Inspiring Head Coach bringing extensive experience guiding and mentoring student-athletes and teams to reach optimum potential on and off the competitive strip. Driven and high-achieving with elite level individual success and winning-team seasons throughout career history. Passionate about aiding student-athletes to become independent, accomplished people who embrace opportunity and aspire to excellence.
• Design curriculum and guide collaborative implementation for all programs, from recreational to Elite Competitive.
• Work with athletes in small and large group classes, camps and clinics
• Provide Individual lessons to elite level athletes
• Confer with coaches to determine areas of need and develop plans for continued improvement
• Develop National Champions and USA Fencing National and World Team members
• Mentor and develop coaching staff
• Mentor each athlete alongside fostering a positive team culture
• Cultivate excellent sportsmanship and commitment.
Program founder.
• Designed and directed daily training schedule.
• Organized team bonding, leadership development and fundraising.
• Maintained accurate statistics, records and results of each season.
• Managed competition schedule, meet set-up and breakdown.
• Ordered and Inventoried equipment
• Communicated effectively with parents, athletes and administration including organizing and leading meetings
• Coached Long Island Record of 12 Consecutive Undefeated League/County Championship teams, 15 Long Island Team Championships.
• Developed over 160 All-County Fencers, 60+ All-Long Island Fencers, 45 Individual County champions (spanning all weapons, all genders)
• 12-year Undefeated Record: 171. Fourth longest streak of any HS sports team in Long Island history.
• Advised club board members on scheduling meets and tournaments.
• Ran club practices both at Mission Fencing Center and at SUNY Stonybrook.
• Facilitated their acceptance into the MACFA conference
• Competition strip coaching
• Assisted Coaches with the Penn State M/W Fencing Teams as directed. This included being a sparring partner for team members, and all armory and equipment duties.
• Inspired other sports athletes to try fencing, leading to the inaugural women’s epee squad for the introduction of women’s epee into the NCAA.
• Coach of National Champions in Foil, Epee and Sabre, NCAA Team Champions, All-Americans, National and World Team members
• 2017 National High School Fencing Coach of the Year (inaugural winner)
• 2015 Recipient of USA Fencing Jack Baker Volunteer Service Award
• 9-time Suffolk County High School Fencing Coach of the Year & 5 Time Newsday Long Island Coach of the Year
• 2003 Three Village Times Record Sportsman of the Year
• Featured April 2011 Sports Illustrated Faces in the Crowd special coaching feature
• NCAA Championship Qualifier for Penn State: Sabre 1987
• Vice-President USA Fencing (2016-2021)
• Elected Member Board of Directors USA Fencing (2012-2016)
• Vice-Chair Long Island Division USA Fencing (2008-2016)
• President Suffolk County High School Coaches Association (2014-2019)
• Member USA Fencing Coaching Development Committee (2017-present)
• Member USA Fencing Tournament Committee (2004-2008) (2020-2023)
• Member United States Fencing Coaches Association (2015-2023)
• CPR/ AED , First Aid Certification