Johnny Wilson comes to the HRC after a life-long career in coaching and playing squash. Following his father, who placed second in the over-45 World Masters Games, Johnny started playing the game as soon as he could walk.

A gold medal winner in the Canadian Team Championships, Johnny has held the #2 position in British Columbia rankings, and #6 in Canadian rankings. He has coached squash professionally across Canada and the USA, and has provided squash clinics in England, Singapore, Australia, Germany and Holland. He was the Assistant National Elite coach for Malaysia in preparation for the 1997 Commonwealth Games, and the South African Western Province junior team coach for the national Jarvis Cup Team Championships.

Johnny’s dedication to developing a lively junior program was recognized when he was presented with the Squash Ontario Outstanding Coaching Award for 2007. He also led the Ottawa Junior Team to the Ontario Team Championship gold medal in 2011 for the first time in the tournament’s history. Having played tournaments himself as a junior, Johnny knows what is required to play at a junior competitive level, and as a result is able to help young athletes work their way through the squash circuit.