Vancouver Squash Academy Head Squash Professional & Founder

With an outstanding background as a professional player and over 14 years of coaching experience, Marco brings both his passion and his expertise to the court, helping you believe & achieve!

Marco is originally from Cordoba, Veracruz, Mexico. He has been part of the National Teams of Mexico as a player and part of the body of National Coaches of Juniors and Seniors, as well as Head Coach of Nuevo León, State of Mexico, and also Player and Squash Coach and Mentor at in Vancouver Metro Area obtaining the best results not only Provincials but also National and International.

His main achievements as a player are:
-Ranking # 2 in Mexico (2008)
- Silver Medal Team Event, Pan American Tournament, Ecuador 2008

- 2nd Place Canadian Nationals 2022, 35+ Category.

- British Columbia Ranking #1 2016

- 2x Provincial Champion - British Columbia Championships 2018 & 2019.

- Gold Medal International Americas Master Games Vancouver 2016
- British Columbia Open Champion 2013, finalist 2015 and 2016.
- Jericho Open Champion 2015
- 2x Pacific Coast Open Champion at VRC; 2014 and 2016.
- Pacific Rim Open 2016 Champion, Victoria Squash Club.

- 2nd Place, University of Victoria Open 2017.

- 5th Place Canadian Nationals Teams Championships. Representing BC. Windsor, Ontario.

As a coach:
- National Coach of Mexico 2006 - 2011
PanAm Games Rio de Janeiro Brazil Men's Coach, Individual's Gold Medal, Team's Event Bronze.

- Certificate of Planning of the methodology of the high-performance training by the Mexican Olympic Committee. (2009)
-Head Coach State of Nuevo León, Mexico 2011 - 2013
- 12x Canadian National Junior Champions from 2017-22

- 4x International Canadian Junior Open Champions 2016-22

- Hong Kong Junior Open Champion 2016.

- Scottish Junior Open Champion 2019.

- 3rd Place US Junior Open 2022.

- All Sports Coach of the Year 2019 City of Richmond, BC.

- Squash BC Coach of the Year 2019, Kevin Kid Junior Award.

Squash Mentor of:

• Andrea Toth: National Champion 2018 Girls U19, Canadian Junior Open Champion 2016 U17, National Rank # 1 Girls U19, and member of the Junior National Team for the World Squash Championships in New Zeland 2017. Squash scholarship at Princeton University

• Jacob Lin: National Champion 2017 & 2018 Boys U13, 2019 Boys, U15, Hong Kong Junior Open 2016 Champion U11, International Canadian Junior Open 2016 2nd Place U13, British Junior Open 2020 6th place.

• Maria Min: National Champion 2018 Girls U13 United States Junior Open 2016 2nd Place Girls U11, National Rank # 1 U11.

• Ocean Ma: Champion of the International Canadian Junior Open 2019 Girls u13, Champion of the Dalian China Open 2019, 2nd place at the Canadian Nationals 2019.

• Gabriel Yun: National Champion 2018, Boys U15, Champion of the International Canadian Junior Open 2019, Provincial Champion 2018 Boys U15. and 2020 Boys U17. Squash scholarship at Columbia University

• Veera Dhaliwal: Canadian National Champion 2019 Girls U11, CHampion of the Scottish Junior Open 2019 Girls U11.

• Spring Ma: 2nd Place of the International Canadian Junior Open 2019 Girls U13, 2nd place at the Dalian China Open, 4th place Canadian Nationals 2019 Girls u13.

• James Toth: Provincial Champion 2019 & 2020 boys U17 & U19, BC  

• Joseph Toth: Canadian Nationals 2nd Place 2018 Boys U13. 3rd place International Canadian Junior Open 2019.

• Emilio Carrillo: Member of the Canadian National Team for PanAm Championships Canada 2019 and World Junior Championships, Malaysia 2019, BC Provincial # 2 Boys U19. BC Open Junior 2019 Champion. Squash scholarship at Rochester University

• Matthew Toth: Former U19 Provincial Champion, Canadian Winter Games Medallist, Top #3 National Junior Ranked. Squash scholarship at Rochester University

• Samm Fulton: Former U19 Provincial Champion. Squash scholarship at Franklin & Marshal University

• Alfredo Avila: Mexican International, Panamerican Junior Champion, US and Canadian Junior Open Champion, British Junior Open Semifinalist,  Current PSA #54, Highest-Rank #35.