Princeton University Athletics
Marcoux Samaan '91 Named US Squash CEO
January 19, 2026 | General, Men's Squash, Women's Squash
Princeton alumna Mollie Marcoux Samaan '91 has been named Chief Executive Officer of US Squash, the national governing body for squash in the United States.
Marcoux Samaan served as Princeton's Ford Family Director of Athletics from the 2014-21. During that period, Princeton teams won a total of 67 Ivy League championships and achieved multiple top-50 finishes in the Learfield Directors' Cup, which measures overall athletic department performance at the Division I level, including a high finish of 30th nationally in 2018-19.
While a student-athlete at Princeton, Marcoux Samaan was an eight-time varsity letterwinner, competing in soccer and ice hockey. On the ice, Marcoux Samaan was a four-time first-team All-Ivy honoree and was the 1988 Ivy League Rookie of the Year. On the pitch, she earned second-team All-Ivy honors in 1987, and with her combined success, she was a winner of Princeton's von Kiebusch Award, given to the top senior female athlete. She graduated with a degree in history.
Prior to her appointment as director of athletics at Princeton, Marcoux Samaan spent nearly two decades in senior leadership roles at Chelsea Piers, where she was responsible for overseeing sports operations and youth programming.
After leaving Princeton, Marcoux Samaan served as Commissioner of the LPGA. Her appointment at US Squash places her in charge of national programs spanning grassroots participation, elite competition, and organizational governance.
"US Squash has a long history of excellence, innovation and integrated community-building," Marcoux Samaan said in the organization's announcement. "I am honored to join the organization at such an exciting time and look forward to working collaboratively alongside athletes, coaches, staff, clubs, partners, supporters and the broader squash community to strengthen and grow the sport's reach and impact across the country. My focus will be on providing an ideal environment for our world-class athletes to reach their peak performance, particularly leading into the 2028 Olympic Games, growing the number of participants, programs and fans of this great game, and unlocking significant potential investment in the sport. I have always been highly impressed by the squash community's passion, enthusiasm, and commitment to utilizing the game to change lives and I can't wait to get started."
