Coaches & Instructors

As with everywhere in the country, fencing instructors in the Gulf Coast Division have varied and mixed backgrounds. Some are competitors themselves, who pass on what they have learned to the next generation. Some are the product of various institutions of higher learning. Still others are accredited via the United States Fencing Coaches Association (USFCA) or through the USFA's Coaches College.

In alphabetical order:

Bazarbayeva, Sabina (Alliance Fencing Academy):
Kazakh Institute of Physical Education

Berntsen, Damian (Clear Lake Fencing Club):
Foil, Level I - USFA Coaches College
Epee, Level I - USFA Coaches College 
Sabre, Level I - USFA Coaches College

Berntsen, Marcus (Clear Lake Fencing Club):
Foil, Level I - USFA Coaches College

Brown, Scott (University of St. Thomas Fencing Club):
Foil, Level III - USFA Coaches College
Epee, Level II - USFA Coaches College
Sabre, Level II - USFA Coaches College

Craig, Paul (Coastal Bend Fencing Society):

Diaz, Oliver (Salle Mauro):

Dunaway, Jerry (South Houston High School Fencing Team) (Clear Lake Fencing Club):
Prevot - US Fencing Coaches Association

Geva, Andrey (Alliance Fencing Academy):
Wingate Sport Institute School of Coaching, Natanya, Israel

Gorman, Daniel (Salle Mauro) (Texas A&M University Fencing Club):
Moniteur - US Fencing Coaches Association

Hamza, Maher "Mauro" (Salle Mauro):

Ivanov, Oleksii (Bayou City Fencing Academy):

Jno-Finn, Davis (Bayou City Fencing Academy):
Foil, Level I - USFA Coaches College 

Jones, Bob (Coastal Bend Fencing Society):

Kellogg, Tim (Coastal Bend Fencing Society):

Machol, Liz (Salle Mauro):

Marton, Istvan (Salle Mauro):

Moss, Stephen (Westchester Fencing Club):

O'Neill, Kevin (Brazosport Fencing Extravaganza):

Oubre, Sinclair (Spindletop Cavaliers):
Moniteur (foil/epee)- US Fencing Coaches Association

Perka, Delfina (Bayou City Fencing Academy):
Master of Science in Physical Education, Academy of Physical Education (Warsaw)

Pike, Julia (Salle Mauro):

Pruitt, Josh (Clear Lake Fencing Club):
Foil, Level I - USFA Coaches College

Reeve, Joseph (Katy Blades):

Schroder, Karl (University of St. Thomas Fencing Club):
Foil, Level I - USFA Coaches College

Skopik, August (Katy Blades):

Trapani, William J. (Knights of Trapani):

Younis, Noura (Salle Mauro):