Coaches Portfolio

Kevin - Squash Coach

Name: Kevin Karam
Qualification: Professional Coach

Institution: Assistant F & B Manager
Cabanna Beach
Durban
Years: 1975 - 1976

Institution: Assistant General Manager
Ambassador Hotel
Cape Town
Years: 1976 -1980

Squash Career Started at – Cabanna Beach with my first position in Hotel Management, at the age of 23.
First League Player after One Year In Natal then moved to Cape Town and represented Western Province’ B after three years.
The next year represented Western Province A.

National Ranking in S.A. 18. Then Went Overseas (1980)
- Start of Professional Career as Player & Coach 1980 at Lambton Squash Club in London.
- 1981 Moved On To Münich. Employed at a commercial Squash centre as squash coach.
- Played Bundes Liga I and produced a number of Junior National Champions in age group’s from under 11 up to under 19 boys and girls.

Best Coaching Achievements
- Producing three world ranked player’s
- Florian Pössl (Top 40) & Oliver Rucks (Top 30) And
- Sabine Skhöne (Tillman) Top 10
- Austrian National Men’s Team
- Coach for three seasons taking them from ranking 15 in Europe up to eighth position.

- German National Ladies Team
- Coach German National Ladies team for two years and successfully defended position two in Europe for two years

Personal Best Ranking 33 in the World

Personal Best Results
- Beating two top 10 player’s in the world at major tournaments
- Winning Grasshopper Open in Switzerland
- Provincial Coach of the Bavarian S.R.A. (Squash in Bayern) junior Boy’s & Girls age groups from under 11 to under 19 from 1990 up to 2006
- And always as the Top Landes Verband (Province) with the most titles I permanently returned to South Africa in September 2007.