Dwight Smith
Head Coach
Source season: 2025–26
Smith became LIU head coach in January 2024 after joining its staff in 2021. A three-time Columbia All-American, he coached Mo Elsayed to the 2025 NCAA épée title.
Source checked: 2026-10-25United States · Brooklyn, NY
Long Island University
Fencing programs
Long Island University Women's Fencing
- Team
- Women
- Division / system
- I
- Weapons
- Foil · Épée · Sabre
- Source checked
- 2026-10-22
Program classification checked against an official source.
Source season: 2025–26
The latest available staff list is labelled 2025–26. These appointments have not been separately confirmed for 2026–27.
Coaching staff
Sean McClain
Assistant Coach
Source season: 2025–26
McClain joined LIU in 2022-23 after coaching at Yale. An NCAA champion and four-time Junior Olympic champion, he was an alternate for the 1996 United States Olympic team.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Long Island University Men's Fencing
- Team
- Men
- Division / system
- I
- Weapons
- Foil · Épée · Sabre
- Source checked
- 2026-10-22
Program classification checked against an official source.
Source season: 2025–26
The latest available staff list is labelled 2025–26. These appointments have not been separately confirmed for 2026–27.
Coaching staff
Dwight Smith
Head Coach
Source season: 2025–26
Smith became LIU head coach in January 2024 after joining its staff in 2021. A three-time Columbia All-American, he coached Mo Elsayed to the 2025 NCAA épée title.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Sean McClain
Assistant Coach
Source season: 2025–26
McClain joined LIU in 2022-23 after coaching at Yale. An NCAA champion and four-time Junior Olympic champion, he was an alternate for the 1996 United States Olympic team.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Admissions & cost snapshot
College Raptor · data labelled 2023–2024 · reviewed 25 October 2026
- Overall acceptance rate
- 86.16%
- Reported SAT range
- 1,110 – 1,360
- Average net price (USD)
- US$24,867
- Reported median starting salary (USD)
- US$47,543
- Reported fencing revenue (USD)
- US$726,668
Historical university-wide figures, not athlete admissions odds or a personal aid offer. SAT ranges are not minimum requirements. Program revenue is not profit or a scholarship budget.
Read the data source ↗Facilities & fencing equipment
Facility not yet verified
A university fencing team does not establish that the campus has a dedicated fencing room, permanent strips or electrical scoring equipment.
Facility records describe published use. Camp access, rental, dormitory availability, catering and transfers require a separate university agreement; none is implied here.
Connected competitions
No individually verified tournament dates linked to this institution yet.
Official sources
- Official USA Fencing Current NCAA Programs index; includes future launches. School athletics homepages without a fetched fencing-specific page are not independently verified. ↗ · Checked 2026-10-22
- Official program classification source ↗ · Checked 2026-10-22
- Official program classification source ↗ · Checked 2026-10-22
- Official program classification source ↗ · Checked 2026-10-22
- Official program classification source ↗ · Checked 2026-10-22
- Official team source ↗ · Checked 2026-10-25
- Official team source ↗ · Checked 2026-10-25
Represent this university? Submit an update or discuss collaboration →