Zach Moss
Head Coach
Moss joined Northwestern in 2014, became head coach in 2016–17 and earned national women’s team Coach of the Year honors in 2021.
Source checked: 2026-10-25United States · Evanston, IL
Northwestern University
Fencing programs
Northwestern 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.
Coaching staff
Dennis Kolakowski
Assistant Coach · Sabre
Kolakowski joined Northwestern in December 2020 to coach sabre after running his own academy and coaching for over twenty years in the New York area.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Peter Habala
Assistant Coach
Five-time Romanian national champion Habala joined Northwestern for 2021–22, focusing on foil; he also runs RedStar Fencing Club with his wife.
Source checked: 2026-10-25AG Gomez-Shah
Director of Fencing Operations
Gomez-Shah competed for Northwestern from 2013 to 2017, qualifying for three NCAA Championships, before joining the staff in May 2018.
Source checked: 2026-10-25Northwestern University Club Fencing
- Team
- Unknown
- Division / system
- Not confirmed
- Weapons
- Not individually verified
- Source checked
- 2026-10-22
Listed in the official club index dated April 15, 2025; current-season activity is not verified.
Coaching staff
Current coach names have not been individually verified. Use the official team source for the latest staff.
Admissions & cost snapshot
College Raptor · data labelled 2023–2024 · reviewed 25 October 2026
- Overall acceptance rate
- 7.69%
- Reported SAT range
- 1,510 – 1,560
- Average net price (USD)
- US$26,830
- Reported median starting salary (USD)
- US$76,844
- Reported fencing revenue (USD)
- US$610,759
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
- USA Fencing College Clubs — index dated April 15, 2025 ↗ · Checked 2026-10-22
- Official program classification source ↗ · Checked 2026-10-22
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