismail, Savannah Ingledew, and Franka Vidovic competed in the A Division bracket in the CSA Individual Championship. Allie Stoddard, competing in the B Division, won the Holleran North bracket as a freshman, becoming the second player in program history to win their bracket in the Holleran Cup competition. The Quakers resumed team play, going 5-2 in conference play to secure a second-place Ivy League finish. Falling to the Trinity Batons in the semifinal round of the Howe Cup, the Quakers finished the season in third place in the national rankings for the second consecutive year. At the conclusion of the season, Malak Khafagy was named as the Ivy League Player and Rookie of the Year, garnering first-team recognition on both the All-Ivy and CSA All-American squads. Vidovic also earned first-team All-Ivy recognition, later being named as a second-team CSA All-American. Ismail earned her second All-Ivy and second CSA All-American distinctions, with Ingledew named to the All-Ivy second-team. Additionally, Yoshna Singh garnered Academic All-Ivy.
In the 2024 season, the Quakers won their first ten matches, jumping out to one of their best starts in program history. Penn also had victories over Drexel, Stanford, Virginia, Cornell and Dartmouth who were all ranked in the top-10 throughout the season. The Quakers earned a highest ranking of No. 2 according to the CSA. Following the conclusion of the season, freshman Sohaila Ismail garnered first-team All-Ivy and CSA second-team All-America status. Wyant brought the Red and Blue back to the Howe Cup, where the Quakers fell in the semifinal. During CSA individuals, Sohalia Ismail competed in the Ramsay Cup (A Division), while Franka Vidovic fell in the semifinal of the Holleran Cup (B Division).
The 2009 U.S. Squash National Coach of the Year, Wyant is the winningest coach in program history with a 203-90 record across his 20 seasons. That includes a 81-43 mark against Ivy opponents. He led the Penn women to 17 straight College Squash Association (CSA) Howe Cup appearances from 2005-22, and the Quakers have had a record of .500 or better for 19 straight seasons. Prior to his arrival, Penn had won just one Ivy League title, in 2000; he has since doubled that, winning the league with undefeated records in both 2007-08 and 2014-15. The Quakers also made the Howe Cup final in 2008, falling to Ivy rival Princeton 6-3 in the championship match.
Individually, Wyant coached Reeham (Sedky) Salah to the CSA national individual championship in 2018, the first by a Penn player since Jessica DiMauro won in 1996 and only the second since Alicia McConnell swept three in a row from 1982-84. Salah also won the CSA's Betty Richey Award that year, the highest award given in women's squash, and was named the U.S. Squash Athlete of the Year. Overall, a Penn player has been named Ivy League Player of the Year three times during Wyant's tenure, Salah in 2016-17 and 2017-18 and Kristen Lange in 2008-09. Three women have been named Ivy League Rookie of the Year under Wyant: Lange (2006-07), Yan Xin Tan (2012-13), and Malak Taha (2022-23).
Wyant has coached ten Penn players to a total of 24 first-team CSA All-America honors including four each by Lange, Salah and Marie Stephan. When it comes to All-Ivy, a total of 14 players have racked up 34 all-conference certificates led by four each for Lange, Tan, and Salah.
Wyant also oversaw the Penn men's program as head coach from 2010-11 to 2015-16, earning 47 wins.
Prior to coming to Penn, Wyant served as the head coach of the girls' squash team at Milton Academy in Milton, Mass. At Milton, Wyant designed and managed daily practices, created Senior Day to honor the Class of 2004, and instituted a Girls' Squash Alumnae Day to foster interaction between past and present Milton players, all while at the helm of a team that went 13-0, including an 83-8 varsity individual record.
Before arriving at Milton, Wyant served as an assistant brand manager for Procter & Gamble Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio for four years. During that time he helped develop several concept testing processes and executed multiple online and offline marketing programs for various national brands.
Wyant is no stranger to squash at its highest levels. He was named the head coach of the 2007 United States Junior Women's World Championships team and guided the squad to an eighth place finish in Hong Kong in August, 2007. Most recently, Wyant led the US team to a fourth-place finish at the 2009 World Juniors held in Chennai, India. That matched the best finish in the team's history, and earned Wyant the US Squash National Coach of the Year honor.
As a junior player, he won the U13 and U15 doubles national championships before capturing the U17 singles title. Wyant was a three-time All-America and four-time All-Ivy honoree for the Princeton squash team. While at Princeton, he was the only three-year captain in the program's 75-year history, and helped the Tigers to the 1993 Team National Championship.
Wyant was named the 1992 National Intercollegiate Rookie of the Year and was awarded the George C. McFarland Trophy for Leadership and Sportsmanship twice while at Princeton.
After leaving Princeton, Wyant competed on the Professional Squash Association (PSA) tour for three years. During that time, he played in tournaments in England, Europe and Central America as well as throughout North America.
Wyant had the honor of representing the United States in international competition eight times: twice as a junior, twice as a professional (including the Pan-American Fed Games), and four times as a coach. He ultimately achieved a ranking of No. 3 in the United States.
A 1996 graduate of Princeton University, Wyant received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history.
